This group of boardwalks through the Central Catchment Nature Reserve brings you through among Singapore’s last remaining mature secondary forests and over the edge of Lower Peirce Reservoir. You can find rubber trees and oil palms within the Reserve while the plot of land adjacent to it had been formerly a plastic plantation. This area is not just noted for its former rubber plantations but the prevailing Old Upper Thomson Road used to be Singapore’s first race track for racing cars. This can be a relatively simple walk, suitable for families with young children and the elderly. Start your walk near house no. 72 along Old Upper Thomson Road at the Casuarina Entrance. Shaded by the forest, the walk is pleasantly cool. There are plenty of informative signboards over the boardwalk that inform you more about the flora and fauna of the forest. The forest is home to more than 900 flowering plants, 100 ferns and 250 animal species. You’ll encounter a wide range of wildlife from mammals to aquatic creatures and enjoy wonderful panaromas of waters surrounded by a luxuriant forest. Occasionally, around noon, you could see White-bellied Fish Eagles soaring in the sky and over the waters of the reservoir.