Godawari Botanical Garden: An Unhurried Walk
Explore Godawari’s National Botanical Garden near Kathmandu, with labelled plants, themed gardens and wooded paths.
Photo: Nabin K. Sapkota · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Photographed 2019
About this spot
The National Botanical Garden at Godawari is a paid garden visit at the foot of Phulchowki. Follow the plant collections and landscaped paths, allowing two to three hours for a walk with stops. Check the current admission notice for your visitor category. A garden visit does not include the much longer hike to Phulchowki’s summit.
The garden opened in 1962 and was originally called the Royal Botanical Garden.
Sources (checked 17 September 2026):
https://nbg.gov.np/pages/factsheet/
https://nbg.gov.np/
Location
National Botanical Garden, Godawari, LalitpurNational Botanical Garden, Godawari, Lalitpur, Nepal.
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