Nature in Singapore
Trails, wildlife & gardens. 100 listings — instant demos, partner tickets and free entries.
Best neighborhoods: Botanic Gardens & Bukit Timah · Katong & Joo Chiat · Kranji · Civic District · HarbourFront & Mount Faber · Sentosa
Instant demoMacRitchie Dawn Trek & Treetop Walk
Gibbons, mist and the famous suspension bridge before crowds
Sun, Sep 28·Central·S$59
Instant demoEast Coast Sunrise Cycle & Kopi Ride
Coastline miles, old-school bakeries and the best kaya toast
Sun, Sep 28·East Coast·S$65
FreeHSBC TreeTop Walk
Same 250m MacRitchie suspension bridge
2 hours·Central·Free
FreeSungei Buloh Wetland Walk
Crocs, migratory birds, free entry
3 hours·Kranji·Free
FreeFort Canning Park
22-hectare hill above the Civic District
2 hours·Civic District·Free
FreeHenderson Waves & Southern Ridges
Wave-form timber bridge, highest point of the Southern Ridges
2 hours·Harbourfront·Free
FreePalawan Beach, Sentosa
The southernmost point of continental Asia, free
2 hours·Sentosa·Free
FreeSiloso Beach
Sentosa's busiest sand, free
2 hours·Sentosa·Free
FreeBukit Timah Nature Reserve
163 ha ASEAN Heritage Park — summit demolition through Mar 2028
3 hours·Bukit Timah·Free
FreeMacRitchie Reservoir Park
The forest loop, free — TreeTop Walk is extra walking
3 hours·Central·Free
FreeEast Coast Park
180 hectares of park, beach and BBQ along the East Coast
Half day·East Coast·Free
FreeHortPark
Gardening headquarters of the Southern Ridges
2 hours·Harbourfront·Free
PartnerNational Orchid Garden
1,500 species and 3,000 hybrids — the paid pocket of the UNESCO gardens
1.5 hours·Bukit Timah·From S$15
FreeMacRitchie Treetop Walk
250-metre suspension bridge, up to 25m, free
3 hours·Central·Free
FreeLabrador Nature Reserve
WWII guns, coastal forest, harbour views
2 hours·Harbourfront·Free
FreeChinese Garden
Twin Pagoda and Cloud Pagoda at Jurong Lake
2 hours·Jurong East·Free
FreeJapanese Garden
Seiwaen garden beside Chinese Garden
1.5 hours·Jurong East·Free
FreeJurong Lake Gardens
Singapore's third national garden
Half day·Jurong East·Free
FreeChek Jawa Wetlands
Ubin's boardwalk over a rare intertidal flat
3 hours·Pulau Ubin·Free
FreeMount Faber Peak
Harbour views, cable car station, free if you walk
1.5 hours·Harbourfront·Free
FreeConey Island Park
81 hectares of wild coast off Punggol, free
3 hours·Pasir Ris·Free
FreeRail Corridor
The old KTM line, now a 24km greenway
Half day·Bukit Timah·Free
FreePunggol Waterway Park
New-town coast, bridges, sunrise joggers
2 hours·Pasir Ris·Free
FreeBishan-Ang Mo Kio Park
62-hectare river park on a restored Kallang canal
2 hours·Central·Free
FreeWest Coast Park
50 ha Play Centre of the West — Area 1 footpath fenced through 31 Dec
2 hours·Kent Ridge·Free
FreePasir Ris Park
Mangrove boardwalk and a giant playground
2 hours·Pasir Ris·Free
FreeChangi Beach Park
The other east-coast sand, near the village
2 hours·Changi·Free
FreeTanjong Beach, Sentosa
The quietest Sentosa sand, beach clubs
3 hours·Sentosa·Free
FreeLearning Forest, Botanic Gardens
SPH Walk of Giants and Keppel wetlands, free
1.5 hours·Bukit Timah·Free
FreeLazarus Island Sandbar
A secret-feeling beach, no shops, no shade
