Monday, September 15, 2008

Singapore parks walk (Rev: 1.2)



On 14 September 2008 (Sunday), I took the below Singapore parks trips starting from the Harbour Front MRT at about 11:45 am:

Marang Trail -> Mount Faber Park (Faber Walk) -> Henderson Waves -> Telok Blangah Hill Park (Hilltop Walk) -> Forest Walk -> Alexandra Arch -> Horticulture Park (or HortPark) -> Flora Walk -> Canopy Walk -> Kent Ridge Park.

I reached Alexandra Arch at around 13:05 pm. The whole walking journal from Marang Trail to Alexandra Arch took about 1 hour 20 minutes.


01_HarbourFrontMRT_D_exit
01) Coming out from the Harbour Front MRT D Exit/Entrance (on the Left Hand Side, LHS), you will see this short path that leads you towards Marang Trail.



Buses that can reach Harbour Front MRT D Exit/Entrance:
10, 30, 57, 61, 65, 80, 93, 97, 100, 131, 143, 145 (bus stop opposites Harbour Front MRT only), 166 (from Clementi bus interchange), 646, 855 and 300.




02_MarangTrail_StartPoint
02) Marang Trail Start Point (about 0.8 km). There are no light install along the trail. Hence, it is not advisable to walk in the night. The Marang Trail has many staircases for you to walk up to Mount Faber Park. It is equivalent to walking up to 24 storey height.


03_MountFaberPark
03) Mount Faber Park View 1.


04_MountFaberPark_Telescope
04) Once you have reach Mount Faber Park, kindly walks towards the Right Hand Side (RHS) in order to walk along the road that will leads you towards The Jewel Box.


05_MountFaberPark_View1
05) Mount Faber Park View 2.


06_MountFaberPark_View2
06) Mount Faber Park View 3.


07_TheJewelBox
07) At The Jewel Box, you can take a cable car ride to Sentosa island. Toilet and restaurant are available at The Jewel Box.


08_TheJewelBox_OperationHours
08) The Jewel Box Operation Hours.


09_MountFaberPark_View3
09) Mount Faber Park View 4.


10_PathToFaberPoint
10) After walking past The Jewel Box and keep walking along the road, you will see a refreshment mini shop (RHS) calls The Hill (Bistro). Behind The Hill (toilet available), kindly cross the road to walk to the path that leads to the Faber Point.


11_FaberPoint
11) Mount Faber Park Faber Point is situated at about 106 metres height and is the highest point of the Mount Faber Park.


12_FaberPoint_MerlionSculpture
12) Merlion Sculpture at the Mount Faber Park Faber Point.


13_FaberPoint_View1
13) Mount Faber Park Faber Point View 1 (LHS).


14_FaberPoint_View2
14) Mount Faber Park Faber Point View 2 (LHS).


15_FaberPoint_View3
15) Mount Faber Park Faber Point View 3 (RHS). Kindly walk towards this staircase to go to Henderson Waves.


16_TrailToHendersonWaves
16) Kindly climb up the staircase that leads to the Henderson Waves.


17_TrailToHendersonWaves_DownPath
17) Kindly walk down the staircase that leads to Henderson Waves.


18_TurningPointToHendersonWaves
18) At this junction (sign detail is shown in picture 19), kindly turns right to walk towards Henderson Waves.


19_HendersonCrossing
19) The junction sign (also shown in picture 18) that point to Henderson Crossing.


20_TurnRightToHendersonWaves
20) Kindly cross the zebra crossing and turns right to walk towards Henderson Waves.


21_HendersonWaves_View1
21) You will see this Henderson Waves view if you turns left (instead of right) from picture 20.


22_HendersonWaves_View2
22) Henderson Waves is about 36 metres above the Henderson Road. Henderson Waves is Singapore's highest pedestrian bridge that spans Henderson Road to connect Mount Faber Park to Telok Blangah Hill Park.


23_HendersonWavesEntrance
23) Henderson Waves Entrance/Exit.


24_HendersonWavesPath
24) Henderson Waves Path (about 0.3 km).


25_HendersonWaves_View1
25) Henderson Waves View 1 (RHS).


26_HendersonWaves_View2
26) Henderson Waves View 2 (LHS).


27_HendersonWaves_View3
27) Henderson Waves View 3 (LHS).


28_InformationKiosk
28) After crossing the Henderson Waves, you will see this Information Kiosk. No toilet is available here.


29_TrailToHillTopWalk
29) Kindly walk along this path that leads towards Telok Blangah Hill Park (Hill Top Walk is about 1 km).


30_HillTopWalk_Toilet
30) At the Telok Blangah Hill Park, please turns left to walk along the road towards Forest Walk. If you want to go to the toilet, please walk across the zebra crossing and turns left to go to the toilet. If you turns right, it will leads you towards Alkaff Mansion at the Depot road.


