Flower Dome
Until 9 November 2026 the biggest greenhouse on earth is Portugal: 5,000 sunflowers, a lighthouse and a ship's bow. The thousand-year-old olive tree is there all year.
- Where: Marina Bay
- Price: S$30–60
Out with the kids
Singapore with Kids
Ideas for a day out together.
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Cloud Forest
The one conservatory to pick if you only pick one: a 35-metre waterfall, a mountain you ride up and walk down and, for now, animatronic dinosaurs. The best cool hour in Marina Bay.
- Where: Marina Bay
- Price: S$30–60
River Wonders
Kai Kai and Jia Jia are due to return to China in 2027, so go for the pandas now. Then give the manatees in the Flooded Forest longer than you planned; they're the better act.
- Where: Mandai
- Price: Under S$30
Bird Paradise
Jurong's birds moved to Mandai in 2023 and traded up: eight walk-in aviaries, a waterfall and a penguin cove chilled to 8°C. Allow four to five hours and start before the heat.
- Where: Mandai
- Price: S$30–60
Night Safari
The world's first nocturnal zoo, lit like moonlight and best done on foot. Walk the trails first, ride the tram later, and book your entry timeslot before anything else.
- Where: Mandai
- Price: S$30–60
Rail Corridor
Go north: gravel paths, the old Bukit Timah station and two 1932 truss bridges. The southern stretch between Henderson Road and Spooner Road is shut for works until around July 2027.
- Where: Bukit Timah
- Price: Free
Henderson Waves
Singapore's tallest footbridge, 36 metres over Henderson Road, with a seat built under each of its seven waves. Come for the last hour of daylight and stay for the lights.
- Where: Telok Blangah
- Price: Free
Labrador Nature Reserve
A Victorian fort, WWII gun positions, the rock the British blew up (in replica) and the mainland's only public sea cliff, on one hilly walk. NParks lists the boardwalk shut until 2027.
- Where: Labrador
- Price: Free
Pasir Ris Park Nature Walk
Six hectares of mangroves at the barbecue end of the east, where the mud moves if you stand still. Do the boardwalk, skip the full 10km.
- Where: Pasir Ris
- Price: Free
Coney Island Park
No rollercoaster, no café, no swimming. A 3.6km walk through casuarina woodland and mangroves off Punggol, where the loudest thing is usually a bird.
- Where: Punggol
- Price: Free
Punggol Waterway Park
A new town's river walk that kept an old bus stop, a stretch of Old Punggol Road and a bridge named after the kelongs. Flat, pram-friendly and best at sunset.
- Where: Punggol
- Price: Free
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Mudflats, migratory waders from as far as the Arctic, and crocodile signs that are not a joke. Singapore's wildest boardwalks, for anyone who can keep quiet.
- Where: Kranji
- 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