# Parks and zoos in Pietermaritzburg — Citylit

Discover parks & zoos in Pietermaritzburg: KwaZulu-Natal National Botanical Garden. Find addresses, photographs and source links.

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Latest source check: 2026-10-12

## Places

### KwaZulu-Natal National Botanical Garden

Tree-lined walks and indigenous plant collections below a green hillside.

- City: Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Category: Parks & zoos
- Address: 2 Zwartkop Road, Prestbury
- Citylit page: https://citylit.vercel.app/pietermaritzburg/parks-zoos/kwazulu-natal-national-botanical-garden
- Official website: https://www.sanbi.org/gardens/kwazulu-natal/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal_National_Botanical_Garden
- Sources checked: 2026-10-08
- Coordinates: longitude 30.3798, latitude -29.6006 (CITY REFERENCE ONLY; venue coordinates unknown)
- Coordinate source: City centre reference

The KwaZulu-Natal National Botanical Garden is situated along Mayor's Walk, in the western suburbs of Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.

About source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal_National_Botanical_Garden; checked 2026-10-12; license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.

#### Practical facts
- admission: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- booking: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- stepFreeEntrance: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- accessibleToilets: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- parking: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- publicTransport: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- family: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- environment: outdoor (editorial-estimate); checked 2026-10-08; source: https://www.sanbi.org/gardens/kwazulu-natal/
- durationMinutes: 60 (editorial-estimate); checked 2026-10-08; source: Citylit editorial planning estimate

#### Sources
- KwaZulu-Natal - SANBI: https://www.sanbi.org/gardens/kwazulu-natal/; fetched 2026-10-08; retrieved during research
- KwaZulu-Natal National Botanical Garden: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal_National_Botanical_Garden; fetched 2026-10-08; retrieved during research

#### Photographs and credits
- https://citylit.vercel.app/images/e13d64e38e45.jpg — Exit gate, KwaZulu-Natal National Botanical Garden, Pietermaritzburg. Venue photograph. Author: I created this image. JMK (talk) 20:11, 22 June 2011 (UTC); license: CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0); source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ontvangs,_KZN_NBT,_b.jpg
- https://citylit.vercel.app/images/300a6cfb1082.jpg — Foliage of a Silver-leaf Milkplum, KwaZulu-Natal National Botanical Garden, Pietermaritzburg. Venue photograph. Author: JMK; license: CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0); source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Englerophytum_natalense,_KwaZulu-Natal_NBT,_PMB.jpg
- https://citylit.vercel.app/images/f846bfc3a292.jpg — Lion's ear in the KwaZulu-Natal National Botanical Garden, Pietermaritzburg. Venue photograph. Author: JMK; license: CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0); source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leonotis_leonurus,_KwaZulu-Natal_NBT,_PMB.jpg

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