Mt Faber is actually a small hill near Singapore downtown core.
During our house hunting, we passed a pedestrian bridge over Henderson road a few times. People use the bridge to jog and run between two hills, Mt Faber and Telok Blangah, our relator told us. I was curious about the place since, and we went there the on August 21, 2021.
The day was cloudy with periods of sunshine, perfect for hiking. We parked at Telok Blangah carpark # 1 and we went to Mt Faber via Henderson Waves, and then came back and went on to the Terrace Garden and Forest Walk. We stayed in the park and surrounding area for 4+ hours.
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| Hiking at Mt Faber and Telok Blangah |
Hiking
Mt Faber and the Henderson Waves (a pedestrian bridge) are very popular. It was pretty crowded when we got there, hikers, runner, bikers, singles, couples, families. We had a good view of the downtown all around Mt Faber along the trail and at Faber point.
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| Henderson Waves: The Telok Blangah side of the bridge is much higher |
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| Henderson Waves: Sun shone through around noon time |
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| North of Mt Faber |
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| South of Mt Faber: Sentosa Island and Reflection Towers - the silver structures |
Mt Faber is not tall at all, 106m elevation, but several segments of the trail are pretty steep.
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| paved trail |
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| resting area by the trail |
On the Telok Blangah side, the forest walk, a raised metal board walk, about 20 yard (7 meter) above ground, 0.8 mile (1.3 km) long, zigzagged through the park, is a good place to look at plants, trees, and birds up close.
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| Forest walk at Telok Blangah |
Fauna and Flora
I was pleasantly surprised to be able to see some birds by chance. We spotted a yellow bird, black-naped oriole, near the Faber point. On the trail, I heard a unique bird chirping, I looked around and saw nothing. I stayed there for a few more minutes and a black bird with red eyes flew into sight, and more birds with red eyes flew to the Y junction of a tree. There was a crevice at the junction, seemed to be the nest for these birds.
On the forest walk, I heard many different bird chirpings and spotted some very small tiny birds. I also saw large flock of pink-necked green pigeons on two trees.
There are many flora, exotic in shape of fruits or flowers.
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| Black naped oriole |
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| Metallic Starling |
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| A crevice in the tree branch |
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| birds with red eyes - black or greyish |
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| there were at least 6 birds in this photo |
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| A colorful pigeon - pink necked green pigeon |
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