Singapore — Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore — a free day out!

How did it take me so long to discover this wonderful place?

Nick’s Wanderings
5 min readAug 15, 2022

May 2015

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve was a gem of a find.

I had no idea such a place existed in Singapore; I thought the whole island was covered in roads and buildings.

And, shock horror for Singapore, it was free!

I expected this to be a fairly tame visit, as I couldn’t imagine that there would be much wildlife left in Singapore. Boy, was I wrong?

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore
Photo by Author — Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore
Photo by Author — Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore

The first clue that this might be a fun visit was the Monitor Lizard I spotted in the pond near the entrance. It looked like they may have wildlife in Singapore after all.

Monitor lizard — Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore
Photo by Author — monitor lizard — Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore

The entrance to the wetlands zone of the nature reserve.

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Nick’s Wanderings

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