Bukit Timah Hike on Sunday 30 November 2008
I’m organizing an short hike on 30 November 2008 (that is next Sunday), up Bukit Timah Hill!
Here are the details:
Date: 30 November 2008
Time: 0830hrs – 1400hrs
Venue: Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
Where to meet: 0830hrs sharp outside the visitor center toilet!
Fee: What fee? Its FREE! (Thanks Ana, for asking though) 
We’ll be taking the smaller trials and this will probably take 3-4 hours, depending on the group size and speed. From my previous experience, there will be quite a lot of steps (enough to get you panting if you don’t train regularly), so be prepared. 
According to the NParks Website, the yellow trial takes 2 hours. We’ll be taking the black route. Yes, that’s my drawing 
You’d probably want to allocate until mid afternoon for the event, if you are an time planning fanatic like me.
Please post a comment this blog post to indicate your interest!
NOTE: Please don’t leave your contact numbers and email in the comment box, because this is a very public blog and you don’t know what people do with numbers they find on the net. Put your email only in the “email” field. I’ll get in touch with your via email.
Tags: bukit timah, trekking
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November 20th, 2008 at 11:45 am
Visit Ana
My 1st time doing trekking. do u think I can do it? Any payment involve?
November 20th, 2008 at 11:50 am
Visit Kian Ann
Hi Ana, that was fast!
There is always a first time! I don’t know if you can do it or not because I don’t know you personally, in terms of fitness level etc. But certainly can come join us and see if it fits you.
In any case, don’t worry, we are still in Singapore, not in the middle of the jungles.
Its free.
November 20th, 2008 at 11:58 am
Visit sandeep
November 20th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Visit Kian Ann
Okay! Cya there Sandeep!
November 20th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Visit Mary
Hi Kian Ann,
Thanks for organising this and I would have loved to have joined the hike but I am out of town next weekend.
Maybe next time!. Have a great time.
Regards
Mary
November 20th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Visit Kian Ann
No worries Mary, you can be sure there will be more trips ahead
November 20th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Visit Farhana
I’m in!
Anyone residing in Simei/East area/along the MRT lines, so that we can car-pool? I have no shame!
Cheers, Far
November 20th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Visit Ana
November 20th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Visit Kian Ann
Farhana, I stay in the east. We can taxi pool.
Ana, the only question that is stupid is the one that is not asked.
Some things to bring are:
- Waterbottle
- Towel
- Dry snack or fruit (if you think u will feel hungry at the summit)
- Change of clothes (if necessary)
- Camera (if you want to)
- Insect repellant (if you want to)
Trekkers carry big bag cos need to camp overnight, stay in tents, cooking equipment, food etc.
November 20th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Visit Julie
Hi everyone,
I’m Julie, I am moving to Singapore early 2009, and I joined this hiking group because I am excited about moving there and hiking and getting to know people. I cannot make this weekend trip, because I don’t live in Singapore yet… but I’ll come to some others soon… Have fun and looking forward to meeting you!
Julie
November 20th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Visit Ana
November 20th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Visit Wassup
Count me in. My wife too!
Taxi pool, hougang?
November 20th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Visit Daphne
Hi!!
It’s my first time but definately interested.
I stayed in Tampines so it’s good to see quite of no of you staying in the East. Pls include me in the taxi pool.
Daphne
November 20th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Visit Chandra
Thanks for calling..
Next time I will join u as already tied with some appointment.
Chandra Shekar
November 20th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Visit Farhana
coolness! Kian Ann, sounds awesome.
Do let us know the final plan for East-side taxi pool. I have another friend joining from Loyang (near Pasir Ris).
Can’t wait to meet all of you!
November 20th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Visit Kian Ann
Fwah! This blog become taxi pool blog already
I will set some timing for taxi pools to meet up depending on the demand by next Friday. From the looks of it, east side gonna need >1 taxi already! Haha..
So glad to see so much response. More will come over the weekend!
For those that cannot make it this time round, no worries, we’ll arrange another outing!
November 20th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
Visit Sophie
Hey… off-the-map route, I like that! Count me in please. Thanks Kian Ann for his great effort in organising it
Ana… since it’s yr 1st time, I’d suggest u do some staircase climbing as training, coz I believe with better fitness, u’ll enjoy yr 1st trekking experience n the nature more.
