2-day trip to Singapore with older kids - Day 2 Southern Ridges (Daytime)

Southern Ridges

"Let's go hiking" said the man.

"What, you came to Singapore to go Hiking?" said the woman

The man won over the woman and so that's how the man, the woman and the kids ended up at the Southern Ridges and the Henderson Waves.

Southern Ridges, Singapore is 10 km of open space connecting Mount Faber Park, Telok Blangah Hill Park, HortPark, Kent Ridge Park and Labrador Nature Reserve.

We started by taking an MRT from Orchard to Dhoby Ghaut and changed lines to Harbour Front MRT Station.



The Marang Trail is a few minutes walk from the Harbour Front MRT Station. Some footprints on the trail assured us that we were on the right track.

Follow the footprints and the signs and there's always good old google map to help out.

Printed footprints along the way serve as a guide

Signage helped too

Walk among the trees

The start of the Marang Trail

We did not go all the way as our target was Henderson Waves bridge. So we walked about 3.5km from the start of Marang Trail to HortPark. Too bad, we did not have time to look around HortPark. At Hortpark, we took bus no 100 to Raffle's Place MRT station and walked to Golden Mile complex to try to purchase bus tickets home but decided against it. Eventually, we took the MRT to Novena station to purchase tickets from there.

We saw many tourist buses which stopped along the peaks for photo sessions. Below are some images of our walk.

 

Mount Faber Park

To Henderson Waves

Spotted: Cable cars leading to Sentosa Island

Hilltop View

Henderson Waves

Attractions to visit

At certain points, you can choose to walk the Earth Walk or Tree Top Walk. We went for the tree top walk which was more like a nature walk rather than a hike. It can be rather high too, among the trees but you don't really feel so unless you look down.

Our trail for the day:

1. Orchard to Harbour Front by MRT
2. Harbour Front to Marang Trail on foot
3. Marang Trail to HortPark on foot
4. HortPark to Golden Mile Complex by bus
5. Golden Mile Complex to Novena by MRT
6. Novena back to Orchard by MRT

Next up: Day 2 Marina Bay at night