In 2023, Singapore will open a new eco-resort in the Mandai precinct, for which construction is expected to commence next year. The yet unnamed resort will advance Singapore’s distinctive advantage of having a primary forest within the limits of a first-world metropolis—one of only few cities in the world to do so — that gives residents an exclusive foray into nature at their doorstep.

The eco-resort will provide residents and tourists an alternative short-stay option with an all-rounded immersive experience of being in a tropical rainforest. The resort’s spaces and programmes are being planned to offer guests, residing in its 338 rooms (with 24 tree houses shaped like seed pods), a low-carbon lifestyle and a constant awareness of the surrounding rainforest through unblocked ...

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