Bukit Timah Nature Reserve

The closest thing you'll get to a rain forest in Singapore is Bukit Timah's Nature Reserve. With different hiking trails and even a cycling trail within the forest grounds brings you into another dimension of Singapore away from all the city buzz and modernity. Although I must say, the residential district of Bukit Timah is rather lovely.

There are 3 different paths you can take each with a different level of 'intensity' and all lead you up 163m to Bukit Timah Summit. After that you can mozy back down or carry on walking around the rain forest and see if you can spot monkeys and squirrels on your way or weird twisting tree branches like the one we saw on our way up (pictured right). We also spotted monkeys out of the park on our way to the bus stop, there were more roaming around the residential area than actually in the rain forest!

A lovely peaceful day out for the family or just for a walk and some exercise that doesn't have to be boring. Entrance is FREE!