Beauty around each corner

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Revamped with cascading pools, a communal water collection point and more, Singapore’s only hot spring park retains her rustic charm of the old kampung.

Strolling down the deliberately unpaved paths with naturalised streams gushing from Sembawang’s hot springs, immerses the wearied soul in an untold era.

The bountiful fruit trees and edible plants there were commonly found in the kampungs of 1960s and 1990s – all of which resonates the lush freshwater swamp forest landscape of Singapore’s younger days,

Flora and fauna aside, the Sembawang Hot Spring Park located off Gambas Avenue now boasts enhanced accessibility for wheelchair users so that the entire family can get involved:

A weekend of relaxation can also be one of learning when after a breakfast of kaya toast with soft-boiled eggs from the hot spring water, the family can swing by the educational panels on the park’s history and geology.

Interpretative signs located at the park’s highlights informs the park-goer of the site’s history, geothermal processes beneath the earth and how Sembawang Hot Spring Park came to be.

Kindly heed the following from the infographic below when visiting the park:

SHSP Guidelines

(Nparks)

 

 

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