MacRitchie Tree Top Walk

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Sunset @ MacRitchie Reservoir

Singapore is a small island country that houses more than 4 million people. Whenever we think of Singapore, we will always associate her with sophiscated tall buildings, state of the art expressways, the iconic "durian" Esplande and of course the awesome Marina Bay Sands. Despite having a abundance of shopping centres on the entire island, there isn't really much you can do here besides watching movies and eating good food.

There are actually still some interesting things left to do on Singapore and one of them is sightseeing. Singapore has quite a number of nature reserves and taking a walk at one of them will be an eye opener for many people, including myself. Recently one of my friend had asked me to visit MacRitchie Reservoir's Tree Top Walk. I had never heard of it before or know it exists before. It turned out to be an awesome trip though.

"The TreeTop Walk (TTW) is the highlight of several long hiking routes in MacRitchie that brings you through different stages of mature secondary forest. The first of its kind in Singapore and in the region, this free-standing suspension bridge connects the two highest points (Bukit Peirce and Bukit Kalang) in MacRitchie and offers a bird's eye view of the community of plants and animals that live in the forest canopy. The total length of the walkway is about 250m and its height from the forest floor varies, with the highest point at 25m."

The journey to the Tree Top Walk is around 5km and will take you about 1-2hours depending on your pace/speed. Nessa and I were just talking casually so it take us around 1.5 hours to reach the Ranger Station. Please do not give up even if it's tiring because the view up there is magnificent. 

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Ranger Station, the bridge is One Way Only.

Nessa takes the lead.

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Quite scary if you look down.

Hot, please bring lots of water and proper shoes.

After the bridge it's another 2-3km walk to the Ranger Station. So please bring lots of water as you will really need it. Overall, the whole walk is worth the walk literally because you get the see lots of things that are not very common in Singapore and various exotic wildlife too. It's a pity that I didn't capture any picture of them though. 

I do hope to have more trips like this in the future.