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Upper Seletar Reservoir Park By MRT From Khatib MRT Station, take a 5-minute walk to the start point through Yishun Park Connector. Legend Shelter Fitness Corner Water Point Toilet Food & Beverage Vending Machine Carpark Bus Stop By bus Take bus service numbers 851, 852, 853, 854, 855 or 957 MRT Station Building Road Recommended Route Park Connector Heritage Road Waterway / Reservoir to Yishun Avenue 2 and walk to Mandai Park Connector. 3 4. Woodlands (SLE) Park Connector 1. Lower Seletar Reservoir Park 3. Ulu Sembawang Park Connector StARt Point Forest Stream 5. Admiralty Park 1 Lower seletar Reservoir Park 3 Ulu sembawang Park Connector Quiet waters, shady trees, gentle breezes and a This rustic stretch surrounded by wilderness, distant forest – Lower Seletar Reservoir Park is an including a variety of fruit trees from Singapore’s oasis from the hustle and bustle of city life. Besides kampong days, invokes memories of days gone being a pleasant place for strolls or jogs, benches by. The hilly terrain and off-road conditions add along the edge of the reservoir offer great spots Little Egret Fiddler Crab character and value to this beautiful park connector. from which to enjoy the scenic view. Kayak rentals are also available for those itching to get into 4 woodlands (sLe) Park Connector 5 admiralty Park the water and enjoy the scenery from a different 2. Mandai Park Connector A stretch that cuts across the top of a hill, parallel to This unique park has hilly terrain that comprises a perspective. BKE/SLE, this park connector offers a 360-degree secondary forest, freshwater swamp, mangrove and 2 Mandai Park Connector view that overlooks vast grasslands. It also gives a grassland. The rich habitats within this park house From Mandai Park Connector, you can catch glimpse of the Singapore Sports School. an amazing biodiversity that nature lovers will surely stunning views of Upper Seletar Reservoir. This Look out for the Shoebutton Ardisia (Ardisia enjoy. Soak in the natural riverine environment park connector is located across the northern elliptica) with its light-pink flowers and berry- on the boardwalks that bring you across Sungei fringe of the Central Catchment Reserve, providing looking fruits. It is the host plant for the endangered Cina and be enthralled by the many interesting a unique experience that brings you close to Harlequin butterfly Taxila( haquinus haquinus). discoveries you will make in this park. nature. Residents of the nature reserve, Long-tailed Dragonboating in Macaques (Macaca fascicularis) are commonly seen Lower Seletar Reservoir along the forest edge. 4 Updated as at July 2013 July at as Updated 6. Woodlands Waterfront Sea View 7. Khatib Bongsu Park Connector 6. Woodlands Waterfront 8. Yishun Park 9. Sembawang Park if you have the time, you may wish to visit the following attractions. 7 Khatib Bongsu Park Connector Khatib Bongsu Park Connector is a scenic stretch that runs along Yishun Avenue 2 and past Yishun Park, where visitors can stroll among the treetops on 9 sembawang Park the park’s Canopy Walk and attempt aerial obstacles A seamless mixture of colonial heritage and nature, 5m above ground. Look out for waterfowls such Sembawang Park is a 15-hectare area that offers as Grey Herons (Ardea cinerea) and Cattle Egrets tranquillity amid its trees and sloping lawns. Play (Bubulcus ibis), which are frequent visitors along in the sun, sand and water on Sembawang Beach 6. View from the jetty 6. Multigenerational Playground Sungei Khatib Bongsu. – one of the few natural sandy beaches remaining in Singapore – or try your hand at fishing at 8 Yishun Park Sembawang Jetty. 6 woodlands waterfront Developed on an old rubber estate, Yishun Park Woodlands Waterfront is a coastal park that houses the first dipterocarp arboretum in Singapore, consists of a 1.5km long waterfront promenade, boasting 860 living specimens of dipterocarp trees an 11-hectare park, a large multigenerational We hope you have enjoyed the exploring the from 8 genera and 73 species. The arboretum is Northern Explorer Loop. For another adventure playground and an ex-naval jetty that supports a grouped according to the genera Hopea, Shorea variety of recreational activities and community along the Park Connector Network, embark and Dipterocarpus. It also has a Diversity Collection, on the Eastern Coastal Loop. events. which was organised to introduce visitors to the At 400m, the jetty here is one of the longest www.nparks.gov.sg/eguides appearance and properties of the Dipterocarpaceae www.facebook.com/nparksbuzz coastal jetties in Singapore and offers visitors views Grey Heron family of trees. of the park and the Straits of Johor. Cattle Egret.