Visit Chek Jawa at Deadpoet’s Cave

Update An additional walk has been scheduled on Saturday, 1st July. Remember that the booking lines open tomorrow morning!

In the coming quarter, guided tours to Chek Jawa in Pulau Ubin have been scheduled for Sunday, 16th July and Monday, 17th July at 8.30 a.m. on both days.

Visits to Chek Jawa have to be managed to prevent its delicate habitats (there are more than one) from becoming wasteland. As walks can only be held in daylight hours at the lowest of low tides, dates for walks are very limited. Time and tide, as they say, wait for no man.

How do you book a place on the walk?

Well, at 8.30 a.m. on Thursday, 1st June, NParks’ Pulau Ubin Hotline - 6542 4108 or 6545 4761 - will open to take bookings for the July walks. Be patient, persistent and polite. Bookings are usually snapped up really fast. To be fair to everyone, each booking call is limited to 10 places.

If you manage to sign up, please note…

A plea from the Chek Jawa guides:
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Please do not sign up and then don’t turn up.

This deprives genuine visitors of a place.

Also remember that the volunteer guides take leave during weekdays to be there for those who signed up. Just because the walk is free for you doesn’t mean that there isn’t a cost to the volunteers who make it possible.

This plea is especially directed to those who sign up in large groups.

from wildsingapore-weekly

Cross-posted at singapurathisweek.