Pulau Ubin and Chek Jawa

Branch off for the sensory trail

Overarching trees

Former Headman's house

This two-story house belongs to the former island headman Lim Chye Joo, who died in 2006 at the age of 101. With a well and a woodstove out back framed by fruit trees and a vegetable patch, the house paints a complete picture of self-sufficient rural living.

Sun filtering through the leaves

Ubin Fruit Orchard

Early morning calm

Waypoint

Serenity in the trees

Jalan Durian

Nipah Palms

Tranquility on Jalan Durian

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Waypoint

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Wilderness hut

Waypoint

Waypoint

Heritage tree

The common pulai is a mid canopy tree up to 40 m in height with pagoda shaped crown. Its simple leaves are arranged in whorls, exudes latex when broken. The trunk is deeply fluted and buttressed. It produces creamy, fragrant flowers. Common Pulai is native to Singapore and self-sown Common Pulai can sometimes be seen in secondary forests. This particular specimen, though, is hardly worthy of the name "common"!

Chek Jawa entrance

One of Singapore's richest ecosystems, Chek Jawa is a unique natural area where six major habitats meet and mix. The amenities, including a visitor centre with a viewing jetty, over 1 kilometres of boardwalk (Mangrove and Coastal Loops), and a 20 metre tall Jejawi Tower, are accessible from this entrance which only opens at 9 am. Chek Jawa is an intertidal area, with various ecosystems unveiled at low tides of 0.5 metres and below. The best views of the undulating shores are at low tide. (nParks).

Entrance to the Chek Jawa boardwalk

Rich formation of rocks

Looking back at the boardwalk

Chek Jawa boardwalk (high tide)

Chek Jawa boardwalk (high tide)

Covering approximately 100 hectares in area, Chek Jawa is a unique natural area, where six major ecosystems – sandy beach, rocky beach, seagrass lagoon, coral rubble, mangroves and coastal forest - meet! (nParks)

Chek Jawa boardwalk (high tide)

From the visitor centre, you can choose to experience the Chek Jawa Wetlands via two routes: the Coastal Loop (600m) and Mangrove Loop (500m) boardwalk with lookout platforms, a floating pontoon, and shelters. (nParks)

Chek Jawa boardwalk (high tide)

Mangrove ecosystem

The Mangrove Loop boardwalk

The Mangrove Loop boardwalk

Nipah Palms

Jejawi tower

Meeting the seven-storey high (21m) Jejawi Tower to view the tree canopy and observe the biodiversity, such as birdlife. The viewing tower is named after the native tree (Malayan Banyan) that grows just beside the tower. (nParks)

The Chek Jawa Visitor Centre

The Chek Jawa Visitor Centre (House No. 1) is Singapore's only remaining authentic Tudor-style house with a fireplace. House No.1 was built in the 1930s as a holiday retreat for the Chief Surveyor of Singapore, Landon Williams. When restoration efforts began in 2005, it was necessary to replace damaged roof trusses and termite-infested floorboards to restore the Chek Jawa Visitor Centre's original façade. Plastered stone and brickwork had to be stripped and reinstated with original finishes. (roots)

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Waypoint

Archetypical view of Ubin!

Sensory trail

Mangroves

Durian tree

View of the jetty