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Bason Botanic Gardens
Whanganui, Manawatū-Whanganui
Free botanic garden and bush reserve west of Whanganui, with a lake, tracks and tropical house.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 75 min
Bason Botanic Gardens combines formal gardens, a lake and native bush tracks. It is a quiet escape from the road, free to enter, and tends to be overlooked by visitors.
Good to know
- Check opening hours online
- Short loops suit kids
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Sealed road west of Whanganui, car park on site
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
Facilities
- Toilets
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