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
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Gallery afternoons, garden walks, markets and evenings out — ideas for every kind of day.
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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
Singapore Zoo
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.
- 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
HortPark
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.
- Where: Alexandra
- 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
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Gardens by the Bay
Don't buy everything. Our guide to the conservatory, the viewpoint and the ticket that suit one evening at the Gardens, and what to leave for next time.
- 5 picks
Collections
Make something, try something
A catch-up goes easier with a shared task. Choose pottery or climbing by the kind of concentration you want, and book a proper introduction rather than winging it.
- 2 picks