Pretty tired (botanical) garden and associated buildings, originally set up by the German colonisers in 1893. It is more or less abandoned although, fortunately, some specimens took root before being neglected. Upon entering a 'guide' will engage in conversation with you as he shows you around the various indigenous and non-indigenous trees and shrubs such as mahogany, royal palm, ebony, teak, ylang-ylang, etc. I did find the abandoned greenhouse interesting, with a bit of imagination, and it was a nice enough, informative enough wander for 30 mins or so. Peacocks roam freely, including taking their chances on the road outside, as they look for palm nuts to eat. Guide asks for Tsh5,000.....I paid him less, the "tour" wasn't great.

This garden has so much potential but it appears to have been neglected and not funded for years. Nonetheless its a nice for a quick stroll through or to sit and relax - its very quiet and peaceful.

More of a park than a botanical garden. Some nice specimens of trees. Nice shady spot to hang out, if it weren’t for the mosquitoes!

More of small park than a botanical garden if you want to sit and relax that’s your go to place but no botany is going on around there. Don’t get your hopes up too high.

Dar es salaam Zoo gives an opportunity to foreigners and locals to get close to animals and interact with some animals such as monkeys, horses, donkeys and camels, also providing a dream ride for the visitors. Nguva river is also one of the biggest attraction of Dar es salaam Zoo, providing water and cool climate for the natural vegetation attracting different species of colourful and uniquely attractive birds, butterflies and other natures beauty creations. It is one of the largest zoo's in East Africa hence providing its singular taste for both locals and foreigners. Thanks For Watching! 🙏🏻 ————————

(Translated by Google) awsmm (Original) awsmm

Very little to see - more of a small park and a pretty neglected one at that. We were charged a few US dollars for a guided tour that consisted of being shown 3 different trees, then being palmed off onto someone who barely spoke english other than 'this a big tree' and 'this another big tree'. Money not well spent. Just look at the garden from the roadside and avoid the people charging you for virtually nothing in return.

It is showing that they working on improving. Friendly staff.

Rather disappointing. Some nice trees, but no flowers and also no explainations. I think they should put more money in this place, it could be a neat garden in the middle of Dar.

Spent a day and night at this unique zoo. It has varieties of animals and nice spots to relax with family and friends. Get to experience and learn about nature and both wild and domestic animals. The Dar es Salaam zoo society is very friendly and helpful.

For those who use to meditate, Concentrate , here is the awesome Garden, try it and thank me later

Outside people told me than the entry was free but when I go inside, a employee for there tell me than I have to pay 55000 TZN I told them that I don't have that money, he take all the money that I have in my bag (9000TZN) and tell me than I have to go outside. He stole me because I was for another country 😡😡😡

In reality, it's just a slightly backward park, far from a botanical garden.

Where the LGA Office there , it was a great time getting support from Government people of Tanzania

Good was done i like it

I was amazed ,not knowing that in Dar es salaam One could Easily see the Big Five Animals .Three of the Big Five are present and Easily seen at the Zoo.2lions and 7 Lioness,Three Leopards one a cub.Lots of other Animals,Birds,Collection of Antique from the Coastline of the Indian Ocean.Snakes and Much More.Good Swimming Pool and Children playing Ground Equipped with lot of Plays including Electric Train.Its A never miss Destination for All. Locals and Foreigners.Just Driving Distance from the City center crossing the Magagoni Ferry.

Amaizing brilliant services

Is a nice place you can see and learn alot about wild animals and birds

Bad experience.. poorly maintained.. animals are in terrible condition.. has a swimming pool area but no water most of the time.. food is dry n cheap.. needs proper care by the management..

Great natural scenery. Loved the birds and the animals.

Nice place to visit with family

(Translated by Google) I was very neglected and I saw that most of the animals were hungry (Original) Çok bakımsız ve hayvanların çoğunun aç olduğunu gördüm

As some of the previous reviews have said there’s not much botany here but there’s a lot of potential, it just needs some funding. I was probably a little generous with the 3 stars but there are some interesting trees and good for if you need some quiet time.

Waste of time. Back in the day maybe it looked nice, now it's just a dump yard. Neglected, filthy, full of garbage and mosquitos. Plus the local guys hassling you for money. Not worth the visit.

Very nice should be open also on weekends and public holidays superb place to visit with family and friends

This is not Botanical Garden .This is National college of Tourism Tanzania . Good place to conduct conference , meetings .

Amazing place in Geneva

Not worth the visit. This is a just small park and definitely not botanical garden.

