Mystical Cloud Forest

Being a densely populated concrete jungle, Singapore is burnishing its credentials as a garden city with its ecological greenery. The Cloud Forest is one of the two largest climate-controlled conservatories in the world. As the name implies, the precipitation comes directly from clouds through the cloud filtering of the trees that creates moist, misty and dim environment. Located at Bay South of Gardens by the Bay, hidden within the glass dome is a man-made forest with lush vegetation that replicates the cool-moist climate of the tropical montane regions between 1,000m to 3,500m above sea level, such as Mount Kinabalu in Sabah, Malaysia.

A tad smaller than the Flower Dome, the 0.73 hectare cool moist conservatory houses a tropical highland environment and has the world’s tallest indoor waterfall.

The moment you step inside the conservatory, you can feel the sudden change of temperature and gust of cool wind. The temperature in the Cloud Forest is maintained between 23°C to 25°C and it can drop as low as 15°C in the evening.

Believe it or not, there are more than 130,000 plants featured in the dome. The Cloud Forest is a popular spot for newlywed photo shoot.

The walkways provide an aerial view of the canopy and mountainside.

In the evening, the stunning 30m waterfall glows in a rotating purplish and pink tinge.

The splashing waters create a steady pattern of endless rhythm.

Visitors travel by elevator up to Cloud Mountain which the Lost World is found and then wander back down along a mountain track past a 35-meter-high waterfall.

The columnless curvilinear structures were carefully designed with every consideration given to the passive climate control techniques. The façade of the Cloud Forest is made up of 2,577 glass panels which are arranged radially in line with the geometry of the gridshell.

View of the walkway from up above.

There is abundance of Pitcher Plant in the Cloud Forest. Its cup-shaped leaves attract, kill, and digest insects that venture within.

Cascading levels of vertical planting and cloud walkway along the mountain.

As you descend down the cloud walk, it will lead you to the Waterfall View.

You will definitely get wet from the mist of the waterfalls as you lean nearer to the barrier. Some believe that the soothing sound of the flowing water is a multi-sensory approach to reduce stress and anxiety.

As you step in the Crystal Mountain cave, you will be surrounded with stalactites and stalagmites.

Crystal geode is truly a beauty to behold and bring strong earth Feng Shui element energy into any spaces.

As you approach the bottom of the mountain, the Tree Top Walk will take you close to the forest canopy for a spectacular bird’s eye view of the treetops.

Experts warn that over the next hundred years, resource depletion and climate change could converge with catastrophic results. By the year 2100, the temperature will increase by 5 degrees. No one can predict the future but this is possible if we do nothing about it. +5 Degrees is an interactive voyage through time and space which allows you to see the world from a different perspective to experience the effect of rise in temperature around the world.

The Black Box introduces self-sustainability at Gardens by the Bay. You can discover the numerous ecological functions of the Supertrees like capturing solar energy and serving as exhausts all while supporting a green living skin.

The enchanting Secret Garden.

A mysterious world veiled in mist. At one glance, the walkway looks like a UFO from the secret garden. I would like to thank Ferne from Gardens by the Bay for the invitation and exclusive tour of the conservatories.

Local Resident Rate Admission

	One Conservatories	Two Conservatories
Adult	$12	$20
Senior Citizen	$8	$15
Child	$8	$12

Standard Rate Admission

	Two Conservatories
Adult	$28
Senior Citizen	$28
Child	$15

The Cloud Forest is open daily from 9:00am – 9:00pm

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