mekarsari park

Mekarsari park is a place where one can find the wealth of Indonesia’s fruit species gathered together in a single location. It is also intended to develop and breeding of superior varieties of fruit. Mekarsari is one of the biggest tropical fruit garden in the world. It covers total area of 265 hectares and has more than 100,000 plants which consist of 78 families, 400 species, 1,438 varieties and 37,000 trees. The late Indonesian First Lady, Tien Soeharto is a person who originated floating this idea to set up this park. Then Mekarsari Fruit Garden was built in 1991. In October 14, 1995 this park was inaugurated and officialy named as Mekarsari Fruit Garden.

The garden is intended to create a model market garden which will nurture germplasm collection representing fruit trees, vegetables, and flowering plants. The aim here is to safeguard the genetic diversity of these plants. The 264-hectare garden is conceived as a tourist attraction who will enjoy the recreational facilities which include Canal Tour, Kid’s Fun Valley, Country Side, Melon Park, Snake fruit Garden, Deer Park, and other facilities.