Cheers n looking forward to meet u guys
November 20th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Visit Ana
November 20th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Visit jeff
Hi kian ann
thanks for organising the trip. i will be there on sunday 8.30am. see you all…
November 20th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Visit JuenJuey
hey, i wanna join too!!
stay at Tampines also. anyone wanna share cab with me?? haha.
November 20th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
Visit Kian Ann
Yeah~!
Cya there, Jeff, Sophie..
JuenJuey and everybody else… I think based on the comments next week I will designate taxi points at specific areas so we can meet and share cab.
I think quite hard to coordinate a “one person board the cab and pick people up along the way” kind of thing. So you ppl might still have to spend some money on a feeder bus or something.
November 20th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
Visit Kian Ann
Oh by the way…
I’ll be disconnected from the Internet for the next 3 days cos I’ll be in Kuala Lumpur, so don’t worry if you don’t see my replies yeah.
November 20th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Visit Kian Ann
Oh by the way #2…
If you’ve not seen this.
New Balance warehouse sale today tomorrow and saturday FYI.
November 20th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Visit Mahesh Dixit
Kian nd others, Greetings
Suppper…Please count two more heads IN (Mahesh and Reenu)… coordinates Queenstown MRT
Cheers,
November 20th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
Visit Mei Yin :8)
Haven’t been there for a long time..
November 20th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
Visit Amabelle
Yes counT mE iN i miss the greens wanna train my stamina haha i’m 23yrs old with a stamina of 60yrs old
November 21st, 2008 at 12:37 am
Visit paulara
Hi ! Count me in too too ! I live in woodlands..Hope I can wake up tt early..
November 21st, 2008 at 1:15 am
Visit sandeep
hey, i stay in Sengkang. anyone staying near by so that we cab pool.
November 21st, 2008 at 8:22 am
Visit Ana
Any lone ranger for that day?
My cousin still havent gv her final say 
How come not much ppl from the North huh?
November 21st, 2008 at 11:22 am
Visit Seow Yen
Kian Ann,
Thanks for organising. Will be there!
November 21st, 2008 at 7:55 pm
Visit Amabelle
i stay sembawang cab pool count me in
November 22nd, 2008 at 12:45 am
Visit Carolyn
Hi Kian Ann,
Thanks for organising. Looking forward to the hike! See you all there
November 22nd, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Visit samho
Very happy to join in. will invite some friends to be the kaki too.C U
November 22nd, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Visit bernard
hi kian ann, i’m opting out as i’ll be in taiwan, doing yushan
November 23rd, 2008 at 10:29 am
Visit Samantha
thanks Kian Ann for organizing. Ana, I’m staying in Yishun. wanna share cab with you and Amabelle. can give me yr hp contacts so that we can arrange where to pick up:)
November 23rd, 2008 at 11:22 am
Visit Hetal
Hi Kian Ann,
Thanks for organizing.
We are in..(me and my husband).
see you there.
Hetal.
November 23rd, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Visit Lo
This hike should be a nice warm up for me before I take on a longer trek. I’ll find my way to Bukit Timah for sure on that day.
November 23rd, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Visit Shilpa
Thanks, I would like to join in.
So c u all there on 30th…
November 23rd, 2008 at 6:09 pm
Visit Ana
November 23rd, 2008 at 6:54 pm
Visit Nicole
Hi my friend Eva and I are keen. But can anyone tell us what are the buses or nearest MRT stations?
November 23rd, 2008 at 8:03 pm
Visit Mahesh Dixit
Nicole, Hi
Take the MRT to Newton Station (NS21), then take SMRT Bus 171…
If above info is not correct, others here should correct me
Cheers,
November 23rd, 2008 at 10:55 pm
Visit Angie
Hi,
I’ll be joining the trek. See you all on Sunday.
November 24th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
Visit Jake Lim
Looks like is gonna be a quite a gang going
. I would love to join u guys but am nursing a sore knee in prep for my 7 dec full marathon… so will join you guys the next time round.
Although not able to make this trek, i still hope to be helpful in offering information if anyones wants to find out more about Nepal’s Everest Base Camp route. i just came back from from a 18 day trip there and also went up to Kala Pattar. So email me if you want first hand info.
Also i am planning a trek for Kilimanjaro next year. So anyone interested can join find out more.
November 24th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Visit Kian Ann
Hi Angie, Shilpa, Samantha, Seow Yen, Amabelle, Mahesh (and anybody I missed out!),
I better find an online registration system for my activities next time… I didn’t expect the response to be so good!
