3. Singapore Botanic Garden, Singapore
For more than 160 years the famous Singapore Botanic Garden has been located on Orchard Road in the Orchard Road shopping district. It is the world’s only tropical garden included on the list of UNESCO world heritage sites. This garden is also a bit of a “Mecca” for true fans of orchids because there are more than 20,000 of them growing here.
The garden encompasses 82 hectares (almost 203 acres). It also includes a rainforest, a ginger garden, an evolution garden, a children’s garden, and even wild monkeys. Officials in Singapore also report that the Singapore Botanic Garden is officially one of the republic’s “most popular” tourist spots.
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