Kirstenbosch Garden gets ‘Travellers’ Choice Best of the Best’ award

Mountain meets flora at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden

Cape Town’s Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden has received a TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Best of the Best award for 2022.

Flowers in bloom at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden

Kirstenbosch the best of the best, says TripAdvisor

The ever-popular Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden has just been awarded a prestigious title from TripAdvisor: ‘Travellers’ Choice Best of the Best’, which places the garden in the top one percent of ‘things to do’ in the world.

This Travellers’ Choice Best of the Best award is also the highest achievement of excellence that the travel industry recognises, so the win is a big deal for Kirstenbosch!

Werner Voigt, the curator of Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, said that they were “extremely honoured to receive this award from TripAdvisor. Hard work and immense dedication go into upholding the experience we aim to provide at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden”.

“This acknowledgement from our visitors provides additional encouragement for our team to deliver quality customer service and continue to go from strength to strength,” Voigt added.

According to IOL, the V&A Waterfront was also awarded a Travellers’ Choice Best of the Best award, while Groot Constantia, Cape Point and the Cableway received a Travellers Choice Award – placing these three attractions in the top 10 percent.

Why the garden is so fantastic…

Mountain meets flora at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden. Photo: Missouri Botanical Garden / Flickr

Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden is regarded as one of the great botanic gardens of the world, filled with natural vegetation of fynbos, flowers and forest.

The Kirstenbosch estate also covers 528 hectares, 36 hectares of which are cultivated and the rest is a protected area. This area supports the natural forest and fynbos as well as more than 125 species of indigenous birds, animals, reptiles, frogs and invertebrates.

The garden is open to the public year-round, from 08:00 to 19:00 during summer (Sep-Mar), and 08:00 to 18:00 during winter (Apr-Aug). See below for entrance fee information:

Standard Adult: R210 (SA residents and SADC Nationals pay R90 with ID),
Students/learners of 18 years and older from a South African institute (with student card): R50,
All children from 6 to 17 years: R30,
All children under 6 years: Free,
South African residents over the age of 60 (with ID): Free on Tuesdays except on public holidays.

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Sundeeka Mungroo is a content writer, foodie and all-round adventure-seeker. She's a graduate of the University of South Africa with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature, and has worked as a copywriter and editor in the digital marketing industry. Sundeeka currently writes for I Love South Africa and The South African. She lives in the beautiful Mother City and loves exploring all that South Africa has to offer.