Today Ashley and I went for a hike to the Macritchie reservoir. This reservoir is the perfect place to go to if you want to experience a calming, evocative jungle escape. There are plenty of different trails, both along the water’s edge and through the secondary rainforest where you can also encounter long tailed macaques and huge monitor lizards. On our hike through the rainforest, we actually met some of the wild long tailed macaques, but we did not see any of the huge monitor lizards. The highlight of the hike was the TreeTop Walk, where we walked on a 250m-long suspension bridge, perched 25m in the forest canopy.
It was a perfect day for a hike since it was cloudy and not too warm. Our original intention was to visit the reservoir yesterday, but due to the thunderstorm and heavy rain we could not go. It was noticeable that it had been raining a lot in the forest since the ground was still wet at some places, and we had to jump on rocks to pass by without getting our feet wet.
The Macritchie reservoir is one of the most popular trails to visit for cross-country training. This could definitely be noticed by the number of people that ran passed us during our walk. Ashley and I really enjoyed this walk, and I think that if you ever would visit Singapore, do not miss the Macritchie reservoir!
Have a nice Sunday!
//Paulina