Ideas for a day out together.
Check age guidance, facilities and opening times before visiting.
Ages are a guide from the venue or organiser where they give one. Typical spend per person, in Singapore dollars.
Unlimited ice cream and a pool of sprinkles in Dempsey, from S$43 a head for about an hour. Worth it with children; expensive ice cream without them.
Matches ages 0–3: listed for ages 0–3, 4–6, 7–12. Not every activity there will suit this age.
The Supertrees, the outdoor gardens and the 7.45pm light show are free. You pay for the two cooled domes, and residents pay a good deal less than visitors.
Matches ages 0–3: listed for ages 0–3, 4–6, 7–12, teens. Not every activity there will suit this age.
S$4 gets you across by train, and the beaches, Fort Siloso and the Sensoryscape lights are free. The rides and shows are where the money goes, so choose one or two and leave the rest.
Matches ages 0–3: listed for ages 0–3, 4–6, 7–12, teens. Not every activity there will suit this age.
A children's arts centre at Goodman where the installation is for climbing, and it changes every year. For under-nines and an adult who'll crawl through a tunnel; book ahead.
Matches ages 0–3: listed for ages 0–3, 4–6, 7–12. Not every activity there will suit this age.
Once mocked as two copulating aardvarks, now the city's easiest night of culture: free sets by the water, proper shows when you plan ahead. Start with the calendar, not the postcard.
Matches ages 0–3: listed for ages 0–3, 4–6, 7–12. Not every activity there will suit this age.
A science centre for 18 months to eight: gears, a dino pit, a pretend supermarket and a slide of nearly seven metres. Book a timed session first, even with an annual pass.
Matches ages 0–3: listed for ages 0–3, 4–6, 7–12. Not every activity there will suit this age.
A 620-metre lazy river that drifts past rays, a reef you snorkel through and a coaster that goes uphill. The waterslide half is the ordinary half.
Matches ages 0–3: listed for ages 0–3, 4–6, 7–12, teens. Not every activity there will suit this age.
A panther at large for 11 months and a hippo on a 47-day swim taught Mandai how to build a zoo. Arrive at opening, pick four animals, leave the fifth for next time.
Matches ages 0–3: listed for ages 0–3, 4–6, 7–12, teens. Not every activity there will suit this age.
A free park built to be copied: edible beds, a silver garden and espalier for anyone with a corridor instead of a lawn. Pick two gardens and leave with one idea for the balcony.
Matches ages 0–3: listed for ages 0–3, 4–6. Not every activity there will suit this age.
Big Splash's 1977 tower survived the bulldozers and now holds Singapore's tallest outdoor slide. One adult for the tower, one for the water, and swimwear for all.
Matches ages 0–3: listed for ages 0–3, 4–6, 7–12, teens. Not every activity there will suit this age.
A free garden where children up to 14 run the show and adults need one to get in. Water play for under-12s, a flying fox for older ones; the Tree House is closed.
Matches ages 0–3: listed for ages 0–3, 4–6, 7–12. Not every activity there will suit this age.
A free museum on the second floor of Marina South Pier, with ship-handling simulators facing the real water and a 1603 piracy case that shaped maritime law. Better for kids than adults.
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.
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.
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.
Ask them first: climbing, experimenting, animals or stories. Then book one anchor activity and leave the rest of the afternoon for snacks.
‘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.
