Lake Garden, Kuala Lumpur is one of the favorite spots to hang out, for the inhabitants of the city and the tourists who visit the city. Brainchild of the British State Treasurer, Alfred Venning, Lake Garden is a botanical garden that was built in the 1880s. Located near the Jalan Parliament and housed deep inside the city of Kuala Lumpur, the garden is spread across 91.6 hectares of eye soothing greenery that includes playgrounds, jogging tracks, exercise stations and rowing boats. Apart form these attractions the garden also boasts of a number of gardens and places of interest like The Orchid Garden, Hibiscus Garden, The Butterfly Park, Kuala Lumpur Bird Park, Malaysian National Monument, The Deer Park and Carcosa Seri Negara.


The Orchid Garden is home to a wide spectrum of local and international orchids and you can also buy orchids on weekends from 10.00 am to 6.00 pm. The Hibiscus Garden boasts of innumerable varieties of Hibiscuses situated in a terraced garden.


The butterfly Park inside premises of the Lake Garden is one of its chief attractions; it showcases about 6,000 butterflies of over 120 species. Here you will be able to enjoy the sight of butterflies nestled against the backdrop of a Malaysian rainforest atmosphere. The park also sports a nursery and a butterfly breeding area.


The Garden also houses a Bird Park, which deemed as the largest bird park in South-East Asia. It is home to thousands of birds of almost every major species of this part of the region.


The Garden premises also incorporate a monument that is considered to be one of the world's largest bronze sculptures. The monument memorializes those people who died in Malaysia's fight against Communist revolt in the 1950s.


The Deer Park is located in the near vicinity of the bubbling stream of the garden and houses several mousedeers. Another attraction of the Lake Garden is Carcosa Seri Negara that is situated on the top of the mountain overlooking the garden. Carcosa Seri Negara is a pair of British colonial mansions that was built in the nineteenth-century. These mansions housed the British Governor and British High Commissioners.

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