This will feel more like a small park than a botanical garden. There’s no entrance fee, but the name is misleading so I would not recommend making a special trip for this. If you happen to be going to the National Museum, it doesn’t hurt to swing by and enjoy the greenery. The staff here was nice, and one of them took us for a brief tour, which was more helpful in understanding the trees around us (since we are not experts by any definition). However, when we gave him a small tip at the end he asked for more.

It's not so much a a botanical garden, more of just a public park. Don't expect much but it's a nice place to go sit in the shade

It was great to cross the garden and enjoy the fresh air!

Quite a small place. There is the guy taking care of the place and gives a short tour and there are a few monkeys which may also be seen from outside as they go in and out of the garden. however place is a little neglected and the guy asks for money at the end !

A good place to stay

Probably well done at one time but not maintained. Worth a visit to escape the noise and business of the streets for a while.

Good place for refreshment our mind

Nice place but Needs maintenance

Is the best college in Tanzania

It's very calm.

Nice place to seat and enjoy a quiet afternoon

Love nature

Cool

Great ambient

Awesome

It is a cool place

good services

Awesome

Nice

nice

Good

Oysterbay

Excellent place

It is small.

Small garden.

Nice place

Needs maintenance and proper care

It's small but clean and maintained. There is a lovely old man ready to give you a tour, it's not 8am here and he is working. Bless.

Clean

Conducive environment

Nice

The place is not well kept or moderated. The former glory of the place is lost. They should rework and innovate the place.

Great natural garden for photoshoot

(Translated by Google) Definitely worth a visit. A beautiful collection of palm trees from Africa and Asia. Maintenance could be a little more careful. (Original) Merita senz'altro una visita. Una bella collezione di palme provenienti dall'Africa e dall'Asia. La manutenzione potrebbe essere un po' più curata.

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(Translated by Google) Dar es Salaam Botanical Garden (Original) Jardin botanique de Dar es Salaam

Beautiful

Nicely arranged zoo with a good presence of animals in good health. The zoo is well maintained and all staff are very courteous and polite. Even under current circumstances the owners have maintained the zoo well and very clean. Nice place for a one day family outing.

Great Zoo To come and enjoy, we had fun here

It is a nice place to visit this zoo but I request the management of the dar es Salaam zoo to keep the board at the outside of the main road entering inside the rough road. Please ask the authorities to make a tarmet road inside. It is very far from the kigamboni bridge to dar es Salaam zoo.

It has a good range of animals. Would be nice if all the facilities are working like the mini theme park. Considering we were couples with their kids. Most things were said to be not working at the moment

Goood

(Translated by Google) A very relaxing place for the family (Original) Un lieu tres reposant en famille

Run down now... Only thing possitive is that they have around 7 lions and couple of leopards... No elephant or Giraffe

prices are very reasonable and affordable

Ts too far

Good

Because i saw many animals and learned their behaviour

Lovely

Fun place

It's nice place to visit

Nice place to visit.

It's a nice place to bring kids...

Its good

😊

Nice place for kids to learn good number of birds but animals have decreased compared to previous years. Maintenance needed to keep standards up.

🌀🤗⭐

Nice

Nice place to have a family retreat with the kids!!

Has a variety of wild animals and interactive tour guiders to take you around the park

I love this place they have a lot of animal with very good looking nature and I enjoyed a lot to play some games and riding horse also I won't forget the day I touched a lion cub. Men you should visit this beautiful and creative place with a lot of adventures don't forget to bring you wife and children because they won't forget how it fill to be their

Absolutely lovely! Get to learn and see most east African animals under one roof!

Apid too much and didn't even get to see all the animals...had to wait a long time just to hold the lion cub

(Translated by Google) Good thumbs (Original) Good palce

Helps to refresh mind and know more about the living things

It was one of the beautiful day of my life, simply impressive wild animals and domestic animals zoo. Best place to visit at Dar Es Salaam.

The road to the zoo is not good and its long. Not many animals tho the people there are very nice. Guide knows the animals plus he's very friendly. We had a good time

(Translated by Google) A great place for families ... (Original) مكان رائع للعوائل...

Nice

Probably one of the worst botanical gardens I have ever visited. Good thing it was free.

A good place to visit

Cool place

This is a very good place for day out and observation for nature, unfortunately it's not been taken care ,lots of trash, no public washrooms, no water for the visitors.

Nice place to visit except it have a lot of mosquitoes 😖

It's a nice place but nothing to write home about.

They want you to pay 10 USD but there is almost nothing to see. And the employed were not interested in customers and had an interesting system to make it complicated to pay for the visit. I chose not to waste my money on this