Lorong Sesuai, near Bukit Batok Nature Park, is a tranquil place to live and — I’d argue — an even better place to explore on foot. I ran it rather than hiked it, but either works.
The entrance here doubles as an alternative gateway into Bukit Batok Nature Reserve. It starts with monkeys along the sloping road up, then a genuinely steep stretch that makes you work before a long flight of steps takes you to the Bukit Batok War Memorial at the top. Coming back down those same steps feels like a small mercy after the climb.
Past the memorial, the neighbourhood itself is worth slowing down for: a communications tower, an old water storage tank, colonial-era houses lining a loop road, flowering plants, and birdsong the whole way round. If you’ve got the legs for it, a couple of loops is the move — it’s the kind of place that rewards not rushing through it.
Find out a little more about the wider area in my full write-up on Bukit Batok Nature Reserve and Lorong Sesuai.
