Walking the Southern Ridges Trail
The Southern Ridges is a 9-kilometer walk that begins at Marang Trail near the Harbourfront MRT and ends at Kent Ridge Park. It boasts of lush greens, attractive bridges, and various flora and fauna that surround the trail.
The walk begins at Marang Trail, an uphill climb of paved pathways and metal staircases leading to Mount Faber Park. There, you can enjoy a bird's eye view of coastal Singapore. (Alternately, Mount Faber can also be reached via cable car.)
Connecting Mount Faber to Telok Blangah Hill Park is Singapore's highest pedestrian bridge, the Henderson Waves. Built with wood and curved steel that form waves, the bridge stands 36 meters high from Henderson Road.
Access Telok Blangah Hill Park through Hilltop Walk, approximately 15 minutes away from Forest Walk, a walkway with slight sloping and angular turns, leading you downhill to Alexandra Arch. If you are afraid of heights, it's best to look straight ahead as you pass through Forest Walk's seemingly hollow (but actually sturdy) steel bridge.
Designed like an open leaf, Alexandra Arch leads you to HortPark -- the Gardening Hub. With no raised walkways to possibly make you nervous, HortPark is set in more relaxing surroundings filled with various plants, flowers, and charming themed gardens, which also educate visitors about gardening.
The next stop is Canopy Walk, an elevated path decked in wood, that leads you from Hort Park and into Kent Ridge Park, a old rain forest and now a habitat for groves of trees, and birds, squirrels, and lizards. Also a former site of a battle in 1942, the park's quiet surroundings mark the final stop of the Southern Ridges trail.
More photos of the Southern Ridges trail here.