My TripAdvisor Review No.463: Cathedral Grove, Port Alberni, Canada.

Giant And Ancient Trees.

Cathedral Grove is located on Highway No.4 in Vancouver Island, very near to the town of Port Alberni. It straddles both sides of the highway and there is limited parking space outside the Park area. It is also known as MacMillan Provincial Park.

The wonders of this park are the giant Douglas Fir trees which inhabit this forest like silent sentinels from the past. The leader among them is an 800-year-old tree, 76 meters tall and 9 meters in circumference. It was over 300 years old when Christopher Columbus first came to North America. Other species of trees in this forest include the Western Hemlock, the Western Red Cedar, and the Bigleaf Maples.

The walk around the park can take between half an hour to over two hours, depending on how much time and interest you have. At the end of the North side are the banks of the Cameron Lake.

There are no benches is the park, but you can catch your breath sitting on the broad fencing or tree stumps of the old and fallen trees along the way. There are functional restrooms outside along the parking lot.

It is like an enchanted forest, only disturbed somewhat by the noise of the highway traffic.

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Date of experience: July 2019

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My TripAdvisor Review No.434: Biggest Banyan Tree, Bangalore.

Biggest Banyan Tree, Bangalore.

This Banyan Tree is located about 28 km from Bangalore on the Mysore highway, but about 8 km off the highway. One can reach this picnic spot by local bus, rickshaw or taxi. Parking is available nearby around the enclosure of the tree. There are small eateries and tea shops outside the fenced garden enclosing the tree.

The 400-year-old tree covers an area of about 3 acres, almost the area of a small village. It is the largest banyan tree in Karnataka, and the 4th largest in India, and the World.

We were wonderstruck by the enormity of this single tree with so many trunks. The main trunk was destroyed due to natural disease, but now has many other trunks which have descended from its branches to support the tree. In fact, when we entered the lovely gardens surrounding the tree, we felt as if we were in a small forest. There were many monkeys scampering around, and the tree also houses many species of birds. There is a small Shiva temple on the premises.

It is a good place for a picnic in rural Bangalore, with beautiful natural surroundings, but be careful of the marauding monkeys, and please do not leave your garbage behind.

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Date of experience: February 2019

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