Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
It was a public holiday here yesterday so my Friend, his family and mysef decided to venture out on a trek to Bukit Timah.
Bukit Timah a nature reserve some 3043 hectares in size, home to 840 species of plant and around 500 plus species of animals is one of Singapore's best unspoiled biodiversity.
We set off for Bukit Timah around midday and after an hour long bus ride we arrived at our destination, it was a sweltering hot day, extremely humid, the first thing we all thought was, did we pick the right day to come. We grabbed some lunch at a local restaurant and made our way to the nature reserve.
The first thing I noticed upon entering the forest was the vast canopy and the abundance of huge trees, if one were to compare them to skyscrapers they would easily be around 40 stories high. We trekked a few miles and discovered vast vines, I unleashed the kid in me and swung from one of them, it really was quite fun!
I bet you all are wondering, OK so he's mentioned that there's a lot of trees but where's the animals? We'll that's where it gets a little disappointing, we trekked through the forest for almost 3-4 hours but bar a bird or two we didn't see any of the wildlife that they had showed photos of at the entrance to the reserve, perhaps we chose the wrong time of the year to come, nevertheless it was still a great experience trekking though the forest in search of fauna and flora.
Bukit Timah a nature reserve some 3043 hectares in size, home to 840 species of plant and around 500 plus species of animals is one of Singapore's best unspoiled biodiversity.
We set off for Bukit Timah around midday and after an hour long bus ride we arrived at our destination, it was a sweltering hot day, extremely humid, the first thing we all thought was, did we pick the right day to come. We grabbed some lunch at a local restaurant and made our way to the nature reserve.
The first thing I noticed upon entering the forest was the vast canopy and the abundance of huge trees, if one were to compare them to skyscrapers they would easily be around 40 stories high. We trekked a few miles and discovered vast vines, I unleashed the kid in me and swung from one of them, it really was quite fun!
I bet you all are wondering, OK so he's mentioned that there's a lot of trees but where's the animals? We'll that's where it gets a little disappointing, we trekked through the forest for almost 3-4 hours but bar a bird or two we didn't see any of the wildlife that they had showed photos of at the entrance to the reserve, perhaps we chose the wrong time of the year to come, nevertheless it was still a great experience trekking though the forest in search of fauna and flora.
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