The luscious gardens, gradually leading down from the ruins to the beach are home and paradise to many species of butterflies and birds.
Mangroves dot the sea, providing a habitat for jewelled fish and birds including the gorgeous Mangrove Kingfisher.

The garden was conceived in 1991 and is now established as a flourishing Botanic Garden
which includes over 650 plant species including 120 species of palms. Most of the plants are labelled.



A nature trail winds through the garden and the ruins.
The superb palm collection, totalling over 150 species, includes the Majesty palm,
Bottle palm, several kinds of Caryota, Sabals, Borassus, Bismarckia, Licualas, Florida Silver and Thatch palms, Royal palms and many kinds of Dypsis.



P erhaps most interesting of all the Dypsis pembana palm, which is endemic to Pemba Island.
Here the gardeners are pruning the trees around this Pemba palm (on the rhs) to give it air and light.

  

 

The gardens form a haven of peace and tranquillity with quiet corners in which to relax and fully enjoy this unique environment.