Cyprus has always attracted tourists from all over the world for its beautiful beaches, warm sea and beautiful scenery. Landscape diversity of the island contributed to the fact that on its territory there are a huge number of plant species, which can be admired throughout the year. Such species diversity and prompted the Forest Department of the Republic to create a Botanical station "Herbarium Northern Cyprus". It was founded in 1989 and set amongst a mountainous area some 18 kilometers South of the town of Girne (Kyrenia) near the village of Alevkaya.

"The herbarium of Northern Cyprus" was created to store the collection, which he started to collect British botanist blame Derek. Today a unique collection station has more than 1, 5 thousand specimens of grasses, shrubs and trees that grow in the Northern part of the island. In addition, 19 species of plants represented in the collection, are endemic in the wild they can be found exclusively in the North of Cyprus.

So, in the "Herbarium" you can see several species of pine, olive and carob trees, many varieties of citrus, cedar, juniper, cypress, large variety of orchids on the island there are about 45 species in the North of Cyprus – more than 30).

In addition to the dried samples of the local flora exhibition presents photographs, drawings and sketches of various plants. For each instance there is a detailed description.

Also, there are beautiful views of the mountain plateau.