Singapore
Things to do
Theme parks, hawker food and free gardens, for a spare hour or a whole day. Or choose by the kind of day you’re having.
Previews stay on this site, with no charge. Tickets link out to where you buy them. Free entry needs no ticket, though some places ask you to book.
All things to do
38 to choose from
FreeMacRitchie Reservoir Park
Reservoir boardwalks and a long forest loop, free
3 hours·MacRitchie·Free
FreeSentosa Boardwalk
Walk onto the island, harbour on both sides
30 min·Harbourfront·Free
FreeChek Jawa Wetlands
Ubin's boardwalk over a rare intertidal flat
3 hours·Pulau Ubin·Free
FreeConey Island Park
Casuarinas, boardwalks and wild beaches off Punggol
3 hours·Coney Island·Free
FreePasir Ris Park
Mangrove boardwalk and a giant playground
2 hours·Pasir Ris·Free
FreeLearning Forest, Botanic Gardens
Free swamp-forest boardwalks in the Botanic Gardens
1.5 hours·Bukit Timah·Free
FreeWindsor Nature Park
Quiet boardwalks on the way to MacRitchie
2 hours·Central Catchment·Free
FreeAdmiralty Park
Riverside boardwalks in a large north-west park
2 hours·Admiralty·Free
FreeSpringleaf Nature Park
Kayak launch and a riverside boardwalk
1.5 hours·Central Catchment·Free
FreeTampines Eco Green
A wild patch in the east, birds and boardwalks
2 hours·Tampines·Free
FreeLower Peirce Reservoir Park
Boardwalk through secondary forest at Lower Peirce
1.5 hours·Central Catchment·Free
FreePang Sua Pond
Floating wetlands and a boardwalk in Choa Chu Kang
1 hour·Choa Chu Kang·Free
FreeMandai Boardwalk
A free 3.3km reservoir walk beside the Mandai parks
1.5 hours·Mandai·Free
Hampstead Wetlands Park
A freshwater wetland inside Seletar Aerospace Park
1 hour·Seletar·Free
Changi Bay Point
A breakwater boardwalk on the Changi coast
1 hour·Changi·Free
Rower's Bay
A wetland boardwalk on the Round Island Route
30 min·Seletar·Free
Changi Boardwalk
A shoreline boardwalk for birds and Johor views
1 hour·Changi·Free
Pulau Kukup National Park
A 647-hectare mangrove island off Kukup
Full day·Johor·About S$6
FreeSingapore Botanic Gardens
UNESCO-listed gardens, free to wander
Half day·Bukit Timah·Free
TicketsPulau Ubin Bike Rental
Mountain bikes from about S$8, and free trails
Half day·Pulau Ubin·From S$8
FreePalawan Beach, Sentosa
A calm beach and continental Asia's southernmost point
2 hours·Sentosa·Free
FreeLabrador Nature Reserve
WWII gun batteries, coastal forest and harbour views
2 hours·Harbourfront·Free
FreeSisters' Islands Marine Park
Singapore's first marine park, by ferry
Half day·Southern Islands·Free
FreeHindhede Nature Park
A quarry lookout at the foot of Bukit Timah Hill
1.5 hours·Bukit Timah·Free
FreeUpper Seletar Reservoir Park
A 1969 rocket-shaped lookout over a quiet reservoir
1 hour·Mandai·Free
TicketsClosed for nowChek Jawa Guided Walk
Intertidal walk with a naturalist, suspended for now
1 hour·Pulau Ubin·From S$60
FreeSeah Im Food Centre
HarbourFront hawker lunch before the cable car
45 min·Harbourfront·Free
FreeRifle Range Nature Park
Trails and a wetland in the old Sin Seng Quarry
2 hours·Bukit Timah·Free
Freeone-north Park
Biopolis lawns, a designed tech-campus green
45 min·Kent Ridge·Free
FreeBidadari Park
A new park on an old cemetery, Alkaff Lake
1.5 hours·Bidadari·Free
FreeUpper Peirce Reservoir Park
A lookout over still water in the Central Catchment
45 min·Central Catchment·Free
FreeVivoCity
HarbourFront's big mall and the Sentosa Express stop
1 hour·Harbourfront·Free
FreePalawan Beach Play
Free sand, a playground and the bridge to the islet
2 hours·Sentosa·Free
TicketsTanjung Piai Day Trip
The southernmost tip of mainland Asia, in Johor
Full day·Johor·About S$6
Pasir Ris Heritage Trail
Seaside-themed flats, old playgrounds, a coastal park
1.5 hours·Pasir Ris·Free
Round Ketam Kayaking
An open-sea paddle round Pulau Ketam, off Ubin
5 hours·Pulau Ubin·From S$110
PreviewSunrise Kayak Through Pulau Ubin Mangroves
Paddle Ubin's mangroves at sunrise, then breakfast in the village
4 hours·North-East·S$129
PreviewMarina Bay Lights Sail
A golden-hour sail toward the Marina Bay skyline, drinks on deck
2.5 hours·Harbourfront·S$149