Guide for the Few

Singapore, Around

Day trips from Singapore

A day outside the city: the islands, the strait, the rainforest.

A day outside the city: the southern islands by yacht, Bintan across the strait, and the rainforest reserves.

  • Bukit Timah Nature Reserve

    163 hectares of primary rainforest on Bukit Timah Hill, Singapore's highest natural point and one of the country's two ASEAN Heritage Parks, with four marked trails from the visitor centre.

  • Sisters' Islands Marine Park

    Singapore's first marine park, 40 hectares of reef and island in the Singapore Strait, with a 1 km trail and a 220 m floating boardwalk over the corals on Big Sister's Island, 45 minutes by ferry from Marina South Pier.

  • Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

    202 hectares of mangroves, mudflats and ponds on Singapore's north-west coast, the country's first ASEAN Heritage Park and a stop on the East Asian-Australasian Flyway for migratory shorebirds.

  • The Ocean Course at Ria Bintan

    An 18-hole, par-72 Gary Player course of 6,470 metres on Bintan's north coast, an hour by catamaran from Tanah Merah, with holes 7 to 9 on the South China Sea.

  • The Serapong at Sentosa Golf Club

    A par-72 championship course of 6,765 metres on Sentosa island, home of the Singapore Open since 2005, with the city skyline and the port across the water.

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