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Seychelles Seychelles arboretum

Victoria Botanical Gardens

David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada · CC BY 2.0

67% trees around it and 383 species recorded.

79Forestyas Score

Arboretum

  • trees within 3 km67%
  • wild within 10 km98%
  • species recorded383
  • Altitude130 m

The forest around

67% trees.

Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.

Trees 75%Grassland 3%Water 2%Built-up 21%Trees 66%Grassland 3%Water 17%Bare ground 3%Built-up 11%Trees 53%Mangroves 0%Grassland 2%Water 42%Bare ground 1%Built-up 3%Trees 19%Grassland 0%Water 80%Bare ground 0%Built-up 1%67%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km75%
  • 1–3 km66%
  • 3–6 km53%
  • 6–10 km19%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees66%
  • Grassland3%
  • Water17%
  • Bare ground3%
  • Built-up11%

ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.

Who lives here

383 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

CinnamonVU
CinnamonCinnamomum verum583 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Seychelles PandanusNT
Seychelles PandanusPandanus sechellarum216 recordsS Molteno · CC BY-SA 4.0
Roscheria melanochaetesNT
Roscheria melanochaetesRoscheria melanochaetes118 recordsS Molteno · CC BY-SA 4.0
Albinoberry
AlbinoberryAphloia theiformis65 recordsSAplants · CC BY-SA 4.0
Strawberry guava
Strawberry guavaPsidium cattleyanum45 recordsForest & Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0
Thief Palm
Thief PalmPhoenicophorium borsigianum43 recordsRuB (Ruddy Bénézet) · CC BY-SA 4.0
VU
Northia seychellanaNorthia seychellana681 records
Alsophila sechellarumAlsophila sechellarum102 records
Paragenipa lancifoliaParagenipa lancifolia45 records
NT
Dillenia ferrugineaDillenia ferruginea39 records
VU
Psychotria pervilleiPsychotria pervillei36 records
VU
Polyscias crassaPolyscias crassa36 records

Open records within 2 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

79out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 67%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 98%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 383Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 130 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from July to August.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan28°27°206 mm
  2. Feb28°27°108 mm
  3. Mar29°28°106 mm
  4. Apr29°28°115 mm
  5. May28°28°94 mm
  6. Jun27°27°80 mm
  7. Jul26°26°55 mm
  8. Aug26°26°62 mm
  9. Sep27°26°108 mm
  10. Oct28°27°117 mm
  11. Nov28°27°124 mm
  12. Dec28°27°164 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Victoria Botanical Gardens.

Botanical garden

Victoria Botanical Gardens is an arboretum in Seychelles.

Seen from space, 67% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 98% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

383 species have been recorded around it: 302 plants, 5 fungi, 75 birds and 1 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Cinnamon, Seychelles Pandanus and Roscheria melanochaetes.

The best time to walk is from July to August.

Botanical Gardens Victoria Seychelles (32664948700)
David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada · CC BY 2.0

Get there and walk

  • VisitingHours in OpenStreetMap: Mo-Su 08:00-17:00 · ticket required
  • Roberts Accomodationplace to stay · 2.4 km · 292 within 10 km
  • Mont Fleurinearest town · 0.6 km in a straight line
  • Seychelles International Airport (SEZ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 9 km in a straight lineCar hire at SEZ airport (Victoria)Discover Cars · sponsored link

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above

The forest and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.

Victoria Botanical Gardens seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 8marked trails within 5 kmTrail No 6 - Morne Blanc, Salazie Trail, Copolia trail and 5 more
  • 1picnic sites within 4 kmTrois Frères viewpoint
  • 9shelters and huts within 6 kmMission Lodge, Victoria bus station and 7 more
  • 26viewpoints within 5 kmMorne Blanc viewing platform, Dans Gallas, Trois Freres viewpoint and 23 more
  • 1visitor centres within 6 kmTourist Information Office
  • 58car parks within 3 km
  • 292places to stay within 10 kmRoberts Accomodation, Beau Vallon Beach Apartments, La Fontaine Apartments and 289 more
  • 47restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • campsites within 10 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

Around Victoria Botanical Gardens.

The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.

Peakyas15 mountains within 25 km
Morne Seychellois905 m · 2.0 kmCongo Rouge750 m · 2.5 kmMorne Blanc635 m · 2.9 kmMount Simpson568 m · 3.8 kmMont Le Niol618 m · 3.9 kmMontagne Jasmin643 m · 5.3 kmMount Harrison621 m · 6.8 kmCastle Peak555 m · 12 km
Islandyasthe island
Mahé157 km²
Coastya17 beaches within 10 km
L’Anse L’Étoile4.2 kmAnse Mare Jupe5.5 kmAnse Major7.2 kmAnse Talbot (historical)7.6 kmAnse Souillac7.8 kmAnse du Riz8.0 kmAnse Polite8.1 kmAnse La Rue (historical)9.6 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 km
Sauzier Waterfall5.0 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

Coco-de-Mer (11059980366)
David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada · CC BY 2.0
Sey Botanical Garden Entrance
Marek Gehrmann · CC BY-SA 3.0
Aldabra Giant Tortoise
Tribalninja at English Wikipedia · Public domain

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q1378297) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species6,783 open records within 2 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
See these recordsgbif.org
Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Islandyas, Coastya, Cascadyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

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