On 4 July 2015, the Singapore Botanic Gardens became the first Singaporean heritage area to be inscribed into the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list. The 156 year old Botanic Gardens spans an area of 74 hectares and contains plant specimens from around the region, from bamboos to mature centuries-old trees, and colonial architecture and garden design unique to the region.
This cache is one of three caches placed by the gardens so that you can find a cache before or after your walk though the park.
The cache is located just outside the central section of the the Botanic Gardens,by the Nassim Gate. This area is located at the Visitor Centre where you can find ample parking or catch the City Tour buses that stop here. This part of the Gardens is known as the Central Core, and contains the botanical crown jewel collections of the garden. The Central Core contains some of the finest plant specimens, collectionsand heritage trees the gardens has to offer.
The Central Core features:
- The Rainforest: the last area of virgin rainforest in the City, and the mature trees in the forest mostly predate the Gardens itself. It is home to a veritable variety of resident fauna consisting of birds and squirrels not normally found in a city area.
- The Symphony Lake and the Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage: Performances and concerts in the Gardens are normally held here, and crowds will sit in the open air at the fringes of the Palm Valley to watch the shows
- The Visitor Centre where you can buy some souvenirs and have a snack or a drink
- The Orchid and Ginger Gardens which features the Garden's historic and dazzling array of cultivated and wild Orchids. The Orchid Garden is the only part of the Garden that charges an admission fee.