Bukit Timah Nature Reserve

This is Singapore's largest surviving primary rainforest. The 163-hectare Reserve includes Singapore's highest hill at 163m. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve is the first forest reserve in Singapore established for nature conservation in 1883. It was also officially declared as Singapore's second ASEAN Heritage Park on 18 October 2011. Together with Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, it is now part of the prestigious regional network of 30 protected areas, forming the complete spectrum of representative ecosystems in ASEAN. It comprises various types of forests, including a substantial portion of Singapore's original tropical primary rainforest ecosystem, which makes up about half of the Reserve. This nature reserve is a microcosm of the amazing biodiversity found in this part of the world and some are probably unique to Singapore. All the major plant groups in a tropical rainforest can be found here -- from flowering plants, which include emergent trees, fig trees, forest shrubs, rattans, palms, lianas, vines and epiphytes, to fungi and lichen. The primary rainforest in Bukit Timah Nature Reserve is classified as "coastal hill dipterocarp forest", which is dominated by members of the plant family, Dipterocarpaceae. Here, you can find patches of relatively pristine dipterocarp forests, interspersed with tall mature secondary forests. As it is located within the tropical region, the nature reserve has one of the richest and most diverse ecological systems in the world. If you tread quietly and walk with eyes wide open, you will see an astonishing variety of plant and animal life. More information @ http://www.NewCondoCity.com For enquiries please call hotline: +65 6100 0678