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'Ene'io Botanical Garden

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

24% trees around it and 15 species recorded.

46Forestyas Score

ArboretumWild

  • trees within 3 km24%
  • wild within 10 km100%
  • species recorded15

The forest around

24% trees.

Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.

Trees 51%Mangroves 3%Grassland 5%Wetland 0%Water 40%Built-up 1%Trees 21%Mangroves 5%Grassland 2%Wetland 0%Water 71%Built-up 0%Trees 21%Mangroves 1%Grassland 3%Water 75%Built-up 0%Trees 17%Mangroves 0%Grassland 4%Water 78%Built-up 0%24%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km51%
  • 1–3 km21%
  • 3–6 km21%
  • 6–10 km17%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees21%
  • Mangroves5%
  • Grassland2%
  • Wetland0%
  • Water71%
  • Built-up0%

ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.

Who lives here

15 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

Badusa corymbifera
Badusa corymbiferaBadusa corymbifera2 recordsB. and J. White.; Barlow, J.; Lambert, Aylmer Bourke; Vahl, M. · Public domain
Timonius uniflorusTimonius uniflorus4 records
Xylosma smithianaXylosma smithiana2 records
Gynochthodes myrtifoliaGynochthodes myrtifolia2 records

Open records within 2 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

46out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 24%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 100%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 15Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km

When to walk

Best for walking from July to September.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan28°27°229 mm
  2. Feb28°27°192 mm
  3. Mar28°27°187 mm
  4. Apr28°27°180 mm
  5. May27°26°118 mm
  6. Jun26°25°107 mm
  7. Jul25°24°58 mm
  8. Aug25°24°64 mm
  9. Sep25°24°88 mm
  10. Oct26°25°121 mm
  11. Nov26°26°136 mm
  12. Dec27°26°169 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

'Ene'io Botanical Garden.

Botanical garden in Tonga

'Ene'io Botanical Garden is an arboretum in Tonga.

Seen from space, 24% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 100% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

15 species have been recorded around it: 4 plants, 0 fungi, 11 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Badusa corymbifera, Timonius uniflorus and Xylosma smithiana.

The best time to walk is from July to September.

'Ene'io Botanical Garden seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

Get there and walk

  • Port of refuge Vilaplace to stay · 7.3 km · 11 within 10 km
  • Neiafunearest town · 7.6 km in a straight line
  • Vava'u International Airport (VAV)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 8 km in a straight line

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above

The forest and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.

'Ene'io Botanical Garden seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 11places to stay within 10 kmPort of refuge Vila, Mandala Resort, Mafua Guest House and 8 more
  • 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • picnic sites within 4 km
  • shelters and huts within 6 km
  • viewpoints within 5 km
  • visitor centres within 6 km
  • car parks within 3 km
  • campsites within 10 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

Around 'Ene'io Botanical Garden.

The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.

Peakyas3 mountains within 25 km
Mount Talau9.2 kmMoʻungalafa15 kmMount Teisina15 km
Coastya3 beaches within 10 km
’Ene’io Beach0.5 kmKeitahi Beach2.3 kmPaepae8.1 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
Ano Lagoon2.5 km² · 14 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q4540471) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species68 open records within 2 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
See these recordsgbif.org
Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Coastya, Lakeyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

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