The walk from HortPark to VivoCity in Singapore

Even if you are in Singapore only few days, HortPark is a must see destination and every tourist have to reserve at least several hours for this beautiful place. To save your time and simultaneously to see maximum amazing areas of the park, it is recommended to start your walkway at the Alexandra Arch bridge and finish it at VivoCity shopping center.

Inside the second storey of the bus number 166 on our way to HortPark.

Skyscrapers on our way to HortPark from “Opp Burlington Sq” bus stop which is in front of Ibis hotel.

We arrived to the bus stop “SP Jain” near HortPark.

Walkway starts here at the Alexandra Arch bridge at HortPark.

HortPark - the gardening hub.

Entrance to the Alexandra Arch bridge is the beginning of Forest Walk.

SP Jain School of Global Management.

Distance to Telok Blangah Hill Park is 2.3 km (Henderson Waves).

Top surface of the Alexandra Arch bridge.

In the end of the Alexandra Arch bridge.

Here is your first view in the beginning of Forest Walk.

Thicket.

Elevated Walkway.

We are two hundred meters away from Alexandra Arch bridge.

We are on Forest Walk over Lock Road.

Lock Road northern view.

Lock Road lay beneath Forest Walk.

Elevated Walkway is an excellent platform for spotting birds, dragonflies and butterflies.

You can found here the dense secondary forest.

Enjoy the great outdoor experience the Southern Ridges has to offer!

The Southern Ridges is a 9 km (5.6 mi) trail that connects parks along the southern ridge of Singapore.

Look out for the pink-necked green pigeon, common iora, brown-throated sunbird, black-naped oriole, spotted dove and straw-headed bulbul.

Forest Walk is a 1.3 km (0.81 mi) long walkway.

Southern Ridges comprises 10 km of green open spaces.

Forest Walk cuts through about 50 metres (160 ft) through the secondary forest in Telok Blangah Hill Park and connects to Alexandra Arch.

Elevated Walkway offers you the experience of walking through the secondary forest at eye-level with the forest canopy.

Elevated Walkway is definitely a must-visit walk in Singapore.

We are over the forest canopy.

With the help of this photograph you can estimate how high we are walking.

High modern apartment buildings.

Exit to Earth Trail.

If you enjoy walking in lush open spaces, do not miss the great outdoor experience that the Southern Ridges offers.

City immersed in lush greenery.

Singapore government has a strategy to transform Singapore from a “Garden City” to a “City in a Garden”.

What to wear on Forest Walk? Do dress comfortably and wear walking shoes.

Telok Blangah Hill Park.

Children's playground in Telok Blangah Hill Park.

Pointer to Mount Faber Park and Henderson Waves.

There are many different routes in Telok Blangah Hill Park, yet we are going in the direction of Henderson Waves.

This place is not far from Picnic Hill Top.

Push-up stand in Telok Blangah Hill Park.

In the beginning of Henderson Waves.

Benches of the unusual form on the Henderson Waves bridge.

Henderson Waves is a 274 m (899 ft) long pedestrian bridge.

Henderson Waves connects Mount Faber Park and Telok Blangah Hill Park.

City view from the Henderson Waves bridge.

Daniel Libeskind's curved skyscrapers.

Daniel Libeskind's curved skyscrapers view from Henderson Waves.

Tourists are on the Henderson Waves pedestrian bridge.

Henderson Waves.

At 36 m (118 ft) above Henderson Road, Henderson Waves is the highest pedestrian bridge in Singapore.

Henderson Road view from the Henderson Waves bridge.

Henderson Road and the curved skyscrapers.

Apartment buildings near the curved skyscrapers.

Henderson Waves bridge has a wave-form made up of seven undulating curved steel ribs that alternately rise over and under its deck.

DSTA “Defence Science And Technology Agency” Building, 71 Science Park Drive, 118253 Singapore.

In the lower point of Henderson Waves.

Henderson Waves was designed by IJP Corporation, London, and RSP Architects Planners & Engineers (PTE) ltd Singapore.

In the beginning of Mount Faber Park.

Map and information board about Mount Faber Park.

Pointer to Jewel Box.

This road leads to the Jewel Box cable car station.

This curved asphalt road takes you to the Jewel Box cable car station.

Trees and branches may fall, so take care.

Apartment buildings near Mount Faber Park.

Shelton College International view from Mount Faber Park.

Apartment building at 32 Telok Blangah Rise Singapore, view from Mount Faber Park.

Apartment blocks number 39 and 40 on Telok Blangah Rise.

Faber Walk.

Lush greenery on Faber Walk.

Faber Walk, of which many parts are sheltered, meanders through Mount Faber Park.

Cable cars as a samples.

Colourful stairway near Jewel Box.

Forest near Jewel Box.

The Jewel Box.

Singapore Cable Car.

Singapore Cable Car provides an aerial link from Mount Faber to Sentosa across the Keppel Harbour.

Sentosa Island.

Sentosa view from Mount Faber Park.

Black ropeway cabin.

Ships on the water, view from Mount Faber Park.

Asphalt road in front of The Jewel Box.

Smooth asphalt road in Mount Faber Park near The Jewel Box.

Faber Walk in the direction of Marang Trail.

Singapore ropeway view from Faber Walk.

There are gazebos scattered around where you can take a breather.

Beautiful landscape design of Faber Walk.

For a close-up view, use one of several telescopes situated at Palm Plaza and along some parts of the trail.

Inscription on the road reads “Welcome to Faber Walk”.

Huge stone on Faber Walk.

Faber Walk near Marang Trail.

Being at the top of Marang Trail.

Tiny pond at the top of Marang Trail.

Viewing platform at the top of Marang Trail.

Faber Walk offers spectacular views of the southern part of Singapore.

At the top of Marang Trail are found restaurants and other entertainment options.

Leafless tree is full of pink flowers.

Pathway down to VivoCity.

Embark on this walk of steps and shaded footpaths that pave the way to beautiful sights and sounds of the secondary forest.

Red brick apartment block.

Pointer to Telok Blangah Road.

Narrow road through the forest to VivoCity.

Cemetery near VivoCity.

Sentosa Express monorail gets you from the third floor of Vivocity Mall to Sentosa Island.

Thank you for shopping at VivoCity.

Candy Empire at Vivocity Mall.

Yong Tau Foo at Vivocity Mall.

Food court at Vivocity Mall.