Anyway cya ppl on Sunday! As mentioned, I will send another email out to you probably Thursday or Friday to firm up details with regard to taxi pools, contact numbers, etc.
Looking at the number of people going for this short hike, I might have to break the group up into 2 or 3, and I will need a few experienced trekkers to help lead each group up… just to lead the way and make sure we don’t end up in MacRitchie!
Volunteers?
November 24th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Visit Ana
MacRitchie still ok…dont’ end up else where.
November 24th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Visit Nilesh Deshmukh
Hi,
I am interested, hope I can also join in.
Cheers.. Nilesh
November 24th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Visit jennifer
Halo kian ann,
Thanks for organising. I will be there. C u folks at the visitor centre at 8.30am
November 25th, 2008 at 1:11 am
Visit Yati
Hi Kian Ann
Yepyep… Been doing my own hikes and ‘trekking’ on my own… last week I went to Macritchie and did the whole route ( most difficult one ).. for the road route.. i usually go from napier rd (botanical garden) to chinatown and end with a drink at tanjong pagar railway for some teh tarik… hehe.. Alex Hortpark to Mount Faber is also a route i do every sat aft work…
So yes count me in this sun..
November 25th, 2008 at 8:13 am
Visit Yatie Rahim
Yatie here (Ana’s cuzzin). Most probably I will be going alone. Ana have work commitment. Anybody wanna share cab from Woodlands MRt taxi stand?
November 25th, 2008 at 9:33 am
Visit Amabelle
My no. XXXXXXX !!!! (KA: Sorry Amabelle, need to remove your HP number – pls read the last para of blog post)
sembawang
willing to travel to share cab
Cheerz !!!!! if onli my gal dun have ezcema i’ll tk her alonG =p
November 26th, 2008 at 12:17 am
Visit chui
yatie..meme if i going i can share cab wit u cz i stay at woodlands haha.
70% i going heheh
November 26th, 2008 at 12:25 am
Visit chui
Rmb taxi pool pool me too
November 26th, 2008 at 12:30 am
Visit chui
i also the first time….
November 26th, 2008 at 8:11 am
Visit Yatie Rahim
To CHUI: Im still 50/50. Alone leh paiseh some more 1st time.
Friday afternoon latest will inform going or not. + Annabelle who wanna share cab.
November 26th, 2008 at 8:53 am
Visit Kian Ann
Hey Chui and Yatie,
Come la!
I have never met most of you before!
November 26th, 2008 at 9:01 am
Visit Sandhya
I will be joining as well. Its my first time but what the heck…there’s always a first time.
Thanks Kian Ann for organizing this.
November 26th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Visit chui
if dun have anything interupted den i sure going
got overnite ah??
November 26th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Visit Kian Ann
Hi Chui,
No overnight. Its a 1/2 day thing.
Anyway, no overnight allowed in bukit timah
November 26th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
Visit nazia
hi everyone,
I am nazia. Anyone staying in clementi who wants to take a taxi together?
November 26th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Visit Kian Ann
Hi Nazia,
I intend to set a taxi pool at Queenstown MRT, maybe you can join them?
November 26th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Visit chui
to kian..haha ok…
meet you guys soon..tell me if any taxi pool if not i think i take mrt ba….hehe
November 27th, 2008 at 9:10 am
Visit Yatie Rahim
Kian Ann, Email received. Thanks. Im going w/o Ana. Hope to meet a bunch of new frnds there. C ya Sun.
November 27th, 2008 at 9:22 am
Visit Kian Ann
Whooppiee!
We have over 40 people coming this Sunday. Really looking forward to meet you guys.
November 27th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Visit Nicole
Thanks Mahesh for the directions. See you all on Sunday. Wow, such a big group. It’ll be our first time on this trail, so would have to be “followers”.
November 27th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Visit Ashita
hi there
thanks for organising this. would be great to join this..will be my first trek.
cya guys on sunday at 8.30 am
November 27th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Visit sandeep
hey all,
about the things to bring,anyways Kian Ann has already told u abt it. i have some additions.
1.A good back pack, lighter the better.
2. good shoes, which has good grip. dont buy a new shoe now. get something which u r already comfortable with.
3.A pair of extra socks if u need it.
