The Acapulco Garden Club and The Loyola del Pacífico University invite you to visit the Acapulco Botanical Garden "Esther Pliego de Salinas"

The Botanical Garden is located in the Southern Sierra Madre Mountains, which surround Acapulco at an altitude of between 660 and 1300 feet (200 and 400 meters) above sea level. The garden has two creeks, one has year round water and the other only surfaces during the rain season. The tropical and semi-humid climate has it's rainy season during the Summer months and winter is very dry.

In this tropical botanical garden you will find native plants and al collection of palms and cycads, desert plants, hardwoods as well as flowering and fruit trees, shrubs, heliconias and gingers, bromeliads, aeroids, ferns and vines among others.

The majority of the native fauna is composed of different types of species such as birds among which we can find parrot, Pandion hatiaetus (Fisher Eagle), Penelope purpurascens (Cojolite, a species of pheasant), Penelopina nigra (Chachalaca negra o Pajuil). Reptiles such as iguanas, lizards and snakes: Ctenosaura pectinata (Tropical lizard), Iguana (Green Iguana); and a few mammals: Pseudocheirus peregrinnis (Ringtail Possum); and Procyon lotor (raccoon).

The Acapulco Botanical Garden is a non profit organization created: To provide its visitors with a different, pleasant and peaceful entertainment. To educate through nature's flora and fauna appreciation. To increase awareness of the environment and the preservation of the equilibrium of the ecosystem. To present an interesting and varied collection of native and foreign tropical plants. To attract and involve students in its activities.

VISITING HOURS FROM DAWN TO DUSK - OPEN EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR SUGGESTED DONATIONS PER PERSON
GUIDED TOURS:
ADULTS $5.00 us dollars
CHILDREN UNDER 12 - No Charge
ADMISSION: ADULTS $3.00 us dollars
TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WITH VALID ID - No Charge
SCHOOL GROUPS Please reserve at the office
SUNDAY NO CHARGE
YOUR DONATION HELPS US KEEP THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE FOR YOU

Address instructions: To get to the Acapulco Botanical Garden you must take the Scenic Drive Highway towards the airport called Carreterra Escénica and when you reach an overpass, go under it turning left. Follow the road uphill until you reach the Loyola University. The garden in located on its premises. There is parking available.