Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
The Bukit Timah Nature Reserve is a 1.7-square-kilometre nature reserve near the geographic centre of Singapore, located on the slopes of Bukit Timah Hill, the country's highest natural peak standing at a height of approximately 165 metres, and parts of the surrounding area, located actually in Bukit Panjang.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: nature reserve in Singapore
- Also known as: “Catchment Area Nature Reserve”, “City Council Catchment Area Nature Reserve”, “Public Utilities Board Catchment Area”, and “Public Utilities Board Catchment Area Nature Reserve”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Singapore Zoo and Night Safari.
Singapore Zoo
Zoo
The Singapore Zoo, formerly known as the Singapore Zoological Gardens or Mandai Zoo, is a 28 hectares zoo located on the margins of Upper Seletar Reservoir within Singapore's heavily forested central catchment area.
Night Safari
Zoo
Photo: Orderinchaos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Night Safari is the world's first nocturnal zoo, located in Mandai, Singapore. One of the country's most popular tourist attractions, it is one of five Mandai Wildlife Reserve parks, including Singapore Zoo, Bird Paradise, River Wonders, and Rainforest Wild ASIA.
River Wonders
Zoo
Photo: ProjectManhattan, CC0.
River Wonders, formerly known as River Safari, is a river-themed zoo and aquarium located in Mandai, Singapore, it forms a part of the Mandai Wildlife Reserve, consisting of the Singapore Zoo, Night Safari and Bird Paradise and the newly opened Rainforest Wild.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Central Water Catchment and Thomson.
Central Water Catchment
Neighborhood
The Central Water Catchment, also known as the Central Catchment Area, is a designated planning area and one of the two main water catchments of Singapore.
Thomson
Suburb
Thomson is a relatively narrow area stretching from Novena in the Central Region of Singapore up north till Sembawang. The area is mainly located within the central catchment area where some of Singapore's reservoirs are located, including MacRitchie Reservoir, Upper Peirce Reservoir and Lower Peirce Reservoir. Thomson is situated 3½ km east of Bukit Timah Nature Reserve.
Sembawang Hills
Neighborhood
Sembawang Hills is a precinct within Ang Mo Kio, Singapore. It is located in the West of Ang Mo Kio and bounded by Tagore, Kebun Baru and Shangri-La districts as well as Bishan - Ang Mo Kio Park. Sembawang Hills is situated 3½ km east of Bukit Timah Nature Reserve.
Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
- Categories: ASEAN Heritage Park and tourist attraction
- Location: Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Bukit Timah Nature Reserve” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bukit Timah Nature Reserve”
- Chinese: “武吉知馬自然保護區”
- Danish: “Bukit Timah Nature Reserve”
- Dutch: “Bukit Timah Nature Reserve”
- Finnish: “Bukit Timahin suojelualue”
- French: “réserve naturelle de Bukit Timah”
- French: “Réserve naturelle de Bukit Timah”
- Georgian: “ბუკიტ ტიმაჰის ნაკრძალი”
- Georgian: “ბუკიტ-ტიმაჰის ნაკრძალი”
- German: “Bukit-Timah-Reservat”
- Indonesian: “Cagar Alam Bukit Timah”
- Italian: “riserva naturale di Bukit Timah”
- Japanese: “ブキ・ティマ自然保護区”
- Malay: “Hutan Simpanan Bukit Timah”
- Polish: “Bukit Timah Nature Reserve”
- Portuguese: “Reserva Natural de Bukit Timah”
- Russian: “Букит-Тимах (природный заповедник)”
- Russian: “Букит-Тимах”
- Vietnamese: “Khu bảo tồn thiên nhiên Bukit Timah”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Central Catchment Nature Reserve and Seletar Reservoir.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bukit Timah Nature Reserve”. Photo: Chainwit., CC BY 4.0.