Gorno-Altaisk Botanical garden is one of the main natural attractions of the Altai Republic. Botanical garden is located 77 km from Gorno-Altaisk, nearby Chui tract, at the confluence of Sam and Katun, on the territory of the natural monument of the Altai Republic - tracts "Sickular-Katil - Clean meadow".

The Botanical garden was founded in 1994 to create the infrastructure, and to build scientific capacity, which was recognized not only in the country but also abroad, it took a few years. During this time he has assembled an extensive collection of ornamental plants, created an experimental platform for the study of new technologies of environmental management based on ethnic traditions of the local indigenous peoples.

For 19 years a collection of Gorno-Altai Botanical garden was enlarged to more than 1530 species and varieties of plants from different regions of the Republic. Most of them amounted to "indigenous inhabitants". However, the garden can be seen and "guests" from the Far East and North America.

Special interest of visitors of the Botanical garden are the plants, now become rare. For example, according to scientists, the age of Sabanci Siberian reaches a million years. Unique plants of the taiga and forest-steppe zones represented in the exhibition, which includes more than a thousand species of cultivated and wild plants, and several species are endemic. Scientists are quite often come to the Botanical garden to conduct research.

Currently in Gorno-Altaisk Botanical garden presents such exposure as: "Dry stream", "the Rock garden", "aromatic kitchen garden", "Siberia. Europe and others.

When visiting the garden, you can purchase sprouts and seeds, and medicinal products, Souvenirs, and enjoy a delicious herbal cocktails. In 2003, the Botanical garden was opened recreation "Cattail", which offers accommodation in cosy cottages of timber and excursion service.