Scenic spot introduction:

The Guangxi Nanning Medicinal Botanical Garden is a professional medicinal botanical garden directly under the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Health Department that conducts protection, utilization and development research of medicinal plants. While preserving a large number of medicinal plants, the garden has created distinctive botanical garden landscapes and has the reputation of being a "three-dimensional Compendium of Materia Medica."

Attractions distribution:

The Guangxi Medicinal Botanical Garden is located in the mountains of the eastern suburbs, 8 kilometers away from the urban area of Nanning. The garden was established in 1959 and covers an area of more than 2 million square meters. The garden is full of lush trees, crisscrossing vines, and flowing water. It integrates sightseeing, scientific research, teaching and production. It is one of the 21 large botanical gardens open to the outside world (internationally) in my country, and it is also one of the largest medicinal botanical gardens in my country and Southeast Asia.
As a national base for popular science education of traditional Chinese medicine culture, Guangxi Medicinal Botanical Garden has preserved more than 6,000 varieties of medicinal plants and built 10 functional areas and specialized gardens for medicinal plants. At present, Guangxi Medicinal Botanical Garden is implementing the construction around the construction goals of "one center (medicinal plant protection and research center), two bases (popular science and culture base, Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine industry research and development base), and three platforms (international cooperation and exchange platform, scientific and technological service platform, and achievement transformation platform)". After the completion of the project, the number of living medicinal plants preserved in the garden will reach 8,000, with 3-5 world-class specialized gardens, and basically built into a world-class medicinal plant garden integrating species preservation, scientific research, popular science education, and achievement transformation.

Scenic spot qualifications:

National 4A-level scenic spot

Scenic spot features:

Popular science, agricultural tourism, botanical garden
Attraction Address
Travel Guide

Travel Notes of Travellers:

  • Travel Guide: Nanning Two-Day Travel Guide 2017

Best time to visit:

All seasons

Tourist Transportation

Scenic spot location:

China > Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region > Nanning > Xingning District

How to get there:

Gate 1 Bus: 22, 42, 66, 75, 81, 215, 601, 606, 608, 802, 803

Gate 2 Bus: Ring Road Line 1, 20, 42, 90

Get off at Xingning District Government Station.

Scenic area map:

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Attraction Tickets

Botanical Gardens Ticket Prices:

65 yuan/person

Scenic area opening hours:

8:00-18:00

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