Vallarta Botanical Gardens (Jardín Botánico de Vallarta) Tours and Tickets

Spend your day at the Vallarta Botanical Garden (Jardin Botánico de Vallarta) and explore the tropical gardens and native forest preserve at your own pace. Your admission ticket to the ecological park in the Sierra Madre hills includes access to an orchid laboratory, hiking trails and even a river swim. You’ll discover the indigenous plant life of Mexico, including vanilla plants, endemic trees and bromeliads.

There’s nothing quite like the Vallarta Botanical Garden, and the new Botanical Delights Tour and Culinary Adventure is the best way to enjoy the most from your experience there. A day of delights will provide memories for a lifetime. See and Experience: - Cultivated Gardens - Plant Conservatories - Hiking Trails - Forest Preserve - Award-winning Restaurant - Garden Gift Shop & Plant Nursery - Opportunities for additional activities such as swimming in a tropical river The Vallarta Botanical Garden is in a class of its own with awards and distinctions including: - USA TODAY's Reader's Choice #4 Botanical Garden in North America (2018)

Designed to delight lovers of horticulture, this 6-hour tour combines a visit to Vallarta Botanical Garden with tequila tasting at Rancho Los Veranos. Alongside your guide, you’ll explore 20 acres of lush tropical gardens, home to 3,000 different plant species. Then, head to Rancho Los Veranos for a Mexican lunch accompanied by samples of tequila, the country’s national beverage. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included.

Explore El Tuito, the colorful town just south of Puerto Vallarta, on a day trip. Meaning ‘small beautiful valley’ in the Nahuati pre-Hispanic language, El Tuito is just that. Discover the town’s highlights and history with a guide, visit the main square, a botanical garden, an artisan bakery, and sample tequila at the distillery. A Mexican lunch is included midway through the day.

There is nothing like the Vallarta Botanical Garden, and its new "Botanical Delights" Tour and Culinary Adventure, which is the best way to fully enjoy your experience. A day of "delights" (delights) will provide memories for a lifetime.

Explore Mexico’s Pacific coast on this guided cycling excursion from Puerto Vallarta. After a convenient hotel pickup, enjoy access to equipment including an 11 speed road bike with Shimano 105 components, a helmet, water, and vehicle support. Then hit the road and pedal 43 miles (70 kilometers) along the coast, through Mexican fir trees, and past the Botanical Gardens.

Puerto Vallarta is a tropical and abundant paradise, perfect for nature lovers! With exotic flowers, lizards, butterflies and more, there is no better destination for a macro photography adventure! At Butterfly Sanctuary Jardin Magico where we will be shooting, you will find over 100 different species of butterflies to photograph as well as many colorful and exotic flora! Receive long lasting lessons that can be applied to all of your photography subjects. Each workshop comes with a detailed handout on all of the topics we covered. All of our students are invited to join our online community where they can continue to receive photography support and participate in our themed challenges. Explore the garden and learn how to create stunning floral images using different camera settings, lenses, and filters. We will have a demonstration and verbal presentation on photographing butterflies and wildlife as well as some free time to shoot assignments around the garden.

Leave the beaches of Puerto Vallarta behind on an advanced-level mountain bike tour to El Tuito. This challenging 53-mile (86-kilometer) ride takes you from the coast to the mountains and back again, and includes lots of climbing. Enjoy incredible views as you climb into the mountains from Puente Horcones to the town of El Columpio. Plus, hotel pickup and drop-off in Puerto Vallarta is included.