Opened on 6 December 2014, the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve’s extension sits between the original Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve and Kranji Reservoir Park. While the original Sungei Buloh has been kept as-is with its gravel paths and wooden bird watching huts, the new extension is much more kid-friendly. Little spots around the extension provide families with young children things to do while maintaining a blend with the natural environment. Dotted along the Coastal Trail are onion-shaped pods that serve as hideouts for bird-watching enthusiasts.
Although the Migratory Bird Trail and the Buloh tidal ponds are undoubtly the main stars of Sungei Buloh Nature Reserve, the rest of the reserve is pretty neat too and well worth a walk through. This multi-cache brings you to various points of interest along the Coastal Trail, starting from the Wetland Centre and ending at the Visitor Center. All waypoints are virtual and you collect a number at each waypoint that you can use to calcuate the cache's coordinates with (which is located outside the reserve). You can visit the waypoints in any order, but do note that the cache is located nearest to Waypoint 7.
Sungei Buloh Nature Reserve is opened from 7am to 7pm (last entry: 6.30pm).
WP1: Old Bridge
N 1° 26.766′ E 103° 43.691′
This is the place where the original Main Bridge was, before the new Main Bridge was built to replace it. The old bridge was converted into a viewing platform following community suggestions to retain the popular bird-watching spot.
Let A be the top left letter behind the red box in the photo above converted into a number.
("A" = 1, "B" = 2, "C" = 3, etc)
WP2: Mangrove Boardwalk
N 1° 26.842′ E 103° 43.824′
Get up close to the mangrove forest and explore its beauty without getting your feet muddy! The huts here have colorful tiles on their ceilings depicting animals and plants found within the wetlands here. Your task here is to find 3 specific tiles shown in the 3 photos below on the ceiling of MB3.
Let B be the total number of birds behind all 3 red boxes in the photos above.
(B is an even number)
WP3: Dragonfly Pod
N 1° 26.700′ E 103° 43.871′
The Dragonfly Pod is a little off the main path, located on a small body of water full of... you guessed it: dragonflies. There is a handrail-like metal rail along the pod, count the number of attachments between it and the pod's walls, one is shown in the photo below:
Let C be the number of such attachments.
WP4: Kingfisher Pod
N 1° 26.810′ E 103° 43.931′
Kingfisher Pod is the highest point along the trail and is named after the birds that are commonly seen around the area. Below Kingfisher Pod are pillars with gray cylinder horizontal support beams.
Let D be the number of gray cylinder horizontal support beams (both larger and smaller ones) hidden by the red boxes in the photo above.
The picture below shows an example of what you are looking for:
WP5: Eagle Point
N 1° 26.643′ E 103° 44.174′
A place that provides an excellent view of the Johor Straits. They say you can spot eagles here, but I have never spotted any whenever I visited...
Let E be the leftmost letter behind the red box in the photo above converted into a number.
("A" = 1, "B" = 2, "C" = 3, etc)
WP6: Fantail Pod
N 1° 26.486′ E 103° 44.211′
After climbing up to Fantail Pod, you can find a compass on the floor with directions to other wetlands on it:
Let F be the last 2 digits of the 5-digit number behind the red box in the photo above.
(example: if the number behind the red box is 12345, F will be 45)
WP7: Visitor Center
N 1° 26.419′ E 103° 44.125′
Right in the middle of the Visitor Center, look down and you shall see a map containing Singapore and nearby countries. On it lies a plate with coordinates on it. I am not sure what the coordinates are for actually (they seem to point to a spot in the sea), but if you know, lemme know in the logs!
Let G be the 2-digit number behind the red box in the photo above.
The Cache
N 1° 26.XXX' E 103° 44.YYY'
To get XXX, substract 277 from the first 3 digits of (A*B*C*D*E*F*G).
To get YYY, substract 755 from the next 3 digits of (A*B*C*D*E*F*G).
The hint for the cache location is within the geochecker:
