Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve is a good place for people who want to catch a glimpse of (in order of abundance) mosquitos, monitor lizards, unique flora, migratory birds and otters.
If you want to encounter anything rare, patience is needed, and there are many viewing ‘hides” for people to sit patiently hoping something appears, very much like fishing, and the excitement of capturing a photo of anything unique, is very much like reeling in a good catch. Sadly, I do not have the patience and the protection (from mosquitos) to stay in one place, hoping something appears.
For people like me (walking through the reserve briskly, depending on luck for a glimpse at rarity), Sungei Buloh is pretty small, and can be completed within a short few hours.
There are supposedly 3 routes, although my friends and I managed to cover almost the whole of the reserve in one smooth (almost) continuous journey.
There are warning signs around the reserve with crocodile images, and a caucasian couple who frequents the reserve claimed they saw a crocodile in the water before. I’m pretty skeptical though.
Overall, it wasn’t much of an experience, but still an experience, nonetheless. For me, it’s not a place I would go to again, but if anyone of you is interested, remember water and mosquito repellants. Not sure how effective the mosquito repellants would be if you are alone or with a group of friends and everyone has mosquito repellants on them. It would be better to leave one of your group members without any mosquito repellant, that way, the repellants would be much more effective.
Here’s their website: Sungei Buloh
the snapping tortoise 