Jardin Botanico Lankester Costa Rica

Lankester Botanical Garden

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(422) · Botanical garden in Cartago Canton, Costa Rica
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The Lankester Botanical Gardens are a set of gardens outside of Cartago, Costa Rica. The garden is open to the public, but is operated by the University …

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Nov 8, 2024
What a fantastic botanical garden. I went there November 8th, 2024. It took me an hour and a half to drive the 40KM from San Jose, but it was so worth it. Bromeliads, orchids, a japanese garden, fern…Full review by Forrest H
Jan 25, 2023
This is a wonderful garden founded in the 1920s by an Englishman who fell in love with plants and Costa Rica.It is lovingly maintained by the University of Costa Rica and features a spectacular coll…Full review by BellDavid
Mar 21, 2021
Beautiful garden, and I have never seen so many orchids. They had hundreds of them and all blooming. This is a 26-acre park, and you can see all of it in a leisurely stride in about an hour or so. W…Full review by James M
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Located:Dulce Nombre district, Cartago canton, Cartago province, Costa Rica
Type:Botanical garden

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What is the cost for Residents of CR?
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I do not know since I was there as a traveller and my spouse paid for the admission.
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Answer by Len K · Feb 11, 2019
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When is the best time to visit the orchid garden? We went twice and one year it was phenomenal and the next year drab, …
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When is the best time to visit the orchid garden? We went twice and one year it was phenomenal and the next year drab, but I don't know the dates.
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If you are going for the orchids I think it is Feb March April. I was there in August, no orchid in sight .. garden was still nice ..
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How do we get there from San Jose and how long will it take ?? Bo Nielsen
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Use Google Maps from your location to map it out. It takes about 45 mins. depending on traffic.
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How long would you recommend spending at the gardens?
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Sounds like it depends when you go. We went in February and probably spent a couple of hours there. There were lots of orchids out as well as flowers in the garden itself. Unlike …
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Sounds like it depends when you go. We went in February and probably spent a couple of hours there. There were lots of orchids out as well as flowers in the garden itself. Unlike Peter from New York, we didn't have too much of a problem finding the place but we took public transportation from San Jose. Bit of a challenge to find the bus but the concierge at our hotel was very helpful in telling us where it was and I think I might have used Google Maps and the instructions on the garden website So we bussed to Cartago and then just took a taxi to the garden. People were very helpful.
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¿Cómo ingreso a la Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR)?
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Para ingresar a la UCR, debe inscribirse en la Prueba de Aptitud Académica (PAA), conocida también como examen de admisión. Los trámites se realizan todos los...
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