Half day·Southern Islands·Free
PartnerGogreen Eco Adventure (St John's)
Bike or kickscoot on St John's — ferry is extra
2 hours·Southern Islands·From S$53
FreeSisters' Islands Marine Park
Singapore's first marine park, by permit boat
Half day·Southern Islands·Free
FreeLittle Guilin (Bukit Batok)
42 ha quarry lake, 24 hours — pets banned, no carpark
1 hour·Bukit Timah·Free
FreeHindhede Nature Park
Quarry lake at the foot of Bukit Timah — carpark trails shut
1.5 hours·Bukit Timah·Free
FreeDairy Farm Nature Park
Wallace Trail and a quarry, former dairy
2 hours·Bukit Timah·Free
FreeWindsor Nature Park
Boardwalks toward MacRitchie, fewer people
2 hours·Central·Free
FreeThomson Nature Park
Old Hainanese village ruins in the forest
2 hours·Central·Free
FreeChestnut Nature Park
81-hectare hike and MTB park in the Central Catchment
3 hours·Central·Free
FreeBedok Reservoir Park
Kayaks, a 6km loop, east-side sky
2 hours·East Coast·Free
FreeSouthern Ridges Forest Walk
Elevated canopy walk on the Southern Ridges
2 hours·Harbourfront·Free
FreeTelok Blangah Hill Park
34-hectare ridge park above HarbourFront
1.5 hours·Harbourfront·Free
FreeKent Ridge Park
Canopy walk, WWII ridge, reflexology path
2 hours·Kent Ridge·Free
FreeUpper Seletar Reservoir Park
A rocket tower and a quiet lake
1 hour·Mandai·Free
FreeSentosa Nature Discovery
Revamped gallery, Swiftlet Bunker, free
1 hour·Sentosa·Free
FreeKranji Marshes
A hide, a tower, migratory birds
2.5 hours·Kranji·Free
FreeRifle Range Nature Park
Former Sin Seng Quarry, now 66 hectares of trail
2 hours·Bukit Timah·Free
FreeBukit Batok Nature Park
Little Guilin's park, steps, a quarry lake
1.5 hours·Bukit Timah·Free
FreeSembawang Park
Old jetty, casuarinas, a slow north coast
2 hours·Kranji·Free
FreeWoodlands Waterfront Park
A long jetty looking at Johor
1.5 hours·Kranji·Free
FreeAdmiralty Park
Riverine park, boardwalks, north-west
2 hours·Kranji·Free
FreeSengkang Riverside Park
21.3-hectare wetland park — one track closed for pipes
1.5 hours·Pasir Ris·Free
FreeLower Pierce Reservoir
A still lake, macaques, a short boardwalk
1.5 hours·Central·Free
FreeSpringleaf Nature Park
Kayak launch and a riverside boardwalk
1.5 hours·Central·Free
FreeKetam Mountain Bike Park
Ubin's purpose-built MTB trails
3 hours·Pulau Ubin·Free
FreePekan Quarry, Pulau Ubin
A lookout over a drowned quarry
1 hour·Pulau Ubin·Free
FreeUbin Sensory Trail
Herbs, fruit trees, a kampong path
45 min·Pulau Ubin·Free
FreeIstana Park
The lawn opposite the Istana gates
30 min·Orchard·Free
FreeEsplanade Park
Cenotaph, Lim Bo Seng, the waterfront strip
45 min·Civic District·Free
FreeDhoby Ghaut Green
A pocket lawn over the MRT interchange
20 min·Dhoby Ghaut·Free
FreePearl's Hill City Park
The old reservoir hill above Chinatown
1 hour·Chinatown·Free
FreeDuxton Plain Park
A linear park on an old railway trace
30 min·Chinatown·Free
FreeTiong Bahru Park
The neighbourhood lawn, birds, a playground
1 hour·Tiong Bahru·Free
FreeRaffles Place Park
The CBD's pocket green, sculptures, lunch
15 min·Civic District·Free
FreeKallang Riverside Park
Stadium, river, the old national heart
1 hour·Kallang·Free
FreeClementi Woods Park
12-hectare woods by West Coast Plaza — sections closed
