Some Best Nature Trails To Trek Across the Island
If you always like some activities to check out some outdoor parks and nature reserves which is hidden away from our skyscrapers and busy streets, where these forested hill, swampy wetlands and there are these trails which will get you out of the urban gridlock and back into nature.
Where to go hiking in Singapore
The Southern Ridges
This 10 km connector trails offers the fair share of scenic trail connected to five other parks and hikers can use this part to explore these other areas and you will be stopping by places like Mount Faber Park, Telok Blangah Hill Park, HortPark, Kent Ridge Park and Labrador Nature Reserve. Highlights include Henderson Waves, the iconic bridge, and the Forest Walk and Canopy Walk for nature’s finest.
Southern Ridges
Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
If you like to work out your way to the summit of some highest nature park then check out these 163 metres at Bukit Timah Hill where you can enjoy going through the reserve’s flora and fauna.
Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
Fort Canning Park
You can enjoy this rich cultural heritage where you can enjoy this hill’s history with archaeological digs here.
Fort Canning Park
Clementi Forest
Head down to this untouched forest for this lush greenery with open valleys, thick foliage, old train tracks and Jurassic Park vibes and adventure your own path cross following the trail left behind by other hikers.
Clementi Forest
Keppel Hill Reservoir
If you are seeking for some spooky abandoned scenes then check out this trail which you can head out to this reservoir which were abandoned in the 50s after it has been rediscovered recently in 2014, and now you can enjoy it with your friend and walk past these old reservoir where you can find some spooky diving board, solitary tombstone and empty roads.
Keppel Hill Reservoir
Thomson Nature Park
This park which features five easy trails spanning of 3.8 kilometres which is great for beginners and you can look out for their heritage highlights of the village scene at the Runs and Figs Trail and freshwater habitat at the Stream and Ferns Trail.
Thomson Nature Park
The Green Corridor
The Green Corridor has since been changed into a hiking trail for trekking and much like Southern Ridges where the route which serves as a connector between several parks like Bukit Timah and Kranji Wetlands and you will find grasslands, streams and marshes that are teeming with life, thanks to the area being relatively untouched.
MacRitchie Reservoir Park
This is some of the popular hiking trails where for starts this park offers beautiful tropical scenery which it has some impressive wildlife and peaceful path here and you can also enjoy their TreeTop Walk which is an aerial walkway with bird’s eye view.
MacRitchie Reservoir Park
Labrador Nature Reserve
Here you can enjoy some scenic seaside trails whre here on this Nature Reserve boardwalk which can bring you past some cliff side, secondary forest and marshes and this path also give you a view of coastline.
Labrador Nature Reserve
Pulau Ubin
Here you can hop on to a bumboat and take a trip back in time in Pulau Ubin where you can catch a glimpse of what Singaporean life was like back in the 60, where you can put on a good pair of boots where you can head on to Chek Jawa Wetlands where you can trek through six distinct ecosystems.
Pulau Ubin
Kranji Marshes
Here is one of the largest freshwater marshes in Singapore where it makes the perfect destination for wildlife enthusiasts who are on the hunt for a good trekking spot where you can find a broad range of aquatic plants, insects, fish and birds. Lucky explorers in the woodland area of the park might even spot threatened bird species like the Changeable Hawk Eagle and the Grey-headed Fish Eagle.
Kranji Marshes
Bukit Batok Nature Park
If you love some crazy hiking trail then check out these pretty walking routes here with stunning views and crystal clear lakes on its abandoned quarry sites.
Bukit Batok Nature Park
Coast-to-Coast (C2C) Trail
This 36 km trekking in Singapore from Jurong Lake Garden and all the way connected to Coney Island Park, where it will make a great adventure for those who wanted a challenge and here you can explore across the 10 checkpoints and various wildlife viewing spots.
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
This first wetland reserve is home to riverine species which including water monitors, mudskippers and you can trek through the park with its many trails during the migratory season and you might catch some sandpipers and plovers.
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Upper Peirce Reservoir Park
This tranquil park which offers several easy going lakeside trails which will let you enjoy a trekking journey in Singapore and this forest is also home to large population of log tailed macaque.
Upper Peirce Reservoir Park
Mount Faber Park
This Mount Faber offers guest of more amenities and other trails and if you’re not that big on the great outdoors, skip the hike and take the cable car to the summit where you can take a panoramic peek through several telescopes at the look-out points.
Mount Faber Park
Changi East Boardwalk
This hardcore hiking trail has a trail which is pretty much all boardwalk and there are plenty of holiday chalets and famous Changi Village Food Centre here where you can enjoy taking a walk past fishing villages and beaches. And lastly, you can reward yourself with some killer nasi lemak after you’ve completed an afternoon of trekking in Singapore.
Changi East Boardwalk
Coney Island Park
Coney island is a less developed area which are public in recent years where this ecologically park use timber from fallen Casuarina trees to build signage, beaches and the mangrove boardwalk.
Coney Island Park
Lower Peirce Reservoir Park
Continue hiking from Upper Peirce Reservoir and you’ll find yourself surrounded by the dense forests of Lower Pierce Reservoir Park. The 900m boardwalk will lead you through the forest and along the reservoir, offering beautiful scenes of nature.
Lower Peirce Reservoir Park
Chestnut Nature Park
If you prefer a chill hike then check out the Nature park here where you can take advantage of these flat hiking with occasional slope and this park which is split into two areas – Chestnut Nature Park (north) for a 3.5km hiking trail and Chestnut Nature Park (south), spanning 2.1km. Want a little more adventure? Hop on your bike and own the 8.2 km mountain bike trail instead.
Chestnut Nature Park
Windsor Nature Park
This wetland wonderland offer the features of hiking trails, freshwater streams and marsh habitat and now hikers can enjoy the Drongo trail, a sub canopy walk for visitor to walk through flora beneath the forest.
Windsor Nature Park
Dairy Farm Nature Park
This trail is where you can expect some mud and some harrowing terrain. While mostly used by mountain bikers, the trail is easily traversable by foot. At the end of the hike, you’ll find the Singapore Quarry. It’s been converted into a wetland habitat with a viewing area that lets hikers admire some of Singapore’s freshwater flora and fauna.
Dairy Farm Nature Park