Where to bring the kids for short holidays? Especially if you are staying in Iskandar, Johor Bahru. Singapore would be a good choice to visit during holidays for it’s safe environment, kids friendly accessibilities and clean surroundings for the kids to run around and explore Singapore together. Reaching Singapore takes only 5 minutes away from Sunway’s new project in Iskandar which makes it even more accessible to travel Singapore with a breeze crossing the second link in Singapore’s Tuas.
Gardens by the Bay
Sitting on the reclaimed land of central Singapore, it is now hailed as one of the most futuristic gardens in Singapore with humongous conservatory domes filled with plants and trees from around the world. This nature spanning over 100 hectares has Children’s Garden with water playground, tree houses and adventure trails for the kids, perfect for the kids to get surrounded with the flora. There are two domes conservatory for exploration, the Flower Dome and Cloud Forest. Flower Dome features plants and flowers from around the world and the temperature inside the dome has to be maintained between 23 °C and 25 °C, slightly lower at night. Be mesmerized by the 35 metre tall ‘mountain’ that replicates the cool moist conditions found in tropical forest.
Another main highlights is Supertree Grove with elevated walkway from OCBC, between two of the larger Supertrees for visitors to enjoy panoramic aerial view of the Gardens. After all the walking, remember to stop for Satay by the Bay for some local delights such as roast duck, prata, steamboat and 24 hours beverage stall. Do check their calendar for the new projects or events in Gardens by the Bay.
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S.E.A. Aquarium and Adventure Cove
Situated in the Southern part of Singapore, Sentosa Island, part of Resorts World Sentosa. The 8-hectare park houses one of the largest aquarium in the world with more than 100,000 marine animals of over 800 species. S.E.A. Aquarium comprises of 10 zones with 49 habitats of the marine collection including manta rays, hammerhead sharks, Japanese spider crabs, bottlenose dolphins and more. These 10 zones are in accordance of the oceans from around the world like Straits of Malacca, Andaman Sea and more. You will be amazed with the world’s largest viewing panel that gives you the feeling of being on the ocean floor. Before the ocean exploration begins, you will be sailing through the ancient Maritime Silk Route, Singapore’s past as a trading port. You will get to experience a 360 multimedia Typhoon Theatre to encounter the perilous storm on a sailing ship in The Maritime Experiential Museum.
Adventure Cove features seven water slides and trail the Adventure River to float through 14 stunning scenes with a sea of marine life surrounding you. It is kids friendly adventure water themed park that they can explore the marine life and soak the fun! You can interact with manta rays and touch their wings in Ray Bay. Snorkel in Rainbow Reef to play hide-and-seek with the tropical fishes amongst the reefs with your kids.
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Universal Studios Singapore
Singapore’s movie based theme park and the first in South East Asia has fun filled pack for children and adult in all ages. There are a total of 24 attractions with 7 themed zone and 30 restaurants for family to dine in. Not all are thrilling rides in Sci-Fi City or The Lost World, you can take a stroll and admire the replication of New York themed zone and enjoy street performance from Sesame Streets. Little ones will love the Madagascar and Far, Far Away zones as they are based on animations with the carousel, family roller coaster and river cruise. Get some thrilling excitement from the world’s tallest duelling roller coaster, Battlestar Galatica: Human vs Cylon, based on hit television series, Battlestar Galatica, not for the faint heart though.
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Singapore Zoo
The attraction that’s nearer to Johor Bahru via Woodlands custom checkpoint. Located in Mandai, Singapore’s very first zoo and opened in year 1973. Currently housing Within the compound, there are other two attractions that is managed by the same organization, Wildlife Reserves Singapore, Night Safari and River Safari. These three attractions exhibit different animals in accordance to the themes. River Safari is a river-themed zoo and aquarium that showcased animals’ habitat by the rivers as they always say rivers bring life. It also features freshwater aquariums and boat ride, the very first in Asia as main highlights.
The pandas are the animal highlights in this River Safari. As for Night Safari, the world’s first nocturnal zoo, an open-air zoo set in tropical forest only available at night with estimated 2,500 animals with some species that are facing extinction. Inuka, the very first polar bear bred in Singapore Zoo, it likes some attention too. Be sure to catch Inuka playing around in it’s ice cold den.
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Jurong Bird Park
The attractions sitting in the West and nearest to Tuas second link customs and convenient to visitors who are from Iskandar, Johor Bahru. This bird park is managed by Wildlife Reserves Singapore. The famous bird zoo that is currently accommodating 5,000 birds for 400 species of which there are 29 threatened species. There are different exhibits displaying different type of birds to represent their habitats and origins. Shows are available in the park, where birds performance with all types of birds for the show. All kinds of bards ranging from eagle to hornbills, flamingos to pelicans and other types of birds. You can even take public transport via SBS Transit and MRTs to get to Jurong Bird Park.
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