31_HillTopWalk_RouteToForestWalk
31) At the Telok Blangah Hill Park, kindly walk along the road that leads to the Forest Walk.


32_TerraceGardenJunction
32) At this junction, both roads will lead towards Forest Walk. However, the road on the RHS (recommended) has the shortest route to reach Forest Walk. If you climb up the center staircase, you will go to the Telok Blangah Hill Park Terrace Garden.


33_TerraceGarden
33) Terrace Garden is situated at the top of the Telok Blangah Hill Park. You can have a 360 degree view of Singapore here.


34_ForestWalk_Entrance
34) Forest Walk (about 1.3 km) Entrance/Exit.


35_ForestWalkPath
35) Forest Walk View 1. Forest Walk is made up of an elevated walkway rises to between 3 and 18 metres above the ground in the hilly terrain.


36_ForestWalkPathView
36) Forest Walk View 2.


37_ReachingAlexandraArch
37) At the end of the Forest Walk, you will reach towards Alexandra Arch.


38_AlexandraArchPath
38) Alexandra Arch Path (about 0.08 km). Alexandra Arch looks like an opened leaf across Alexandra Road.


39_FloralWalk_RoadToHortPark
39) After crossing the Alexandra Arch, kindly walk in the direction shown to reach HortPark. You can see a sign (LHS of this picture) as shown in picture 40 that points to HortPark.



HortPark - The Gardening Hub (You can download map from HortPark website)
33 Hyderabad Road (off Alexandra Road), Singapore 119578
Hotline: 6471 5601

Buses that can reach HortPark:
51, 61, 93, 97, 100, 166 (from Clementi bus interchange) and 963.


From MRT stationBuses
Harbour Front NEL station (NE1)61, 93, 100, 166, 963
Clarke Quay station (NE5)51, 61
City Hall station (EW13 / NS25)61, 166
Commonwealth station (EW20)100
Bugis station (EW12) or Queenstown station (EW19)51
Bukit Batok station (NS2)61
Jurong East (EW24 / NS1)97
Woodlands station (NS9)963




40_ToHortCentreSign
40) To HortPark sign (locates on the LHS of picture 39).


41_AgamaLizard
41) Agama lizard spotted when walking towards HortPark.


42_HortPark
42) Toilet, drinking water, restaurant, etc are available inside the HortPark (gardening hub).


43_FloralWalk_Path1
43) HortPark Floral Walk (about 0.3 km) Path 1. No shelter along the path.


44_FloralWalk_Path2
44) HortPark Floral Walk Path 2. No shelter along the path.


45_PrototypeGlassHouseComplex
45) Prototype Glass House Complex inside the HortPark.


46_RouteToKentRidgePark
46) At the Prototype Glass House Complex, kindly walk along the road in the direction shown to reach Kent Ridge Park.


47_RouteToKentRidgePark_StartingPoint
47) Starting point to Kent Ridge Park.


48_RouteToKentRidgePark_Junction
48) At this junction, it is recommended to turns left to go to the Canopy Walk. After finish walking the Canopy Walk, it will also leads you towards Kent Ridge Park. If you walk straight along the path, you will go to Kent Ridge Park.


49_RouteToKentRidgePark_Sign
49) The junction sign as shown in picture 48.


50_ThePeak
50) The Peak (assume you turn left at the junction in picture 48 to go to the Canopy Walk).


51_ReflectionsOfBukitChandu
51) Reflections Of Bukit Chandu (assume you turn left at the junction in picture 48 to go to the Canopy Walk) is once known as Opium Hill and site of one of the last battles of Singapore in World War II. Reflections Of Bukit Chandu operation hours is Tuesday to Sunday from 9 am to 5 pm. Toilet is available inside the Reflections Of Bukit Chandu.


52_CanopyWalk_StartingPoint
52) Canopy Walk (about 0.3 km) starting/ending point (opposites the Reflections Of Bukit Chandu).


53_CanopyWalk_ViewRight
53) Canopy Walk RHS View.


54_CanopyWalk_ViewCenter
54) Canopy Walk Center View.


55_CanopyWalk_ViewLeft
55) Canopy Walk LHS View.


56_KentRidgePark
56) Kent Ridge Park carpark B. Kent Ridge Park has an important historical values as it was one of the last battle fields in Singapore during World War 2. Toilet is available near the Kent Ridge Park carpark B.


57_KentRidgePark_Tank
57) AMX-13 light Tank is displayed at the Kent Ridge Park carpark B.


58_KentRidgePark_View1
58) Kent Ridge Park View 1.


59_KentRidgePark_View2
59) Kent Ridge Park View 2.


60_KentRidgePark_View3
60) Kent Ridge Park View 3.


61_KentRidgePark_View4
61) Kent Ridge Park View 4.


62_KentRidgePark_View5
62) Kent Ridge Park View 5.


63_KentRidgePark_View6
63) Kent Ridge Park View 6.


Reference:

[1] National Parks Singapore

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