Jardin Botanique de Camayenne
Jardin botanique de Camayenne
A tropical experimental botanical garden established by the French in 1897. Its shady avenues of old trees make it an oasis within the crowded city.
The garden began as a colonial-era 'experimental garden' opened in 1897 to trial tropical cash crops. Its shady avenues feature huge kapok trees, mahogany, bamboo groves and palm trees, and you may spot monkeys and birds. The grounds are only moderately maintained, but in traffic-clogged, hot Conakry it is a rare place for a stroll. It is next to the Grand Mosque and can be visited together with it. The garden is open during the day and charges a small entrance fee. Visitors are advised to go in a group.
Opening hours
Open daytime
Nearby sights
- Grand Mosque of Conakry (Faisal Mosque)
- Centre Culturel Franco-Guinéen
- Monument du 22 Novembre 1970
- Palais du Peuple
- Marché Madina
- Guinea National Museum (Sandervalia)
- Cathédrale Sainte-Marie de Conakry
- Kakimbon Caves