1.5 hours·Kent Ridge·Free
Freeone-north Park
Biopolis lawns, a designed tech-campus green
45 min·Kent Ridge·Free
FreeAng Mo Kio Town Garden West
A neighbourhood hill forest, surprisingly wild
1.5 hours·Central·Free
FreeToa Payoh Town Park
Closed for redevelopment through 2030 — not a pond walk
1 hour·Central·Free
FreeBidadari Park
A new park on an old cemetery, Alkaff Lake
1.5 hours·Central·Free
FreeKatong Park
The old seafront park, now inland, still breezy
45 min·East Coast·Free
FreeTampines Eco Green
A wild patch in the east, birds and boardwalks
2 hours·Pasir Ris·Free
FreePunggol Point Park
Ship-inspired deck over the Johor Strait — free, 24 hours
1 hour·Pasir Ris·Free
FreePunggol Park
A lake park, older than the waterway
1 hour·Pasir Ris·Free
FreeYishun Pond Park
A pond next to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital's garden
1 hour·Kranji·Free
FreeZhenghua Nature Park
A forest strip along the BKE
2 hours·Bukit Timah·Free
FreeUpper Peirce Reservoir Park
A lookout over still water in the Central Catchment
45 min·Central·Free
FreeLower Peirce Reservoir Park
Boardwalk through secondary forest at Lower Peirce
1.5 hours·Central·Free
FreeLower Seletar Reservoir Park
A long dam, kayaks, the north-east lake
1.5 hours·Seletar·Free
FreeKranji Reservoir Park
The other Kranji: water, not farms
1 hour·Kranji·Free
FreeMandai Mangrove & Mudflat
A new nature park on the strait
2 hours·Mandai·Free
FreeLim Chu Kang Nature Park
Farmland-edge nature, far north-west
2 hours·Kranji·Free
FreeJurong Central Park
A town park next to the lakes
1 hour·Jurong East·Free
FreeChoa Chu Kang Park
Heartland park, playground, a local afternoon
1 hour·Kranji·Free
FreeMount Emily Park
A hidden hill behind Dhoby Ghaut
45 min·Dhoby Ghaut·Free
FreeTanjong Pagar Park
A tiny CBD park by the Tanjong Pagar station
15 min·Chinatown·Free
FreeEco-Link@BKE
The wildlife bridge over the expressway
1 hour·Bukit Timah·Free
FreePark Connector Network Ride
The island's free cycling grid
Half day·Citywide·Free
FreeBedok Town Park
A neighbourhood park by the reservoir
1 hour·East Coast·Free
FreePasir Ris Town Park
Fishing pond, playground, the town's backyard
1.5 hours·Pasir Ris·Free
FreeTampines Sun Plaza Park
A big east-side lawn and playground
1 hour·Pasir Ris·Free
FreeAng Mo Kio Town Garden East
The smaller AMK garden, a pond
45 min·Central·Free
FreePang Sua Pond
A floating wetlands pond, Choa Chu Kang
1 hour·Kranji·Free
FreeWaterboat House Garden
A tiny garden by the Fullerton
15 min·Civic District·Free
FreeMarsiling Park
Woodlands neighbourhood park, a hill
1 hour·Kranji·Free
FreePandan Reservoir
A windsurf lake in the west, almost no tourists
1.5 hours·Jurong East·Free
FreeSungei Api Api
A mangrove park in Pasir Ris new town
1 hour·Pasir Ris·Free
FreeSmooth-coated Otter Spotting
Bishan, the Bay, or wherever the family is this week
1 hour·Central·Free
FreeMandai Boardwalk
3.3km reservoir walk, free, no park ticket
1.5 hours·Mandai·Free
PartnerEast Coast Night Cycle
The park after the heat dies, 12km of lamps
2 hours·East Coast·From S$10
FreeIntertidal Walk
Low-tide life, NParks dates only
3 hours·Southern Islands·Free