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Rainforest Wild Asia immersive and accessible experience to launch at Mandai Wildlife Reserve in 2025

Rainforest Wild Asia immersive and accessible experience to launch at Mandai Wildlife Reserve in 2025
November 7, 2024

Rainforest Wild Asia - the first phase of Singapore’s fifth zoological park - will be launched at the Mandai Wildlife Reserve in March 2025.

Rainforest Wild Asia will offer a very different set of experiences. Inspired by treks through rainforests, guests will be invited to embark on journeys of discovery tailored to their appetite for adventure.

This experience offers a variety of paths to explore, allowing adventurers to seek out wildlife and marvel at the wonders of a rainforest, both above and below the ground.

Mike Barclay, Group Chief Executive of Mandai Wildlife Group notes “our newest park celebrates the rainforests of our region, which are home to a vast array of natural wonders.

“Rainforest Wild Asia allows guests to choose their level of adventure as they explore an immersive rainforest setting, whether through sedate universally designed walkways or high adrenaline scrambling paths and guided climbing adventures.

“They can experience its diverse layers, from the verdant tree canopies to an exciting subterranean labyrinth of walk-through cave chambers. The park is designed to allow iconic animal species from the region, including tigers, sun bears, tapirs and gregarious langurs, to roam through extensive habitats.

“This immersive design gives our guests the chance to witness how different animals thrive in distinct rainforest settings. Most importantly, we hope to create strong feelings of connection to nature and a renewed determination to cherish and protect our planet.”

The 13- hectare Rainforest Wild Asia welcomes everyone – from multi-generational families to energetic explorers. Visitors are advised to don comfortable shoes and bring a sense of adventure for their rainforest explorations. Wide elevated walkways with sheltered rest stops ensure accessibility to all including families with strollers and wheelchair users, providing opportunities for easy strolls to view diverse rainforest landscapes and animals.

For a more rugged experience, guests can venture along forest trails scattered with fallen logs, boulders, streams and bridges. Those seeking adrenaline- pumping experiences can purchase harnessed experiences and guided tours offering high-element traverses across rock faces, freefall jumps and challenging caving adventures. Rainforest Wild Asia invites guests to embark on a new adventure with every visit, ensuring that each journey through the park is a unique and unforgettable exploration of nature's wonders.

Flexible habitats will be introduced at Rainforest Wild Asia for the first time. Different animals, such as red dholes and babirusas, will be featured at various times of the day. These dynamic habitats provide stimulating environments for the animals, encouraging natural behaviours while allowing visitors to observe these behaviours, creating meaningful educational experiences.

Rainforest Wild Asia will be home to 29 animal species, including new-to-Singapore species like the threatened François' langur and the Philippine spotted deer. In recreating the rainforest setting, close to 7,000 Southeast Asian trees and shrubs have been planted to supplement the existing protected patches of rainforest.

Among the experiences offered across 10 different zones, are The Karsts, where jagged limestone formations peek through the canopy, creating one of the park’s most scenic backdrops. Here, guests can enjoy views of primates swinging, leaping and traversing the environment and can manoeuvre across the sheer cliffs along a via ferrata path under a guided tour.

In the Rock Cascade guests will be able to watch tigers while in Canopy will give visitors a glimpse into life at the treetops and chance encounters with species like the Javan langur and red-shanked douc langur.

The Cavern chambers are inspired by the world- famous Mulu Caves in Sarawak, one of the largest and most intricate cave systems in Southeast Asia and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Through a collaboration with Sarawak Forestry Department, the design team scanned the rock features of Mulu Caves and faithfully recreated the ancient rock formations that took millions of years to form. Visitors can choose to progress along safe and engaging subterranean walkways or embark on more adventurous side paths to seek out cave species including racer snakes and giant black scorpions.

The next phase will see the opening of Rainforest Wild Africa, inspired by the diverse landscapes of the Afro-Tropical region and Madagascar. With a diverse range of offerings and new experiences to come, the Mandai Wildlife Reserve aims to become a world-leading wildlife and nature destination.

Images from top: Rainforest Wild Asia Malayan tigers (illustrative purposes only). Credit: Mandai Wildlife Group; Canopy Jump leap from 20metres. Credit: Mandai Wildlife Group; Cross logs, streams and boulders along the paths on the journey through Rainforest Wild Asia (illustrative purposes only). Credit: Mandai Wildlife Group; Rainforest wild Asia Cave chambers at the Cavern, including the oculus. Credit: Mandai Wildlife Group

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