• By Car:

    Travelling from the city, follow the direction of Upper Bukit Timah   
    Road towards Woodlands, turn right at the pedestrian bridge near Courts (S) Pte Ltd
    into Hindhede Drive (do not take the right turn immediately after Bukit Timah Shopping
    Centre).Follow Hindhede Drive until the end of the road where parking is available at the  
    foothill of the Reserve.


• By Bus:

    SBS Service 170. TIBS services 67, 75, 171, 173, 184, 852 and 961. Alight at Upper
    Bukit Timah Road after Courts (S) Pte Ltd and cross the pedestrian bridge in front of
    Courts.

An Introduction
The Bukit Timah Nature Reserve is the home to many species of flora and fauna. For over a century, the reserve has been a botanical collecting ground with the first known specimens of many species of Malayan plants. Dr David Bellamy, a renowned conservationist once mentioned that the number of plants growing in the reserve is more than that in the whole of North America.

Not only plants, the reserve is also the home to more than 160 species of animals. One may spot the Flying Lemur, Pangolin, the scaly Anteater while taking a stroll in the reserve. The Long-tailed Macaque are playful creatures that can often be seen. A trip into the reserve would not be completed without an encounter with these playful primates.

Some History
In early 1800s, Bukit Timah was a plot of land that was never visited due to its rough terrain except for farmers who would just go there to squat around the hill. In 1882, the Government of the Straits Settlement was alarmed by the rate of deforestation and he commanded Nathaniel Cantley who was the superintendent of the Singapore Botanic Gardens then to prepare a report on forests in the land. The report recommended that several forests be reserved for some years and Bukit Timah Nature Reserve was one of the first few.