Think I am going to have to pass on the Jelutong Tower and make my way down the eastern side of the reserve back to civilisation.Along the eastern side of the MacRitchie Reservoir is the MacRitchie Nature Trail, which is very similar to all of the tracks I have been on today. It is rather well signposted most of the way as well. At the end of Rifle Range Road the Kampong Trail ends and I enter MacRitchie Reservoir Nature Reserve. Why is there a guy stationed here in the middle of nowhere? It's not that I am against nature (except angry monkeys that is) it's just that I have a short attention span and I need constant input. Singapore Trail: Kampong Trail - Tree Top Walk - MacRitchie ... Singapore, walking from Marymount MRT Station to MacRitchie Reservoir Park - Duration: 16:29. The 16.5km walk I was about to undertake was the longest single walk I had taken in Singapore and was going to be the longest of the whole trip. Playing extreme loud music.
As the name suggests the Durian Loop has a number of Durian trees. Kampong Trail.
Once again the path is a little muddy and within thick vegetation. Saying that though, the peacefulness of the surroundings was very pleasant and well worth the trek.
Distance: ~8 km (to and fro) Time: ~ 3 hours; Difficulty: 1/5 (as there no steep slopes, mainly foliage and forest trails) Trail type: Forest well-trodden trail, road, cross the highway (BKE), some rocky/stones path
Just before the entrance to the TreeTop Walk is a little hut, and within the hut was a park employee overlooking the entrance. Sure Rifle Range Road was not the most enjoyable walk I have ever taken, but there was a small amount of "excitement". Snarled, exposed its sharp, gleamy white teeth and lunged at me.
I am seriously considering begging the guard to let me out and once and for all destroying my manhood.
They gave me an absolute fright when I first noticed them grouped within the jungle. Felt like I was in some sort of Lord of the Flies combined with Rambo movie scene. You can start from Venus Drive carpark.. you will start from a man made boardwalk that will lead to a bridge. I did not see another walker on the trail until it ended at the MacRitchie Reservoir area. It is greatly appreciated.
It was relatively easy to get there, but it did get a little hilly on the Pierce track just before the entrance to the walk. In a nutshell the Kampong Trail is a jungle walk serviced by clear, wide, flat but sometimes muddy tracks. With a squint through the humid air I saw my first Singaporean monkeys! on hindsight I could have got out easier taking the Venus Loop to the north-eastern exit) but it is kind of boring, so I am tempted by the Petai-Prunus Trail (two trails off the MacRitchie Nature Trail), which gets out of the deep jungle and snakes its way around the water's edge.
I am praying that no one else hops on the bridge and starts shaking it with their discourteous rough walking. I was just walking along the road and I didn't even get that close!
Once you enter the TreeTop Walk there is no going back, you have to finish it, or I guess beg the guard to let you out (i.e. After some failed attempts to distract him by throwing sticks and stones into the bushes near him, we decided to just proceed anyway – with caution, no eye contact, and absolutely no smiling (lest he misinterprets it as snarling).Well, that’s our excuse to end the walk there and treat ourselves to a well-earned lunch. Kampong trail is probably the one trail in this list that you probably haven’t heard of …
The MacRitchie Nature Trail is the quickest way back to civilisation (N.B. Anyway, I am glad I came and I would definitely recommend it to those who can take heights.The TreeTop Walk has been achieved and now I need to complete the loop to get back to where I began.
Despite the lack of other walkers I never felt desolate as a lot of the time you could still hear traffic and the rumbling of Singapore city in the distance. Ok, so I am trekking along a road, but I finally feel I have reached Singapore's wild side. I bought this at the end of my walk at the Mushroom Cafe, which is located at the Amenities Centre of the MacRitchie Reservoir. If so, please show your support and contribute so I can continue to provide a secure, reliable and informative website without the annoyances typical of the internet. Met a group of people came from Bukit Timah Nature Reserve.
the wimps exit). Exploring the green spaces of Singapore Turn to a narrow track on the right. Doesn't sound right does it, but it was just what the doctor ordered after the long walk I just took. However, the last stint of the walk is along Rifle Range Road with little dedicated pedestrian pathway, but that didnât matter as the road was rather traffic-less.The Kampong Trail is made up of a number of smaller linked trails as shown in the map box below.The first part of the trail is called the Pandan Trail and it heads in an easterly direction from the entrance of Bukit Timah Nature Reserve towards and then around the Bukit Timah Rifle Range.
A Durian is a large fruit growing up to 30cm in length with a hard thorn covered husk, which has a strong, pungent and offensive (to some) odour.
The spillway is used to discharge water from Peirce Reservoir to MacRitchie Reservoir.