Continue your journey and look at your left to enjoy the second Ginger Mural.
81) Another Ginger Mural by Unknown Artist at the Ginger Garden
Another Ginger Mural by Unknown Artist at the Ginger Garden.
Look at your right into the pond, to enjoy the Little Girl Swinging on Tree.
82) Little Girl Swinging on Tree by Unknown Sculptor
Little Girl Swinging on Tree by Unknown Sculptor.
Continue the journey and look to your left, to enjoy the Waterfalls and the Walk-in Cave.
83) Waterfalls and Walk-in Cave at Ginger Garden
There is yet another waterfall right behind the Walk-in Cave.
Waterfalls and Walk-in Cave at Ginger Garden.
After enjoying the Waterfalls and the Walk-in Cave, walk straight to the entrance to the Learning Forest and see the beautiful: Our Rainforest Heritage Mural, right after the entrance, on the left.
84) Entrance to the Learning Forest
Entrance to the Learning Forest.
85) Our Rainforest Heritage Mural by ENG SIAK LOY
Our Rainforest Heritage Mural by ENG SIAK LOY.
Walk back to pass the side of the National Orchid Garden. This is the nearest way to the Gallop Extension where you will find three beautiful buildings, two of them with conservation status.
Follow signs for the Como Adventure Grove. If you cannot find such signs, follow signs for OCBC Arboretum first until you can find signs for the Como Adventure Grove.
86) Dendrobium Sonia orchids at the outside of The National Orchid Garden
Dendrobium Sonia orchids at the outside of The National Orchid Garden.
Dendrobium Sonia orchids at the outside of The National Orchid Garden.
Dendrobium Sonia orchids at the outside of The National Orchid Garden.
87) The Como Adventure Grove
The Como Adventure Grove.
If you have kids with you, this is the place for you. The COMO Adventure Grove has swings, long slides, seed like see saws and a giant Cempedak (looks and taste like Jackfruit) for your kids to play in and with nature.
Note: No dogs allowed.
Click here and here to view the Como Adventure Grove Operating Hours.
88) The Giant Cempedak
Cempedak (Artocarpus integer) is similar in looks and taste to a jackfruit.
This is a good spot to have a photograph.
The Giant Cempedak at the Como Adventure Grove.
89) The Slides at the Como Adventure Grove
The Slide at the Como Adventure Grove.
The Slide at the Como Adventure Grove.
90) The Playground with seedlike seesaws at the Como Adventure Grove
The Playground with seedlike seesaws at the Como Adventure Grove.
91) The Playground with swings and obstacle course at the Como Adventure Grove
The Playground with swings and obstacle course at the Como Adventure Grove.
When your kids are done with the Como Adventure Grove, walk back to its beginning at the back of the Cempedak. To reach OCBC Arboretum, either go up the stairs on the left or walk straight, follow the walkway and turn left at the first corner to go up the slope to OCBC Arboretum.
92) The Atbara House
The Forest Discovery Centre @ OCBC Arboretum building was built in 1898. Named: Atbara House, is Gallop House No. 5. It is Singapore’s oldest surviving colonial era or black-and-white bungalow.
The Forest Discovery Centre @ OCBC Arboretum showcases Singapore’s forest ecosystems and highlights the importance of conserving them.
Click here and here to view the Forest Discovery Centre @ OCBC Arboretum Operating Hours.
The Atbara House.
The Atbara House.
Walk towards The Inverturret that you can see is the building after The Atbara House.
93) The Inverturret
The Botanical Art Gallery building is a refurbished conserved building. Named: Inverturret, it is Gallop House No. 7, which was built in 1906.
The gallery highlights the vital role that art plays in the scientific documentation of plants in Singapore and the region, as well as how art can inspire renewed appreciation of the natural world around us. This is Singapore’s first permanent display of botanical art, where visitors can see a selection of the Singapore Botanic Gardens’ collection that includes more than 2,000 botanical paintings, as well as hundreds of sketches, line drawings and photographs. The display showcases various art forms, from original watercolours and ink drawings to prints and printing blocks.
Click here and here to view the The Botanical Art Gallery's Operating Hours.
The Inverturret.
The Inverturret.
Located beside The Inverturret is the Contract sculpture.
94) Contract by Sculptor Antony Gormley
Contract by Sculptor Antony Gormley.
A bit further down and connected by a bridge to The Inverturret, is The Orangery.
95) The Orangery
The Orangery.
After The Orangery, turn around, use the walkway that is by the side of The Orangery's 2nd floor to walk back paas The Inverturret and The Atbara House, down the slope back to the ground level. Follow signs to Visitor Services at Gallop Gate and then follow signs for HPL Canopy Link.
96) Path to HPL Canopy Link
The path to the HPL Canopy Link is just beside the Mingxin Foundation Rambler’s Ridge entrance.
Path to The HPL Canopy Link.
97) Start of The HPL Canopy Link
Start of The HPL Canopy Link.
98) HPL Canopy Link
HPL Canopy Link.
At the end of the HPL Canopy Link, follow signs for the SPH Walk of Giant.
Pay a visit to SPH Walk of Giants if you like to have photos showing that you are not afraid of heights by crawling on a web of ropes high above the ground. On the way, enjoy the view of the Keppel Discovery Wetlands from its overhead bridge.
99) The Overhead Bridge across the Keppel Discovery Wetlands
The Overhead Bridge across the Keppel Discovery Wetlands.
100) Left side Overhead Bridge view of the Keppel Discovery Wetlands
Left side Overhead Bridge view of the Keppel Discovery Wetlands.
101) Right side Overhead Bridge view of the Keppel Discovery Wetlands
Right side Overhead Bridge view of the Keppel Discovery Wetlands.
102) SPH Walk of Giants
The signboard indicating the start of SPH Walk of Giants.
The signboard indicating the start of SPH Walk of Giants.
Walk the path of the brave towards your challenge.
Walk the path of the brave towards your challenge.
The Canopy Web for your crawling and photography pleasure at the SPH Walk of Giants.
103) The Canopy Web at the SPH Walk of Giants
The Canopy Web for your crawling and photography pleasure at the SPH Walk of Giants.
104) Go down the stairs from The Canopy Web at the SPH Walk of Giants
Go down the stairs from The Canopy Web at the SPH Walk of Giants.
Looking up at the The Canopy Web at the SPH Walk of Giants. This is the perfect time for taking daring photos of your friends and family on The Canopy Web.
105) Looking up at the The Canopy Web at the SPH Walk of Giants
Looking up at the The Canopy Web at the SPH Walk of Giants.
You are now at Swan Lake. Explore Swan Lake and enjoy its attractions.
106) Geese by Unknown Sculptor, is located at Swan Lake
Geese by Unknown Sculptor, is located at Swan Lake.
Geese by Unknown Sculptor, is located at Swan Lake.
