Outdoor attraction

Looking for ways to immerse themselves in nature, more people are going camping and on hikes around Singapore

Travel agency SGTrek conducts "camp-cations" at a private campsite in Sembawang where participants can learn basic survival skills such as how to pitch a tent, cook in the outdoors and start a fire. Since campsites reopened this year, Mrs Dixie Chin
Travel agency SGTrek conducts “camp-cations” at a private campsite in Sembawang where participants can learn basic survival skills such as how to pitch a tent, cook in the outdoors and start a fire. PHOTO: SGTREK
Travel agency SGTrek conducts "camp-cations" at a private campsite in Sembawang where participants can learn basic survival skills such as how to pitch a tent, cook in the outdoors and start a fire. Since campsites reopened this year, Mrs Dixie Chin
Since campsites reopened this year, Mrs Dixie Chin (left, with her son) and her husband Alvin Chin have been camping at East Coast Park on weekends. PHOTO: ALVIN CHIN
Walking groups can explore Thomson Nature Park for the nature as well as the historical remains of an old Hainan village. Private tutor Teo Siew Shan, who lives in Telok Blangah, has taken to hiking around parts of Singapore she does not usually go t
Private tutor Teo Siew Shan, who lives in Telok Blangah, has taken to hiking around parts of Singapore she does not usually go to, such as the Punggol park connector network (above). PHOTO: COURTESY OF TEO SIEW SHAN
Walking groups can explore Thomson Nature Park for the nature as well as the historical remains of an old Hainan village. Private tutor Teo Siew Shan, who lives in Telok Blangah, has taken to hiking around parts of Singapore she does not usually go t
Walking groups can explore Thomson Nature Park for the nature as well as the historical remains of an old Hainan village. PHOTO: ST FILE
Clara Lock
Travel Correspondent
Updated
Apr 06, 2021, 06:18 AM
Published
Apr 06, 2021, 05:00 AM
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They have long dreamed of the van life - living out of a motorhome on an extended road trip around the United States, Canada, Europe or China.

When the circuit breaker lifted last June, Mr Alvin Chin and his wife Dixie Chin, both 48, decided to simulate it as best they could.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on April 06, 2021, with the headline Outdoor attraction. Subscribe

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