6. Nature Walk routes info - Southern Ridges

The Southern Ridges comprise a 9-kilometre chain of green, open spaces spanning the rolling hills of Mount Faber Park, Telok Blangah Hill Park and Kent Ridge Park before ending at West Coast Park. The parks are seamlessly linked by foot trails and connection bridges.
The most scenic route is the foot trails from Mount Faber to Alexandra Arch. It consists of the iconic bridge - Henderson Waves - a curly artistic bridge that sits high across Henderson Road. Refer to the map below for this route.

To make your walk easier, I have shared this scenic route on the Google Map below.

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How to use the map?

• Click on the icons (e.g. bus, MRT, blue color line, bridge, tree) to get more information and view photographs.
• Click this to View Larger Map.

The route for this nature walk is as follows.

1. HabourFront MRT station Exit D, or Bus stop. Refer to the MRT and bus icon at lower right corner of the map.
2. Marang Trail
3. Mount Faber
4. Henderson Waves
5. Hilltop Walk
6. Forest Walk
7. Alexandra Arch at Alexandra Road
8. HortPark. 
   There is a bus stop at Alexandra Road. Refer to the bus icon and bridge icon located at the top left corner of the map.

The route starts at Marang Trail just beside HarbourFront MRT Exit D and ends at Alexandra Arch at Alexandra Road. It takes around 2 hours for a slow leisurely walk.
If you have strong leg muscles, it will be a good exercise too especially climbing the staircases along Marang Trail. On the other hand, if you are concerned that it is too tiring for your legs, you can start the walk in the reverse path – “Alexandra Arch”. The bridge for the forest walk is a gradual slope.
If you wish to see the night scenes, you may begin the walk in the late afternoon e.g. 5pm. Then, at the end of the walk you still can see the night scenes.
Admission for this route is free of charge! Come, quickly grab it. I started to appreciate what Singapore government has done for us! It is indeed a good place to hang out to recharge the exhausted battery in us :)

Getting Around:

• There are sufficient signs to lead you to Henderson Waves. But the route to Alexandra Arch/Hort park is a bit on your own. No worries though as there are lots of regulars around which you can ask along the way.

What to bring:

1. Water bottle
2. Hat, Umbrella
3. Mobile Phone and a good camera. Remember to charge the batteries.
4. Torchlight in the event that the street lights are out of order. At night, the route is well lit, quite romantic :) However, you may want to bring along a torch light in the event that the street lights are out of order.

Thing to note: Wear a Comfortable pair of walking shoes.  This route is generally NOT muddy.

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