Eat at the hawker centre. Book everything else.
Which river cruise is timed to the Spectra show. What a Night Safari tram costs once the transfer is added. Whether the Sentosa cable car beats the boardwalk. Reviews of the tours you can book across Singapore, priced in dollars.
A bike at dawn, orangutans at breakfast, a boat when the lights come on.
Four bookings that carry a first visit. Each one with what it costs and what the people who went thought of it.
01Out before the sun climbsLion City Bike Tour of SingaporeColonial core, the river mouth and the Merlion on two wheels, finished before the sun gets serious.
02Breakfast with apesMorning at the Zoo with 1-way Transfer (Free & Easy)The zoo opens early and the orangutans are at their busiest before lunch. Transport out to Mandai is included.
03As the bay lights upSingapore River Cruise, Garden Rhapsody & Spectra by CYTA bumboat down the river timed to Spectra, then the Supertrees lit for Garden Rhapsody.
04The view from the wheelSingapore Flyer Entry TicketOne slow turn of the Flyer over Marina Bay. Go at dusk and watch the towers light floor by floor.
In Singapore the best dinner costs five dollars and comes on a plastic tray.
Hawker centres are where the island eats, from chicken rice to laksa to satay in the evening smoke. A guide knows which stall in the row is worth the queue. Three ways to eat your way round, and what each costs.
Hawker walksChinatown, Maxwell and Lau Pa Sat with a guide who knows the stalls.
from$51
Cooking classesLaksa paste pounded by hand, then lunch is whatever you made.
from$94
Bar crawlsRooftop to shophouse speakeasy, the Singapore Sling optional.
from$30
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★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 1,890 reviewsSmall Group: Michelin and Local Hawker Food Tour with 9 tastingsfrom $79
Temple incense, garland stalls, a mosque dome: Singapore by quarter.
The old quarters sit a short MRT ride apart, and each one is a different country on a plate. Then the bay, the island resort and the last village kampong. Six places to plant a day.
The eight days out Singapore sells most.
Every Singapore tour we have reviewed →The bookings more travellers make here than anything else, and the reason each one keeps its place.
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Lion City Bike Tour of Singapore
Ride from Marina Bay through Singapore’s Colonial District, Chinatown, Little India, Haji Lane, and Kampong Glam with a licensed local guide. The four-hour morning route includes photo stops, refreshment breaks, a bike, and a disposable poncho. Groups are capped at 12. Guides such as Benny, Holden, James, and Wyman have led the tour, though your guide may vary.
From · $68
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2
Gardens by the Bay Bundle Entry Ticket
from $7
3
Big Bus Hop-On Hop-Off Tour by Open-Top Bus
from $51
4
Lion City Highlights Bike Tour
from $67
5
Small Group: Michelin and Local Hawker Food Tour with 9 tastings
from $79
6
Morning at the Zoo with 1-way Transfer (Free & Easy)
from $87
7
Experience Singapore: Cultural Cooking Class
from $96
8
Historical Singapore Bike Tour on Full-Sized Bicycles
from $64
Singapore saves its best show for 8pm on the water.
Spectra throws lasers and fountains over Marina Bay at 8pm and 9pm, and Garden Rhapsody lights the Supertrees a few minutes earlier. The river cruises are timed around both. The three most popular ways to spend the evening.
- 1Small Group: Singapore Street Food & Night Tour with 9 tastings★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 1,240 reviews · from $79
- 2Singapore Starry Night Cruise, Garden Rhapsody & Spectra Show★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 · 782 reviews · from $88
- 3Singapore River Cruise, Garden Rhapsody & Spectra by CYT★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 · 683 reviews · from $55
Sentosa is Singapore’s playground, a short hop across the water.
Ride the cable car over from Mount Faber, the monorail from VivoCity, or walk the boardwalk. Then it is Universal Studios, a luge track down the hill and the Southern Islands a speedboat away.
Every Sentosa day →Singapore rain arrives at speed and leaves within the hour.
In the wet months the sky tends to break in the afternoon, hard enough to empty the streets and stop the bike tours. Keep an indoor booking in your pocket: a gallery, the waterfall inside Jewel at Changi, a kitchen that ends in lunch.
What a day out in Singapore costs, in three price bands.
The city has a reputation for expensive, and the hotel bill earns it. The days out are another story.
Coach loops round the sights, the Flyer, night rides along the bay and most single tickets.
- 1Singapore Morning City Tourfrom $39
- 2Singapore Flyer Entry Ticketfrom $31
- 3Marina Bay Night Cycling Tourfrom $48
Hawker walks, bike tours, the zoo and the evening light-show cruises.
- 1Lion City Bike Tour of Singaporefrom $68
- 2Big Bus Hop-On Hop-Off Tour by Open-Top Busfrom $51
- 3Lion City Highlights Bike Tourfrom $67
Private food trails, guides with a car and the day trips over the Causeway.
Three things you will only find in Singapore.
Every big city has a skyline and a food scene. A zoo that opens after dark, a waterfall inside an airport and a kampong on an island ten minutes off the coast are this one’s alone.
The Night Safari
It opened in 1994 as the first zoo in the world built to be seen after dark. The animals are nocturnal, the lighting is set to moonlight, and a tram runs the main loop while walking trails cut off into the trees. Leopards, tapirs and fishing cats are out and moving, which no daytime zoo can promise.
- 1Night Safari Tour with Transfer★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 · 1,260 reviews
- 2Night Safari with Buffet Dinner with hotel pick-up★★★★★★★★★★ 3.5 · 181 reviews
- 3Night Safari Singapore Entry Ticket + Tram Ride★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 · 138 reviews
Jewel at Changi
Under a glass dome beside Terminal 1, the Rain Vortex drops forty metres from an opening in the roof, the tallest indoor waterfall anywhere. Terraces of forest climb the walls around it. Through the evening the water is lit in colour, and the canopy park above has hedge mazes and a bridge across the top.
- 1Jewel Changi Airport★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 · 96 reviews
- 2Jewel Changi Airport Attraction Ticket★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 · 51 reviews
- 3Singapore Changi Jewel Highlights Walking Tour★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 · 13 reviews
Pulau Ubin
Ten minutes by bumboat from Changi Point, Ubin is what most of Singapore looked like before the towers. Houses on stilts, quarry lakes, rented bicycles and the Chek Jawa boardwalk out over the mangroves at low tide. Nobody arrives by car, because there is nowhere to drive one.
- 1Let’s Go Kelong Boat Tour at Pulau Ubin★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 696 reviews
- 2Kayak Sailing in Singapore, Mangrove, Kelong & Pulau Ubin, Seafood Meal Included★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 102 reviews
- 3Singapore Round Ketam Kayaking Adventure in Pulau Ubin★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 33 reviews
Four Singapore bookings that will not wait for you to land.
Most of this city runs on walk-up queues that move fast. These four run on entry times, show times and dated tickets, and the good slots go weeks out.
- 01Night Safari Tour with TransferThe park only opens after dusk, and every evening tour group arrives in the same hour. Fix the date and the transfer before you fly.
- 02SkyPark Observation Deck at Marina Bay SandsTickets carry an entry time, and the slots around sunset are the ones that vanish first.
- 03Singapore Starry Night Cruise, Garden Rhapsody & Spectra ShowSpectra runs at 8pm and 9pm. The cruises timed to watch it from the water sell out by departure, not by day.
- 04Universal Studios Singapore + Roundtrip TransfersTickets are dated, and weekends and school holidays bring the longest queues on the island.
By place: the quarters, the bay and the islands
By kind of day: wok, wheel, boat or wild
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