Aswan Botanical Garden
Covering 6.8 hectares, it’s home to thousands
of birds and many exotic plants imported from many parts of the world like
Far East India and Africa. The Aswan Botanical Garden offers a beautiful and
unique escape from the city. A true jam of Egyptian treasures, strolling through
the garden will take you into a dream state of scenery. The entirety of the island
is landscaped with rare and exotic plants that were planted there by order of
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Lord Horatio Kitchener, who has gifted the island in gratitude for his service
as consul general of Egypt Army under British control.
Where is the Aswan Botanical Garden located?
It’s located on Kitchener’s Island, to the west of Elephantine Island. It’s one of
two islands in the Nile immediately adjacent to the city center of Aswan Egypt.
History of Aswan Botanical Garden
was used by the Nubians to settle in it; they called
it Jet Narty. In the year 1899, Lord Horatio Kitchener took the island to be
a place where his campaign can rest and call it the lord’s house. Lord Kitchener
was a commander of the Egyptian Army. With a deep passion for palm trees and
plants, Kitchener transformed the entire Kitchener’s Island into a stunning botanic garden.
The Egyptian government later reclaimed the island and it has been maintained
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The Aswan Botanical Island is divided into 27 squares with vertical and
horizontal paths cutting each other which makes it look like a chessboard.
It is an amazing experience exploring this island and all that it has to offer. In 1928,
the ministry of irrigation turned the Botanical Garden to feature trees from
all five continents. You will find there a huge variety of plantations and trees
on the island, some of which naturally found on the island before it converted into
a Botanical Garden and others have been brought in from different
continents. A number of rare palm trees such as the Royal Palm tree,
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the Sabal Palm tree and the Phonic Pam tree can found there on the Island
The only way to reach it on Kitchener’s Island is by boat,
either on one of the public ferries that run between Aswan, Elephantine Island,
and Kitchener’s Island or by privately hiring a felucca tour while
sightseeing this beautiful part of the Nile River, cruising to an Egyptian Sunset.
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Kitchener’s island has three entrances. The main entrance of the
Island is located on the northern end of the island. The best way to see the
the whole island, without having to walk a lot, is to enter the main entrance
and walk the full length of the island until you reach the southern end;
book a felucca from there and ask the captain to wait for you at the other end.
