After weekly exploration of Singapore's parks, nature reserves and attractions for over 4 months, we decided to take a break due to wet weather forecasted for the weekend of December 11. We slept in and took a leisure pace for breakfast, then the Sun shone through the cloud. It seemed it would be a beautiful day. We decided to visit Sentosa - the west end of it, Siloso area (trails, the fort, and beach).
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| Sentosa gateway |
Parked at Imbiah lookout car park, we hiked from Imbiah trail to coast trail, then to fort Siloso.
Imbiah trail is a densely wooded, lightly paved narrow trail, with water falls, camouflaged decorations, 3.5 km loop trail. We hiked one way to continue on coastal trail .
The coastal trail is a short trail along the coast facing Keppel island, there is a secluded small beach. Following the coastal trail to the west end of Sentosa we reached Fort Siloso, a war museum, with beautiful view of the Keppel bay and Reflection towers.
From Fort Siloso, we walked on Skywalk to Siloso beach, but access to the beach required reservation, so we walked a bit along the outskirt of the beach and retuned to Imbiah trail, and completed the loop.
At the car park, we were met by a wandering peacock!
Note - a quick literature search revealed that a pair of peacocks were introduced to Sentosa in 1980. There are about 70 peacocks/peahens(female peacock) on the island now
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| banana tunnel |
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| water fall |
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| sandy trail |
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| stone columns near the costal trail |
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| The beach on the north side |
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| Reflection Towers viewed from coastal trail |
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| islets at Siloso beach - viewed from Skywalk |
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| Reflection towers viewed from Fort Siloso |
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| Skywalk |
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| Flowers at a Beach Shuttle station |
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| Return to Imbiah trail |
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| a bush covered stone dragon on Imbiah trail |
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| A wandering peacock (peahen to be exact!) |
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| Peacock |
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