nature walk from rifle range rd to kg chantek

from rifle range road, there is a short walk, slightly more than 1km, through the quiet secondary forest to kampong chantek. there are fruit trees along this trail and so you have the nangka trail and the durian loop. there are other fruit trees although they do not have trails named after them - there are rambutans and star fruit trees.

the well-marked trail takes you through different terrains, including a meandering stream, before you re-appear at the end of jalan kampong chantek. here, you will come face to face with the fence that is the boundary of the murnane service reservoir.

for those who are more energetic and who have the time, there is a longer walk that will take you all the way to the tree-top walk at macritchie. from murnane to macritchie is a distance of more than 9 km. remember to factor in the return journey, so making it a 18km trek.

if you take the other trail, the kampong trail, it will lead you all the way to the visitor's centre at bukit timah nature reserve.

there is a car park at rifle range road where parking is free but the barrier is supposed to come down at 7.00 p.m. this means that if you reach the car-park after dark, you may have to leave the car there overnight.

during the durian season, you may sometimes see a personnel from nparks stationed near the trail. he s not there to stop you from picking the fallen fruit; he is there to ensure that durian hunters do not camp in the forest and light a smal fire to ward off the mosquitoes.