Last week, I had the opportunity to visit Bukit Timah Nature Reserve in Singapore. To be honest, I taught that Singapore only had big, high-rise buildings and a beautiful city escape with a little nature, which they made into a natural park around every city around this small island. I didn't know that they have quite big nature reserves like this place.
Bukit Timah Nature Reserve was located near Beauty World MRT. It was very convenient to come here, as the public transport in Singapore was cheap and very easy to get. I come there with my college friend by bus after we have a quick stop at their workplaces for them to get their working uniforms.
This was the information centre after the entrances to these places. The government has made this nature reserve a place where everyone can come to enjoy nature while hiking around it. This place has 163 hectares, which also contain the tallest hill in Singapore, which is 163 m.
It has five trails with different levels of difficulty, which you can enjoy for free. It's open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. . If you plan to challenge the trail, make sure to have good exercise because, from what I see, the trail was quite challenging, and of course you have to research how long you can finish the trail according to other people's experiences, or else you'll have a problem getting fined if you do not follow the time rules, and the worst thing is that you might meet the tiger while you are hiking in the jungle at night (just kidding). I'm sure the track was safe because the authorities will make sure it is safe before opening it to the public based on their protocol and requirements.
Long time ago, when this place was still not being developed, I believed that the preserved tiger was the king of this jungle. If I am not mistaken, it is called the Malayan Tiger because this kind of tiger species was popular in Malaysia, and somehow its large habitat was within Malaysia. It was quite small compared to other animals, but don't mistake it for a cute animal because it is still the king of the jungle around these places.
I don't have the opportunity to enjoy the tracking trail because we reach this place around 6 in the evening. But I enjoy the inquiry houses where they show preserved animals where they were found.
Most of the animals were endangered animals, and you can count how many of them are still alive in the wild. It was forbidden to capture those animals, and the fine was very high if you were found to have killed them.
It's being punched inside a transparent glass room so everyone can see it and learn to save the endangered animals.
Beside those animals, they also put some information about them around the room to give knowledge about flora and fauna and why it was very important to take care of them.
Beside that, they also put the historical item that has been forgotten, especially by the younger generations. The fact that this place is free to come and one of the attractions means that parents can come and give their kids some free knowledge.
Those items were known as the forest product, which was made using the product from the forest. Those were items that were very popular and important in the daily usage of old people. I'm glad that I know what that item is, but I believe not many younger generations know about it now. Hopefully, with these places, people will still remember where we came from and be thankful for the things that we have now and the peaceful time that they didn't get a long time ago.
Thanks for stopping by. I hope I can explore the tracking track during my visit to that place next time. I hope you enjoy today's journal. See you on your next journey.