Biggest turnout ever at our Pasir Ris Mangroves tour

100 visitors. What a fantastic turnout of families and friends to our evening walk at Pasir Ris mangroves walk on 25 May, 2019! We had to take 2 wefies - thanks to our enthusiastic guide, Che Cheng.

Wefie #1 by Che Cheng

Wefie #2 by Che Cheng

Captured the wefie moment - by Ria

Highlights of the walk include two sightings of the shore pit viper. In fact, the first pit viper, spotted by a visitor in Sumita's group, is a cute tiny one, not more than 10 cm long. Its triangular head is so distinctive even though it is just a baby snake. What a special treat! The other shore pit viper was spotted on the mangrove mud, slithering away in a hole in the ground. Please know that the shore pit viper is a highly venomous snake, so do stay far away from it if you spot one.

Other animal sightings are:
- telescope snails,
- giant mudskipper
- horseshoe crabs

Telescope snails or rodong - photo credit to Che Cheng

Giant mudskipper - photo credit to Ian Siah

Horseshoe crab (moult or dead?} - photo credit to Che Cheng

We saw this giant claw of a crab near the jetty.

Photo credit to Ian Siah

Elsewhere in Pasir Risk Park, you can easily see jungle fowl as well as the Oriental Pied Hornbills.

Photo credit to Ian Siah

Photo credit to LeyKun

We ended the walk at the jetty where we all chilled out, and the kids did some drawings.

We want to thank all our visitors for their support and enthusiasm! You guys are the best!

A shout-out goes out to our volunteer guides too - Evan, Ria, Xiang Tian, Sumita, LK, Che Cheng & family, and Ian and family! If you are interested to guide with us, do reach out to us.

Announcement: Join us at Balik Chek Jawa 2019 on 2 Jun (Sun). This is Chek Jawa Open House at Pulau Ubin. FREE tour, no registration required. Just come anytime between 10am and 2pm and volunteers will be there to share the amazing shores of Chek Jawa with you.

Date: 2 Jun (Sun)
Time: 10am - 2pm
Meeting point: Chek Jawa Info Kiosk
More details here: tinyurl.com/balikcj2019