MacRitchie TreeTop Walk is Now Reopened to Public After 1-Year Closure

Last year, when your family members asked you why you weren’t going out to exercise, you said:

“I care deeply about your health and would do nothing to jeopardise it,” you explained. 

They then looked at each other with furrowed brows, confused. “Aiyah, we are already fully vaccinated what. Go out and exercise, it’ll be good for you. We’re doing it too”.

Panicked, you replied that the only exercise you used to do was the short hike in MacRitchie because it involved the TreeTop Walk, but that you couldn’t go then because it was closed.

Well, I have bad news for you: you no longer have an excuse not to leave your house. 

MacRitchie TreeTop Walk is Now Reopened to Public After 1-Year Closure

After being closed for over a year, the MacRitchie TreeTop walk has finally reopened to the public.

Just as it closed without much fanfare, the walkway reopened just as quietly; a hiker who had visited the nature reserve recently discovered that the treetop was open.

Facebook user Andrew Kam said he had spoken to NParks staff who had confirmed that the TreeTop Walk had reopened on 15 Dec.

For those who don’t remember, the TreeTop Walk had been closed on 11 Aug last year, but was only reported in October as, well, no one knew. 

Two other paths—the Pierce Track and part of Petaling Boardwalk—had been closed as well.

The walkway was closed for maintenance works and expected to be completed in May 2021, but its reopening was delayed.

Height of 25m

As any avid hiker in Singapore would know, the TreeTop Walk is the highlight of several long hiking routes in MacRitchie.

The free-standing suspension bridge connects the two highest points – Bukit Peirce and Bukit Kalang—in MacRitchie and offers a bird’s eye view of the community of plants and animals that live in the forest canopy.

The total length of the walkway is about 250 m and its height from the forest floor varies, with the highest point at 25 m.

According to NParks, the TreeTop Walk also plays an important role in forest canopy research, an area many researchers were not able to get into because of a lack of access.

“This bridge will help to facilitate surveys and plant identification work and further our understanding of how forest ecosystems work,” it said. 

The TreeTop Walk will be open to the public from 9am to 5pm on weekdays, and 8:30am to 5pm on weekends and public holidays.

Though, according to Mr Kam, you’d have to get there before 4:45pm, as the gate to the walkway would be locked after that.

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