The Singapore Botanic Gardens is the world's first and only tropical garden to be honoured as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The garden was first conceptualized in 1822 by Sir Stamford Raffles, the founder of modern Singapore. He developed the first Botanic Gardens at Fort Canning. In 1859, the Gardens was founded at its present site by an Agri-Horticultural society.
Today, there are more than 10,000 plant species spread over the Gardens' 82 hectares area, which is about four times its original size in 1859. It receives about 4.5 million visitors annually and play an important role as a leading botanical institute.
Virtual Cache Logging Requirements:
Choose your own adventure! Your objective is to collect a minimum of 10 points by visiting gardens and sites within the Botanic Gardens.
There are a total of 14 gardens and 8 sites you can choose from, and they are worth different points. You can start your exploration from the cache coordinates at the Symphony Stage, or from any listed waypoint of your choice.
At each waypoint, your visit has to be validated with a picture of either you or a personal object in front of the sign for the garden/site, or in front of a unique object or plant inside the garden/site.
Pictures can be included in your log as individual photos or as a single collage, as long as the waypoint and you/your personal object are visible.
[Updated on 31 July 2020] For ease of verification, your find log or picture captions should include the sites visited and points collected.
Bonus: If your outfit or your personal object in the photos feature any of the following, you earn 2 bonus points!
(a) Plants or parts of plants (leaves, flowers, fruits, roots, etc); OR
(b) Symbols/messages promoting eco-friendliness or green energy.
Important Notes:
(1) You are not required to visit all the waypoints to complete the task as you only need a minimum of 10 points. But if you do wish to visit all the waypoints, you are welcome to do so!
(2) Admission Information: Singapore Botanic Gardens is open from 5 am to 12 midnight daily and admission is FREE.
Note: There is admission charge for the National Orchid Garden or Waypoint "GB". However, you are not required to enter the garden for this virtual cache, a photo of the sign outside the garden would suffice. For information, admission charge for the National Orchid Garden (as of cache publication date) is S$5 for adults, S$1 for students/senior citizens and free for children below 12.
Virtual Rewards 2.0 - 2019/2020
This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between June 4, 2019 and June 4, 2020. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards 2.0 on the Geocaching Blog.