Bukit Timah - Wallace Trail

Bukit Timah trail and Wallace trail are two different trails. However, they are connected at one point. This walking trail that I did is to walk through both trails.

To start off, you will need to take a bus to the entrance point. Bus Services 67, 75, 170, 171, 173, 184, 852 are available at the Southaven II stop (ID 42119). After alighting, walk along the path towards the city. You will reach Hindhede Rd. Follow the PCN sign along the road and you will reach a carpark. The visitor center is just next to it.

You might want to visit the washer rooms first before starting the trail. The trail starts with a steep uphill slope. It will be all the way up hills. Stick to the metaled road till you come to a junction.

Take the right hand side of the road. At this point a black bird with nice tail swoop down very close to me to catch a butterfly in the air. Too bad I don't know the bird's technical name.

You can find a number of people walking backwards down hill here. I don't know the real reason for doing so.

The summit of Bukit Timah hill is just a hut and two telecommunications tower. Since I went on a week day, there isn't much people. I remembered long ago that it is packed full with people during week ends.

To get to Wallace Trail, you will need to turn off to the right a short distance from the summit.

The very first thing you see is a very steep steps. The steps are very high. It is some times more than two steps on a normal staircases.

Standard practice in a jungle trail is this

It can be seen along the path.

Make sure you turn right on the very next trail junction.

Turn left on the next junction and you will reach a man made structure that look like a storage tank. I really don't know why it was there.

Use the right side of the trail and you will reach the Wallace Trail. Unfortunately, Wallace trail is closed indefinitely till further notice.

Some unhappy trackers must have pushed over the sign board. It was lying on the floor. I have no choice but to take to the road where the Education center is. Look how worn out is the stone carving.

On the way, snapped two flower pictures.

Further down the road, there is actually a no-entry sign. However, my plan is to go onto Hill View PCN. Thus I turned right into the trail here

The PCN trail is pebbled metal road. Not so smooth but still better than the jungle trail. At some point the trail goes right into a road then turns back to the trail again. You can distinguish the trail easily by sign boards and two stones right at the exit and entrance besides the road.

At the end of the PCN is Upper Bukit Timah Road. There is a map showing the PCN.

You can take the same bus on Upper Bukit Timah Road back to your location from here at Standard Charted Bank (ID 43061).

You can download the trail here.