Viña del Mar National Botanical Garden

We went both on a Friday and then back on Saturday. Beautiful park. The canopies for the children. Beautiful walk around the lagoon and feeding the ducks and geese. On Saturday was a feria set up with various selections. Always an amazing place too visit.

What a fantastic collection of Chilean native plants mixes with other outstanding specimens from around the globe!

A very good place to visit with the family 👪 there are many activities you can do inside. Like Canopy, ride a bicycle, trekking among others, I love all the nature you can find and how can you disconnect yourself from the noise of the city and reconnect with nature

Sadly, it burned almost completely in the wildfires of February 3-4, 2024. Four lives were lost there. Over 1.300 different plant species, lost, including toromiros, a rare species original from Easter Island, where it is extinct. There's no word about when it could reopen, if ever. It took a century to plant and build.
Edit. In an interview, the director said it will take from 6 months to two years to clean and maybe reopen. The centenary trees burned; reforestation is possible, but it will take a long time for the Garden to be like it was. The Garden also performs scientific research; they hope to restart that as soon as possible.

A very interesting and scenic place to visit at excellent value. Highly recommended to any nature or plant enthusiasts. Entrance for only 2000 CLP

The collection is wide and varied sprawling across what amounts to a very large park. I highly recommend the Valdivian Rainforest. There are informational panels available for each zone. The access within the site is by car, bike, foot. It is very impressive the amount of watering they have done to keep rainforest specimens growing in the desert.

There is a small café at the back end by the lake.

Recommended 2+ hours for a visit.

Really impressive.. the place is excellent to be with the family.. I recommend to take or rent a bicycle

Quite a nice park to take a walk, have a picnic, & kick a football around. It's a good break from the hectic-ness of Valparaíso & Viña. It cost us 2,000 pesos each for adults to enter. There are a number of large, grassy fields. Because all the fields are broken up, they make the park feel much smaller than it really is. There are some cool sights, such as the lakes and the cactus garden. I recomm nd this park if you would like to have a nice, peaceful afternoon.

The most beautiful place on my school trips, it's a shame it burned down 😪

This is an unmissable part of a visit to Viña in my opinion. It's a huge natural area with flowers, trees, a lagoon and more. It's cheap to get in and if you have the energy, you can walk for hours inside!

I had never been there until I went to Wanderlust Festival and was blown away at how absolutely beautiful this place is. We went on a 5k run around the park (I never run) and I almost forgot I was running. The lagoon 😍 a must see in Viña!

I love this place, it's pretty quiet and beautiful.

Such a beautiful space. Well cared for and definitely worth a visit. Very suitable for families with children.

Nice park with nice (short) walks. No camping allowed, dogs on leash.
Tables for lunch, bit no open fire permitted.

Best botanic park in Chile, by far

Lovely park to spend a couple of hours. My favorite part was the cactus garden, with lots of different varieties of spiky plants, and an adjacent succulent garden. The park also has a great greenhouse with bromeliads and other tropical plants. We came in winter, so the rose garden was not blooming, but we heard it is great in summer. There is also a nice lake with swans, ducks, and very loud geese, and a little cafe that had awesome blackberry cheesecake. In addition, there is a turtle pond, and several big picnic areas. Entrance was Ch$2000 per person, and an additional Ch$ 2000 for the car. The park is pretty big, so it was nice to drive the car into the park and go to different areas for short walks.

I have come back about 15 times. Well maintained gardens and open areas, not somewhere i would go as a tourist but as a local looking to escape the city for a few hours its fantastic. Great for kids and taking your dogs out for a nice long walk.

Wonderful place, beautiful plants, relaxed, quiet atmosphere. Cheap admission. Staff was nice. Got lots of good photos here.

Beautiful park with affordable bike rentals

Great place, lots to see and do, safety covid measures taken. Totally recomended.

Lovely experience 💚 Dont forget to brink your own food😌