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| Bukit Timah Nature Reserve Nearby Cashew Green |
Everyday, you - residents at Cashew Green can immediately enjoy the green lifestyle with fresh environment at your doorsteps with Bukit Timah Nature Reserve nearby. 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.
The Bukit Timah Nature Reserve has more than 500 species of animals and over 840 flowering plants. It was also once an active quarrying site in the mid-1900s, with an abandoned quarry which has now been developed as the Hindhede Nature Park, and features rock-climbing activities. If you’d like more information or an educational history of the forest, the Visitor Centre also provides specimens, displays and photos. Biking trails outside the reserve and guided tours are also available.
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