Right next to where we live is the MacRitchie Reservoir. Until now we've been too busy planning a wedding, buying a sofa or eating ice creams to visit it.
But not today. Today we got up early because with such a hot weather, it's better to visit anything outdoor in the morning. By 9am (which is already considered late by locals) we were at the Reservoir starting our hike towards the Treetop walk.
The MacRitchie Reservoir is basically a piece of jungle in the middle of the city. In Europe the equivalent would be to have a forest in the middle of a City. It is both surprising and amazing that they have managed to preserve a real jungle right there 3 km from where we live.
We had been told that we could see monkeys and other creatures and we haven't been disappointed.
It took us a bit more than 3 hours to complete the 10 km loop and on our way we encountered:
- trees and leaves, lots of them
- giant ants making us happy that the ones we have at home are 1000 times smaller
- a lizzard
- a extremely exotic animal which really caught us by surprised
-and monkeys. Plenty of them. If I daresay, monkeys in MacRitchie Reservoir are like squirrels in Yosemite Park. They are not afraid of human beings and they know that your bag contains food.
Still those little monkeys are exotic enough for us to spend quality time taking pictures of them. Next time, we will go directly to Jetulong Tower where apparently they have established their camp.
The Treetop walk on its own was nice but not exceptional. It's worth doing as it's always nice to walk higher than the trees, but don't expect too much.
Wolfram nearly enjoyed himself walking a hanging bridge 25m above the ground.
But not today. Today we got up early because with such a hot weather, it's better to visit anything outdoor in the morning. By 9am (which is already considered late by locals) we were at the Reservoir starting our hike towards the Treetop walk.
The MacRitchie Reservoir is basically a piece of jungle in the middle of the city. In Europe the equivalent would be to have a forest in the middle of a City. It is both surprising and amazing that they have managed to preserve a real jungle right there 3 km from where we live.
We had been told that we could see monkeys and other creatures and we haven't been disappointed.
It took us a bit more than 3 hours to complete the 10 km loop and on our way we encountered:
- trees and leaves, lots of them
- giant ants making us happy that the ones we have at home are 1000 times smaller
- a lizzard
- a extremely exotic animal which really caught us by surprised
-and monkeys. Plenty of them. If I daresay, monkeys in MacRitchie Reservoir are like squirrels in Yosemite Park. They are not afraid of human beings and they know that your bag contains food.
Still those little monkeys are exotic enough for us to spend quality time taking pictures of them. Next time, we will go directly to Jetulong Tower where apparently they have established their camp.
The Treetop walk on its own was nice but not exceptional. It's worth doing as it's always nice to walk higher than the trees, but don't expect too much.
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