Reviews The Cave

Heads up - it's mostly a couples' park. Parking -- 2 wheeler (15) and 4 wheeler (20). Entry - 25 per head. There are several benches and CCTV cameras all over the place. The walking area is neat and all, but the ponds are mostly filled with algae. Nice sunshade under huge trees. Mostly, people are coming for the photoshoot. There's a children's play area too. Some families have even visited as a picnic spot bringing food. It would have been better if some security kept patrolling inside the park from time to time so that couples behave well.

1) Location: In the middle of the city, opposite US Consulate. Hardly 30-40 mins from the middle of the city or from all the tourist / important places. 2) Attractions: A cute little play area, great green cover and plantation, and a great jogging track 3) Food: None, but since it's in the middle of the city, you can find many options outside the park nearby. 4) Entry Fees: Minimal, 20 rupees for adults, 10 rupees for children. 5) Overall: Ok types, maybe one time visit, and then multiple times if you want to walk around.

Small but beautiful park. Well kept. The stone pathways are superb.

A small and beautiful botanical garden in the heart of Chennai. It is adorned with varieties of flowering trees. Many people turn up here for morning walk, but you need to have a monthly pass for that. Rest of the people can enter the park at other times for a nominal fees. During the day its mainly a couple's meet up place and also used for photoshoots. Overall you can have a decent walk here if the weather is good.

One of the Best park at Chennai City, Cool & Peaceful place, Entry fee is 25 rupees only.

Semmozhi Poonga which means the Classical Language Park in Tamil was inaugurated by the then Chief Minister Dr. J Jayalalitha. Built at an expense of 80 million rupees, the wonderful garden has more than 80 trees since its existence with few of them being more than a hundred years old. The Agri-Horticultural Society, sub-leased 18-acre land to the hotelier K. Krishna Rau, who established the Woodlands drive-in Hotel in `1962. It was more popular as the Indian Hotel. In 1982, BAPASI held the annual Chennai Book Fair in the hotel premises. In 1989 Tamil Nadu Government moved in for the closure of the restaurant. The restaurant closed its operation after two decades in 2008 and the High Court handed over the land to the government who then decided to set up a Botanical Garden, a research centre and a green house for developing rare species of medicinal and non-medicinal plants and flowers. Supreme Court gave the consent to the state government to build the garden in 2009 and the garden was established in 2010 by appointing the consultant named Rajendra Associates. Spanning over an area of 20 acres, the garden accommodates more than 500 species of plants. The inspiring garden is home to some of the rarest species of plants and houses a vivid collection of plants from China and Thailand. Visitors would be delighted to see the twenty two feet long and fourteen feet high arch at the entrance which has an inbuilt irrigation and drain system. The beautiful arch is covered with seven thousand plants. People would be enchanted to see the plants from Canada on the ten feet high wall grown in a poly trace. Noteworthy division of the wonderful place is the butterfly garden which has been built in the shape of butterfly adorned with thirty different species of flowering plants. Aroma garden, ornamented with plants species like parijatham and pavalamalli is a must-visit. The magnificent garden holds Rs. 800000 worth of plants from China. Flowering cacti with a velvety light pink flower at the top, lucky bamboo, non-flowering cacti with diameters up to about 45 cm and Ficus are the major plants brought from China. It also has twelve varied species of orchids and water lilies from Thailand. Nature lovers would admire the bonsai varieties of Ficus microcarpa and Ficus ginseng. There are eight major partition of the garden, each being home to different floral varieties. Water and Rock Garden, Butterfly Garden, Fern Garden, Sunken Garden and Theme Garden are the various divisions of the garden that allures every visitor. Another key attraction is the artificial duck pond and the 90-odd species spiral shaped as well as multi-branched miniature trees. The garden is embellished by around 22 thematic gardens that include herbal, aromatic, maze and cascade. Fountains and a range of swings attract the younger lot.

Good place for hanging out with friends and walk. But I don't know too much of couples. I don't think it's a good place to take children.