Cyclist Park
A 280-metre learner loop at East Coast Park, built for wobbles, with a 500-metre circuit for when the brakes make sense. Do this before the long coastal ride.
- Where: East Coast
- Price: Free
Out with the kids
Singapore with Kids
Ideas for a day out together.
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Map view with these filtersPlaces only match a date when their opening days are confirmed. Ages are a guide from the venue or organiser where they give one. Typical spend per person, in Singapore dollars.
Fort Canning Park
A forbidden royal hill, a botanic garden that flopped, a fort nobody rated and a surrender bunker, all on a 48-metre bump in town. Pick one story and follow it.
- Where: Civic District
- Price: Free
Bishan–Ang Mo Kio Park
A concrete drain turned back into a river, with lawns built to flood and otters that arrived on their own. Walk one stretch, not all 3km, and route around the bridge works.
- Where: Bishan
- Price: Free
Forest Ramble
Thirteen swamp-animal play stations on an old car park in Jurong. Still worth the trip, but the zipline and slide tower are closed for maintenance, so manage expectations in the car.
- Where: Jurong
- Price: Free
Jurong Lake Gardens
Two 1970s gardens and a swamp forest grown back from a concrete drain, stitched into 90 hectares in the west. Treat it as three outings sharing a postcode.
- Where: Jurong
- Price: Free
Singapore Botanic Gardens
A UNESCO site, a tree off the five-dollar note and more plant labels than anyone could read in a day. Pick one thread, go early and leave the rest for next time.
- Where: Botanic Gardens
- Price: Free
Kid-friendly by neighbourhood
Mandai wildlife parks
Pick the Mandai park you actually want and do it properly. Trying to cover them all in one day leaves nobody with energy for the last one.
- 4 picks
Sentosa
Pick one Sentosa: beach, heritage, sea life, waterpark or rides. Trying to do three in a day is how a family ends up silent on the way home.
- 5 picks
West-side family day
Pick one anchor: Jurong Lake Gardens and Forest Ramble for an outdoor day, or Science Centre and KidsSTOP for a wet one. Not all four in an afternoon.
- 4 picks
Collections
Let the kids choose
Ask them first: climbing, experimenting, animals or stories. Then book one anchor activity and leave the rest of the afternoon for snacks.
- 6 picks
Ideas for different ages
‘Good for kids’ covers everyone from toddlers to teenagers, which is the problem. Choose the session, route or activity for the children actually coming with you.
- 4 picks