This park is set on a hill that used to be part of the Fort Canning Fortifications. Some military structures are still near the top of the hill and these are clearly marked with dire warnings for trespassing. The park is a beautiful area with several gardens inspired by the history of Singapore including the Raffles Garden, Spice Garden, and my personal favourite, the Sang Nila Utama Garden inspired by the first king of Singapore. There’s also a sculpture hiking trail published by the National Parks of Singapore that’ll take you through the park to see the many sculptures inside. The park is a great way to spend at least half a day hiking in a beautiful setting.

My wife and I so happened to accidentally walk into the park on our first explore day in Singapore. We had originally wanted to go later in our trip but because the park is so well maintained and beautiful, we decided to stay and walk around. Even though you're smack-dab in the middle of Singapore, you almost forget you're surrounded by a major city. This is definitely a must do thing to do while visiting.

Started from the Jubilee Park just a short walk from Fort Canning Station (downtown line - blue mrt line), which was pretty much a kids playground with swings, slides, sandplay, see-saws. Went up the stairs just next to the slides to Pancur Larangan, the old Bathing Court. Following the trail, up the escalator brought us to the Fort Gate, skipping the Fort Canning Hotel on the left. Thru the gate, past a large patch of green, down the stairs to the back of the Fort Canning Centre (toilet stop location). Gave the Battlebox a miss this time (it's ticketed by the way) and turned right towards the Cannon and then the Keramat Iskandar Shah, believed to be his burial place but is pretty much a resting shelter now. Moving on from there brought us to the Spice Garden, where we found mint, Pandan leaves, rosemary and some others but these are just the few I recognised. The garden led us to the Fort Canning Green on the left, which was in front of the Fort Canning Centre. Tracing out footsteps back towards the Artisan's Garden, with a small display on the archaeological work done in the area. Continuing from the path led us past the Registry of Marriages, then to Sang Nila Utama Garden filled with many stone carving statues and finally, the Raffles Garden, where an old Lighthouse stands. Great weather this morning, a little hot but could be worse really and actually there are quite a number of shady spots throughout. It was an easy walk, took us just over an hour and not quite as interesting as Botanical Gardens. We then exited along Hill Street. There are lots of food options nearby, at Funan Mall just opposite or turn right to Clarke Quay. One can also take a bus from opposite to Chinatown.