Hi all, currently I’m organizing a small trip with my colleagues to our MacRitchie Reservoir Park.
MacRitchie Reservoir is one of the four reservoirs that bound the nature reserves. Other reservoirs include Lower Peirce Reservoir, Upper Peirce Reservoir and Upper Seletar Reservoir.
MacRitchie Reservoir was constructed in 1867 as the first reservoir in Singapore. It resulted from an increase in demand for water in the mid-19th century, which grew beyond the capacity of ox-drawn water carts. In 1891, the reservoir was extended and the enlarged Impounding Reservoir was renamed as Thomson Road Reservoir in 1907. Then, in honour of the Municipal Engineer, James MacRitchie, who designed and built the reservoir, it was renamed again as MacRitchie Reservoir.
This place is just wonderful for family or friends outing if you just wanna hang out without need to spend a lot. Yes, this park is entrance free! How good is that?!
We gathered at Yishun MRT station at about 9:30am. Then, we went to McDonalds to grab a nice big breakfast set and went to bakery shop to buy bread for our short trip. Then, we took bus No. 852 at Yishun Interchange. We reached Macritchie Reservoir around 11:15AM.
Estimate whole journey is 11km. We started our journey at the Start point. The trail is actually along the reservoir, the view is just superb. You can see a lot of kayak activity going on as well.
Walking along the jungle trail, breathing the natural fresh air, feeling every bit of your body cells is being charged up by this beautiful forest. Just think that how you haven’t been close to mother nature? It really helps to release the stress and tense of the fast pace city life and start appreciate the nature. We had a rest at the ranger station and have a short break. We took out our food and enjoy eating and chatting among each other before we continue our journey to the tree top. After the tree top bridge, we went to the Jelutong tower. The tower was about 6 storey tall. We can feel the tower was kinda shaking when we reach the top of the tower. After having a few photo session, we decided to go down because it seems to be unsafe to stay there. Then, we decided its time to exit but we seems to have lost our way. Fortunately, we manage to asked a kind uncle and he show us the way out. Although we were tired, we continue walking and walking. Suddenly, we saw something funny and interesting that cheers the group up! A group of monkeys on the tree! Haha…. Yes, we were seeing the monkey mother was carrying the baby with love and care. They are so much like humans. Thanks to the monkeys, we regain our energy and continue walking out the exit. Finally, we reach the main road and got up a bus. We went to a nearby restaurant and had our dinner together and our topic is non other than the experience in the Macritchie park.
I’m glad that everyone enjoy the trip and will be looking forward to arrange another trip together again.
