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Kebun Raya Cibodas

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72% trees around it and 584 species recorded.

77Forestyas Score

ArboretumMountain forestBirdsWildlife

  • trees within 3 km72%
  • wild within 10 km84%
  • species recorded584
  • Altitude1,405 m

The forest around

72% 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 76%Grassland 11%Cropland 10%Built-up 4%Trees 72%Grassland 8%Cropland 12%Built-up 9%Trees 75%Grassland 4%Cropland 6%Built-up 15%Trees 83%Grassland 3%Cropland 6%Built-up 8%72%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km76%
  • 1–3 km72%
  • 3–6 km75%
  • 6–10 km83%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees72%
  • Grassland8%
  • Cropland12%
  • Built-up9%

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

584 species recorded.

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

Vaccinium lucidum
Vaccinium lucidumVaccinium lucidum77 recordsHooker · CC0
Disporum cantoniense
Disporum cantonienseDisporum cantoniense27 recordsDaderot · Public domain
Lasianthus stercorarius
Lasianthus stercorariusLasianthus stercorarius26 recordsKoorders, S. H.; Valeton, Theodoric · Public domain
Polygala venenosa
Polygala venenosaPolygala venenosa25 recordsJussieux · CC0
Nepenthes gymnamphora
Nepenthes gymnamphoraNepenthes gymnamphora18 recordsAlfindra Primaldhi · CC BY 2.0
Symplocos cochinchinensis
Symplocos cochinchinensisSymplocos cochinchinensis18 recordsVinayaraj · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ficus cuspidataFicus cuspidata32 records
Perrottetia alpestrisPerrottetia alpestris23 records
Carex rafflesianaCarex rafflesiana19 records
Ficus ribesFicus ribes19 records
Neolitsea javanicaNeolitsea javanica18 records
Zehneria repandaZehneria repanda16 records

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

77out of 100

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

  • 72%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 84%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 584Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 1,405 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from June to August.

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

  1. Jan27°21°337 mm
  2. Feb27°22°373 mm
  3. Mar28°22°263 mm
  4. Apr28°22°219 mm
  5. May28°22°151 mm
  6. Jun28°21°92 mm
  7. Jul28°20°83 mm
  8. Aug29°20°53 mm
  9. Sep30°20°82 mm
  10. Oct30°21°152 mm
  11. Nov29°22°218 mm
  12. Dec28°22°247 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Kebun Raya Cibodas.

Botanical garden

Kebun Raya Cibodas is an arboretum in Indonesia, 1,405 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 72% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 84% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

584 species have been recorded around it: 386 plants, 17 fungi, 163 birds and 18 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Vaccinium lucidum, Disporum cantoniense and Lasianthus stercorarius.

The best time to walk is from June to August.

Botanical garden - Cibodas - Indonesia 4
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Get there and walk

  • Bumi Perkemahan Mandalawangicampsite · 0.6 km · 17 within 10 km
  • Cibodas Guesthouseplace to stay · 2.9 km · 68 within 10 km
  • Cianjurnearest town · 17 km in a straight line
  • Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport (HLP)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 54 km in a straight lineCar hire in JakartaDiscover Cars · sponsored link

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.

Kebun Raya Cibodas 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

  • 5marked trails within 5 kmGunung Gede (Sukatani to Bumi Perkemahan), Ciberum Waterfall, Pasir Gegerbentang Loop and 2 more
  • 5viewpoints within 5 kmViewing Platform on TV Tower and 4 more
  • 3car parks within 3 km
  • 17campsites within 10 kmBumi Perkemahan Mandalawangi, Tarengtong, Telaga Biru and 14 more
  • 68places to stay within 10 kmCibodas Guesthouse, Villa Lotus, Delamar Palasari Indah and 65 more
  • 6restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • picnic sites within 4 km
  • shelters and huts within 6 km
  • visitor centres within 6 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 Kebun Raya Cibodas.

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.

Peakyas121 mountains within 25 km
Mount Gede2,958 m · volcano · 5.8 kmMount Pangrango3,019 m · volcano · 6.4 kmMount Masigit8.0 kmMountain Kencana9.7 kmGunung Pondokwalanda13 kmGunung Sanggar16 kmGunung Pancar20 kmPasir Kerud758 m · 25 km
Islandyasthe island
Java128,297 km²
Viewyas1 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Mount Gede2,958 m · 5.8 km

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

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

Cibodas Botanical Garden Office
SunDawn · CC BY-SA 4.0
Cibodas Conservatory
SunDawn · CC BY-SA 4.0
Botanical garden - Cibodas - Indonesia 1
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Other forests nearby.

Kebun Raya Cibodas

Indonesia

  • 77Forestyas Score
  • 72%Trees
  • 84%Wild
  • 584Species

Bogor Botanical Gardens

Indonesia · 28 km

  • 45Forestyas Score
  • 24%Trees
  • 56%Wild
  • 1,131Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q1026407) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species12,304 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, Islandyas, Viewyas

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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