My company organised an outing to the newly opened Rainforest Wild Asia. Opened on 12 March 2025, this first-of-its-kind adventure-based zoological park spans 13 hectares within the Mandai Wildlife Reserve, bringing the magic of Southeast Asia’s rainforests right to Singapore. We set off in two buses with the smaller bus moving off first and the larger bus promptly following behind. We were the first to reach the destination but there was no sight of the smaller bus. My colleague contacted me, and we found out that the other bus had dropped them off at the Mandai Rainforest Resort which is quite a distant away from where we are supposed to be. Person-in-charge had to call the transport company to fetch them to the correct venue.
Me and my two colleagues decided to explore the new attraction together. Scanning the QR code from our e-ticket at the entrance, we were greeted with a mist filled Entrance Gorge. At the other end is a pond with Asian Arowana (Scleropages formosus) and Southern River Terrapin in it.
Immediately, we were presented with two choices, Elevated Walkway on the left or Forest Treks on the right. We decide to venture off the beaten path and proceeded onto the Log Crossing Trek which is approximately 100m long. Trekking into the undergrowth, we soon discovered that there were no animals to be seen if we stay on the forest floor so we headed upstairs.