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Quarry Wetland and colugo-shaped lookout deck

Nature beyond the usual

For when the usual parks feel done: a quarry landscape, an ecological park in the east and an island day trip. Each takes more planning than a park walk, and repays it.

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Rifle Range Nature Park

The easiest Bukit Timah view going: a flooded granite quarry, a boardwalk a pram can manage and a lookout 31 metres up. Pick your route up before you start.

  • Where: Bukit Timah
  • Price: Free
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Tampines Eco Green

A heartland park left wild on purpose: marsh, dead trees kept for woodpeckers, bird hides and around 75 bird species. Bring binoculars; don't expect amenities.

  • Where: Tampines
  • Price: Free
Park or garden

Pulau Ubin & Chek Jawa

Ten minutes from Changi Point to quarries, a working village and the Chek Jawa boardwalks. Pick one aim, and sort your boat home before you cross.

  • Where: Pulau Ubin
  • Price: Under S$30

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