Imagine doing an Instagram photo session at the Indian Char Bagh Garden in New Zealand. — Photos: MELODY L. GOH/The Star
“Let's go to that garden, ” a travel buddy said on a road trip in New Zealand’s North Island a few years back. We were at Hamilton in Waikato district; we’ve just had lunch and were looking for a place to rest before continuing our journey back to Auckland.
“Garden? So boring, ” I said.
We checked it out anyway, and I was wrong – the Hamilton Gardens is anything but boring.
This garden is so exquisite and interesting you can actually spend a long time traipsing in fields of wild flowers, and walking among herb gardens, sculpted bushes, mini forests and giant trees, without realising it. In fact, tourism brochures and websites recommend that you spend at least 75 minutes here.