5 New Walking Trails Let Hikers Explore Heritage Sites, Earn Shopping Vouchers

Walking Trails@CDC Designed to Showcase Culture, Green Spaces of Five Main Districts

- Elisha Tushara

Residents can turn their regular neighbourhood walks into rewarding and informative adventures with the launch of Walking Trails@CDC.

Covering distances of between 4.35km and 5.5km each, the new trails located in each of the five main Singapore districts allow hikers to exercise while engaging in digital activities on their mobile phones.

They were launched on Aug 16 by Law Minister and Second Minister for Home Affairs Edwin Tong, together with the mayors of the five Singapore districts.

The initiative is a collaboration between the community development councils (CDCs) and the Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech), and is in line with the national Healthier SG initiative to promote preventive health and community wellness.

Each trail comprises five checkpoints featuring iconic and scenic landmarks in Singapore such as the Bukit Timah Railway Station, Little Guilin, Fort Canning Centre, East Coast Beach and Punggol Promenade Bridge.

The first 5,000 people to complete all five checkpoints in each trail or collect digital mascots can earn up to $10 in RedeemSG vouchers, which can be spent at participating supermarkets like FairPrice, Cold Storage and Sheng Siong.

The CDCs said the trails are designed to showcase the rich culture, heritage and green spaces of each district. There are plans to introduce new routes in other areas, like Marsiling and Sungei Kadut.

The trails can be found on the CrowdTaskSG platform at go.gov.sg/walkingtrailscdc, and do not require any app download.

Singapore citizens and permanent residents aged 15 and above with Singpass and CrowdTaskSG accounts can log in to start hiking.