4.some wet tissues if needed
5. A small plastic cover to put all ur rubbish inside and throw away when u find a dust bin.
6.sun glasses if u can not tolerate the sun, may be some sun screen lotion too. and a cap
7. Any emergency medicines that ur taking, like inhalers etc.
The rest anyways Kian ann has already told u.
If i remember anything else will let u people know.
see u all at 8:30 sharp.
@Kian Ann
hey would have liked to be a volenteer but have done only few trekking trips and this one will be my first one in Singapore and I dont know anything abt bukit timah. so would like to follow some one who is experienced here.
I will be cab pooling from Hougang. see u all there.
November 27th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Visit sandeep
and yes forgot to tell u. try wearing something very comfortable and something which is not very bright, which might attract animals towards u (are there any animals there?). if no animals there then dont worry.
November 27th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Visit Kian Ann
Hi Sandeep and All,
No worries with regard to the animals. Its safe
I haven’t seen any in all my trips there, except maybe for iguanas, birds and monkeys. 
If you are lucky enough to see anything bigger than a monkey, immediately think of 4 numbers and let me know! I go and buy 4D! hahaha!
Terrain wise, it is less than 1 star (if you see Mt Ophir as a 3 star), there are very clear cut steps most of the way. In fact, if you take the main road, you can actually drive a car up the summit! That is why we are taking the smaller routes.
That said, wear comfortable clothes and shoes. It might get muddy but probably won’t be slippery unless it rains.
Oh yes, very important – MUST your own medication if you have any. How can I forget that!? Thanks Sandeep for the reminder!
November 27th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Visit Amabelle
No worries ppl !!!!! I’m also 1st first time i dun know a single ppl but all of us meet different ppl at different pt of our lives so dun pai sei .. Moreover it’s great to know ppl we share same hobby then we’ll live our live to the fullest together !!!
Cheers
November 27th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
Visit jess
thanks for the information
meets u guys soon…
November 27th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Visit JuenJuey
yea, excited alr.
November 28th, 2008 at 8:23 am
Visit Jas
My friend and I are interested too. Are we still in time?
November 28th, 2008 at 11:43 am
Visit Kian Ann
Hi Jas,
Sent you the email with the detail alr
Cya sunday!
November 29th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Visit jess
c you guys tomoro…
November 30th, 2008 at 11:35 am
Visit sandeep
hey, i’m extremely sorry guys. my colleague who had to work on this sunday fell sick, so i had to cover her
. couldnt make. may be next will try.
please keep me posted
sandeep
November 30th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Visit jess
arghhh…finally back frm the hike is 100% fun bt also 1000x TIRED!!
luckily a women help me carried mY bag hahaha thanks yaa…
anyway nice hike..
November 30th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Visit Bukit Timah Nature Reserve Trekking
[...] my first trek at Bukit Timah nature reserve. We did not that the usual route but the more difficult off-the-map route which took me nearly 3 hours to [...]
December 1st, 2008 at 9:58 am
Visit Yatie Rahim
If u were to ask me how I felt yesterday… I felt like crying towards the end. My legs almost cant lift up or down the steps. But I know I must reach the summit. Finally Im glad it’s over. I slept for 3 hours when I reach home. The whole body ache man. But came to thk about it, it was fun.
No regret.
December 1st, 2008 at 10:07 am
Visit Hetal
hey guys,
.
wt 2 say abt sunday..
it was rocking..enjoyed lot…
n despo 4 next trekking…
hey, Ann plz organise it asap…
December 1st, 2008 at 11:21 am
Visit Sophie
Glad u guys had a fun day. I’m so disappointed to hv missed the fun…. actually travelled all the way till Eng Neo but had to make a turn back to the East due to stomach problems
In d end, my day was spent “up n down” the toilet 7 times haha…. looking forward to the next trek.
December 2nd, 2008 at 1:08 am
Visit paulara
Hi Jus want to say what a great time we had at the hike ! Thanks Kian Ann for organising the trip!! We look forward to the NEXT one!
February 4th, 2009 at 9:31 am
Visit daniel
Hi Kian Ann, do you organize Bukit Timah Trekking trip for corporates?
Let me know. Thanks.
February 4th, 2009 at 9:37 am
Visit daniel
Pls contact me. I am interested to join in your trekking
February 4th, 2009 at 9:37 am
Visit daniel
Hi Kian Ann, do you organize Bukit Timah Trekking trip for corporates?
This is my correct email
Let me know. Thanks.