Visited Chestnut Nature Park last Sunday, as part of weekend morning exercises for my wife and I.
It was our first visit to the park, which is the largest natural park in Singapore, and the only one with separate hiking trails and bike trails.
Reached there near 8am. The car park (which was relative small, probably can accomodate fewer than 20 cars) was already full. Had to park our car along the road about 100m wallking distance from the car park. There were already about 10 cars parking along the road side before us.
Entrance point - Chestnut Point, a meeting point for hikers/bikers, with restroom facilities.
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| Meeting point |
The hiking trail was paved with cobble stones initially, followed by mud road as we prodded along.
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| Cobble stone trail |
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| Mud trail |
Hiking and biking trails are separated, to avoid clashes between hikers and bikers. But beyond the Chestnut Tower, it seems that both hikers and bikers share the same trails.
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| bikers on separate trail from hikers |
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| another biker |
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| Chestnut Tower (should climb up to the top of the tower, to have a view of the surroundings) |
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| This seems to be the point where hikers and bikers converge; beyond this point, both bikers/hikers share the same trail |
The bikers zoomed pass us quite fast at times. Fortunately, they were courteous enough to shout "BIKE" when they approach any hikers.
Did not see any wild animals or birds while hiking along the nature trail. Nevertheless, the trees, withering leaves, fresh air, view from Chestnut Tower were definitely worth the trip. We spent about 2 hours in the park (yet had not completed the whole trail).
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