MacRitchie Reservoir

Rather more exciting than it sounds, this serene artificial lake is surrounded by acres of virgin jungle (and not a few golf courses). On the north side, the HSBC Treetop Walk is a 250-m bridge suspended as high as 27 m above the ground. Trails range from 3 to 11 km, and are of different difficulty levels. You can even hike all the way to Bukit Timah. There is a basic food court at the south entrance, and a ranger station with toilets and water at the 4.5 km mark (near Treetop Walk) on the north side. The park is also a popular haunt of canoeing enthusiasts, joggers, and strollers. For history buffs, this was also the site of a Shinto shrine (called the Syonan Jinja) built by the Japanese during World War II, and the ruins of the shrine, while largely inaccessible without navigational equipment, still survive. For wildlife enthusiasts, the area is also home to two species of monkeys; the crab-eating macaque, which is very numerous and you are almost guaranteed to run into, and the Raffles' banded langur, which is very shy and critically endangered in Singapore, meaning that you will be very lucky to spot some in the forest canopies.

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