Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
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Hi. I just went to the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve for the first time last Saturday. Honestly, I found it very disappointing. you see, the visitor centre did not provide MAPS!!! When i started to ask question to the guy behind the desk, he said that he knew none.. goodness, even though Singapore is such a hi-tech country, its nature reserve is really a disappointment.
I was also disappointed of the vague description of the flora and fauna.
However, the only thing I found pleasant was the nature itself.
I saw that many people jogged there, so I tried, too. But, honestly, the track was really steep.
That's my view about Bukit timah Nature reserve.
As a Singaporean, what do you think about the nature reserve?
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Please don't transform Bukit Timah Reserve into another Sentosa.
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Originally posted by Tun4 43v4:
Hi. I just went to the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve for the first time last Saturday. Honestly, I found it very disappointing. you see, the visitor centre did not provide MAPS!!! When i started to ask question to the guy behind the desk, he said that he knew none.. goodness, even though Singapore is such a hi-tech country, its nature reserve is really a disappointment.
I was also disappointed of the vague description of the flora and fauna.
However, the only thing I found pleasant was the nature itself.
I saw that many people jogged there, so I tried, too. But, honestly, the track was really steep.
That's my view about Bukit timah Nature reserve.
As a Singaporean, what do you think about the nature reserve?
Bukit Timah is 163- hectares in size, The Bukit Timah and Central Catchment nature reserves are home to more than 840 flowering plants and over 500 species of animals. It contains more plant species than the whole of North America !!!
City tortose go to see nature - run on main road up of course see nothing, but people only.
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haiz, want nature but no this and that, might as well sit at home and watch National Geographic.
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dont really need a map to walk in the nature reserve.. there are boards that give the map along the way.
a local to use a map in singapore is quite a pity. nature reserve or not. -
Originally posted by sinicker:
dont really need a map to walk in the nature reserve.. there are boards that give the map along the way.
a local to use a map in singapore is quite a pity. nature reserve or not.there are some who get lost even with maps.
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Protected areas. later SAF catch you
but seriously if bukit timah hill is easy to explore than no fun in sg already. if you are the type that likes to go into the unknonw and know how to play it safe, with a local sg map / st directory, compass, enough water in a canteen, finger food, proper attire, handphone with spare battery, go in small group atleast, inform your relatives where you going, conscious of nature and its inhabitants, then you are ready more bt timah or any other ulu ulu palces to explore.
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i havent even went there be4
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I hike from Venus Lane and walked all the way to Bukit Timah Hill Reserved and Back. its about 14K
2 bottles of ice water and a snicker bar.
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Originally posted by Arapahoe:
I hike from Venus Lane and walked all the way to Bukit Timah Hill Reserved and Back. its about 14K
2 bottles of ice water and a snicker bar.
Venus Lane is a nice quiet spot, access from end of Windsor Park is more direct.
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
Venus Lane is a nice quiet spot, access from end of Windsor Park is more direct.
well i took the long route....Venus Lane - Rifle Range Road than onward to Bukit Timah Reserve. and Back....he he he..... -
Originally posted by Arapahoe:
well i took the long route....Venus Lane - Rifle Range Road than onward to Bukit Timah Reserve. and Back....he he he.....can make a detour to shinto shrine then.
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
can make a detour to shinto shrine then.
where is the shinto shrine?
I was hopping to catch the lost Deer from the Zoo.....(did u know that we have an additional wild life!!!)
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Originally posted by Arapahoe:
where is the shinto shrine?
I was hopping to catch the lost Deer from the Zoo.....(did u know that we have an additional wild life!!!)
not hard to find but the track can be overgrown. From SICC track about 2 km turning on the south.
seen the sambar deer before. The rare giant black squirrel is harder to spot.