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.
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All things to do
85 to choose from · showing 1–48
FreeFort Canning Park
A free 22-hectare hill park above the Civic District
2 hours·Civic District·Free
FreeHenderson Waves & Southern Ridges
A timber wave of a bridge on the Southern Ridges
2 hours·Harbourfront·Free
FreeBukit Timah Nature Reserve
Rainforest trails on Singapore's highest hill
3 hours·Bukit Timah·Free
FreeMacRitchie Reservoir Park
Reservoir boardwalks and a long forest loop, free
3 hours·MacRitchie·Free
FreeEast Coast Park
Seafront cycling, sand and barbecue pits
Half day·East Coast·Free
FreeHortPark
The Southern Ridges' gardening hub, with a bee trail
2 hours·Harbourfront·Free
TicketsNational Orchid Garden
Over 1,500 orchid species in the Botanic Gardens
1.5 hours·Bukit Timah·From S$15
FreeMacRitchie Treetop Walk
A free 250m bridge up to 25m above the forest
3 hours·MacRitchie·Free
FreeLabrador Nature Reserve
WWII gun batteries, coastal forest and harbour views
2 hours·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
FreeRail Corridor
The old KTM line, now a 24km greenway
Half day·Bukit Timah·Free
FreePunggol Waterway Park
A waterway, three bridges and a sea breeze in Punggol
2 hours·Punggol·Free
FreeBishan-Ang Mo Kio Park
62-hectare river park on a restored Kallang canal
2 hours·Bishan·Free
FreeWest Coast Park
Adventure playground, dog run and BBQ pits in the west
2 hours·West Coast·Free
FreePasir Ris Park
Mangrove boardwalk and a giant playground
2 hours·Pasir Ris·Free
FreeChangi Beach Park
Sand and kelong views next to Changi Village
2 hours·Changi·Free
FreeLearning Forest, Botanic Gardens
Free swamp-forest boardwalks in the Botanic Gardens
1.5 hours·Bukit Timah·Free
FreeSisters' Islands Marine Park
Singapore's first marine park, by ferry
Half day·Southern Islands·Free
FreeLittle Guilin (Bukit Batok)
A flooded granite quarry by Bukit Gombak MRT
1 hour·Bukit Batok·Free
FreeHindhede Nature Park
A quarry lookout at the foot of Bukit Timah Hill
1.5 hours·Bukit Timah·Free
FreeDairy Farm Nature Park
Wallace Trail and a quarry on an old dairy farm
2 hours·Bukit Panjang·Free
FreeWindsor Nature Park
Quiet boardwalks on the way to MacRitchie
2 hours·Central Catchment·Free
FreeThomson Nature Park
Forest trails past an old Hainanese village
2 hours·Central Catchment·Free
FreeChestnut Nature Park
Singapore's largest nature park, for hikers and bikers
3 hours·Bukit Panjang·Free
FreeBedok Reservoir Park
Kayaks, a jogging loop and big eastern skies
2 hours·Bedok·Free
FreeSouthern Ridges Forest Walk
A raised metal walkway through Southern Ridges forest
2 hours·Harbourfront·Free
FreeTelok Blangah Hill Park
Terrace gardens on a ridge above HarbourFront
1.5 hours·Harbourfront·Free
FreeKent Ridge Park
A canopy walk and a reflexology path on a WWII ridge
2 hours·Kent Ridge·Free
FreeUpper Seletar Reservoir Park
A 1969 rocket-shaped lookout over a quiet reservoir
1 hour·Mandai·Free
FreeNParks Free Guided Walk
Free walks with volunteer naturalists across the parks
2 hours·Citywide·Free
TicketsClosed for nowChek Jawa Guided Walk
Intertidal walk with a naturalist, suspended for now
1 hour·Pulau Ubin·From S$60
TicketsPulau Ubin Bumboat
A 10-minute cash bumboat to Ubin, off once it fills
15 min·Changi·From S$4
FreeKranji Marshes
Bird hides and a raptor tower in the Kranji wetlands
2.5 hours·Kranji·Free
FreeRifle Range Nature Park
Trails and a wetland in the old Sin Seng Quarry
2 hours·Bukit Timah·Free
FreeSengkang Riverside Park
A constructed wetland on Sungei Punggol in Sengkang
1.5 hours·Sengkang·Free
FreeSembawang Hot Spring Park
Singapore's only hot spring, free foot baths
1.5 hours·Sembawang·Free
FreeClementi Woods Park
12-hectare woods beside West Coast Plaza
1.5 hours·Clementi·Free
FreeToa Payoh Town Park
Closed for redevelopment, due back in 2030
1 hour·Toa Payoh·Free
FreeClosed until December 2027Punggol Point Park
Ship-inspired sunset deck on the Johor Strait
1 hour·Punggol·Free
FreeUpper Peirce Reservoir Park
A lookout over still water in the Central Catchment
45 min·Central Catchment·Free
FreeLower Peirce Reservoir Park
Boardwalk through secondary forest at Lower Peirce
1.5 hours·Central Catchment·Free
TicketsPulau Ubin Guided Tour
Bumboat, bike and Chek Jawa without getting lost
6 hours·Pulau Ubin·About S$85
TicketsSouthern Ridges Guided Walk
Henderson Waves and Forest Walk at a guide's pace
3 hours·Harbourfront·About S$40
Big Sister's Island Guided Walk
A free monthly NParks walk on Big Sister's Island
75 min·Southern Islands·Free
Healing Garden, Botanic Gardens
Medicinal plants sorted by the body part they treat
45 min·Bukit Timah·Free
Ginger Garden, Botanic Gardens
A hectare of gingers, a lily pond and a waterfall
1 hour·Bukit Timah·Free
Evolution Garden, Botanic Gardens
A trail through 3.5 billion years of plant life
40 min·Bukit Timah·Free