Mount Faber

Mount Faber Park is a 56-hectare hill park above HarbourFront and Telok Blangah in southern Singapore, and NParks describes it as one of the oldest parks in the country. The hill was first called Telok Blangah Hill and was renamed in July 1845 in honour of Captain Charles Edward Faber of the Madras Engineers, who built the road and signal station on it. Its highest point, Faber Point, stands 106 m above sea level and has a mini Merlion and a view south to Sentosa.

Most people walk up the Marang Trail, a 700 m footpath and staircase from the base of the hill near HarbourFront MRT station that NParks says takes about 15 minutes to climb; Telok Blangah MRT station is the other nearby stop. Near the top is the Mount Faber station of the Singapore Cable Car, whose line to Sentosa via HarbourFront was officially opened on 15 February 1974. The park is open 24 hours and continues west over Henderson Waves. A section of the Mount Faber Loop footpath has been closed since 14 January 2025 after a slope failure, with signed alternative routes between Henderson Waves and Mount Faber Peak, and Car Park D is closed for slope stabilisation works expected to finish in December 2026.

For anyone training for a Himalayan trek, repeated laps of the Marang Trail staircase give steady climbing practice close to the city centre. At 106 m the hill builds stair fitness, not altitude tolerance.