Sentosa

Ari Plump — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 15:00:27 +0000

A very famous entertainment island. Locals love to relax here, so Sentosa is crowded on weekends. On weekdays, there are much fewer people, mostly tourists. There is nothing on the island! Universal Studios Amusement Park, S.E. A. Aquarium, water park, museums, dolphinarium, beaches, hotels, cafes and restaurants, various attractions throughout the island, and much, much more.

We traveled to Sentosa for 2 days and managed only part of the planned. It is completely incomprehensible how some, according to them, only have one day on the island? Naturally, I will talk about what we have done.

If you are traveling with a travel agency, then you will most likely be brought to Sentosa by bus. If on your own, then first you need to take the metro to HarbourFront station and get off at the VivoCity shopping center.

There are already three options here:

1) On foot – along the Sentosa Boardwalk two-level sidewalk, price – 1$.

2) By the Singapore Cable Car from HarbourFront near VivoCity. This method is expensive, 26$ both ways.

3) The fastest and most practical way is the monorail. In the VivoCity shopping center you go up to the third level, pay 4$ for a ride and that’s it, in a few minutes you are on Sentosa.

Here the trailer has two or three stops, you can get off at any. In addition to these options, you can take a taxi, but in addition to the cost of the trip itself, you will have to pay $5 to enter the island. It seems that there is still a free bus from the airport, but I did not learn about it in detail.

On the first day, we used the most convenient way – the monorail. When leaving the metro to the VivoCity shopping center, we simply followed the signs to the third level; we used an EZ-Link card to pay for the fare. The monorail train is two small carriages; go quite a bit. On the second day, we also reached the island by monorail, and then we took a cable car back to Mount Faber. Yes, the cable car is a little expensive, but because of the beautiful view it is necessary to ride at least once.

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Zoo

Ari Plump — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 14:57:36 +0000

Singapore Zoo is one of the best in the world, and according to many ratings – the best. In addition to the zoo itself (Singapore Zoo), next to it is the Night Safari and River Safari. The zoo also includes the Jurong Bird Park, which is located in another part of the city.

Tickets to each of the parks are separate, but you can buy a 4-in-1 (4-in-1 Park Hopper) ticket, which allows you to save on cost. You can buy it at the box office of any of the listed parks. The “4-in-1 Park Hopper” is valid for 30 days from the date of purchase, the price for an adult is $89, for a child – $58, children under three years old – free of charge (the cost, of course, periodically increases, you need to check in advance on the website park).

The zoo is amazing! I won’t say that it is too big, but it is definitely very interesting. It is better to visit all the parks on weekdays, as there are a lot of local people on weekends. It is better to get there by taxi, it is not expensive (no more than $ 25) and comfortable. You can take some more buses with transfers, but you need it?

We went to the zoo on Monday. Beauty – there are not very many people, you can feel yourself almost the main visitors. Literally in the first ten minutes, we firmly decided that we would definitely come again in a week (we did so). The main feature of the zoo is the absence of cages and, in general, any visible fences. Everything was done so competently and thought out to the smallest detail that you don’t perceive this territory as a zoo.

There are several different interesting shows with animals, and you can also feed some pets. You can find out the schedule in the booklet given to you at the box office.

If you have taken the 4-in-1 Park Hopper ticket, the price includes a tram ride around the zoo. Once it is quite interesting to ride.
There is even a small water park for children.

In our opinion, you need to go to the zoo for the whole day. We did it, the time from the opening at 8-30 and almost until closing at 18-00 flew by unnoticed during the first visit. I don’t understand people who write on forums that 3 hours is enough for a zoo! Even on our second visit, given that we were already well oriented and had made a plan in advance (according to the schedule in the program), who to feed when and when to go to what shows, it still took almost the whole day.

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