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Singapore in 14 days: islands, forests and kampongs, day by day

Fourteen days from the southern islands to Pulau Ubin: Little India and Kampong Glam, the Unesco-listed botanic gardens, the primary forest of Bukit Timah, the five Mandai parks, the mangroves of Sungei Buloh and the last village on the main island.

Sequenced by Kylian Updated on 12 September 2026

A steel walkway running through Singapore's tropical forest
  • 14 days
  • 54 places
  • 13 nights
  • sustained pace
Start
Sentosa
End
Singapore Changi
Main transport
MRT, buses, ferries and bumboats, plus a few Grabs in the north of the island; no rental car
Recommended season
February to April for the forest and reserve days; September to March for the wader migration at Sungei Buloh

What you get

  • The complete itinerary: 14 days sequenced Morning / Afternoon / Evening / Hotel
  • The card of every hotel, with the address and a direct booking link
  • Quota tickets, fixed-date tickets and surcharges flagged in advance
  • The country quick guide: weather, transport, formalities, budget
  • A PDF file of 44 pages

What the price does not include

  • Flights
  • Hotel nights
  • Tickets and admission fees
  • Travel insurance
  • On-the-ground assistance during your trip

The travel book preview

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Day 12

Pulau Ubin, the Singapore of before

Morning

Pulau Ubin

Ten square kilometres off Changi, reached by bumboat, those wooden boats that only leave once twelve passengers are aboard. The island lived on granite, whose quarries supplied the stone for the causeway to Malaysia, then it emptied: from several thousand inhabitants in the 1950s, about forty remain. No tarmac road, no private cars, electricity from generators. It is the last place where you can see what Singapore looked like before 1965, and NParks has chosen to leave it as it is.

Afternoon

Chek Jawa Wetlands

At the eastern tip of the island, an intertidal plain of one square kilometre where six ecosystems touch: mangrove, seagrass meadows, coral reef, sandy beach, mudflat and coastal forest. The site was to be reclaimed in 2001, and a mobilisation of naturalists saved it. A 1.1 km boardwalk in a loop, half over the mangrove, half above the sea, and the Jejawi Tower, seven storeys rising out of the canopy.

Evening

Puaka Hill and Ubin Quarry

The highest point of the island, 75 m up, reached by a steep fifteen-minute path that comes out on a ridge with no railing, above the flooded quarry: turquoise-green water ringed by granite walls, the best panorama of the north-east. The quarry itself can be walked along at water level.

Good to know

Chek Jawa is visited at low tide to see the foreshore, with tide times to be consulted the day before. Two or three stalls in the village and nothing elsewhere: take three litres of water per person and something for lunch. Wild boar roaming free, macaques and two-metre monitor lizards: leave nothing on the picnic tables.

Hotel · Night 12

D'Resort @ Downtown East

A family resort built into the Downtown East leisure complex, at Pasir Ris, with pools, slides and access to the neighbouring Wild Wild Wet water park. The choice is logistical: the Changi Point jetty, where the bumboats for Pulau Ubin leave from, is fifteen minutes away, and Changi Village is on the same axis for the next day.

Address
· 1 Pasir Ris Close, Singapore 519599
Website
· dresort.com.sg (new tab)
Check-in
3:00 PM · Check-out 11:00 AM
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The day-by-day rundown

14 stops, 90 km as the crow flies

  1. Day 1 The southern islands, quarantine and pilgrimage Saint John's Island Day reserved for buyers, unlocked in the PDF
  2. Day 2 Little India, Kampong Glam and Bugis Tekka Centre Day reserved for buyers, unlocked in the PDF
  3. Day 3 The botanic gardens, Dempsey and Orchard Singapore Botanic Gardens Day reserved for buyers, unlocked in the PDF
  4. Day 4 Jurong, science and water gardens Science Centre Singapore Day reserved for buyers, unlocked in the PDF
  5. Day 5 Bukit Timah, primary forest and the railway Former Ford Factory Day reserved for buyers, unlocked in the PDF
  6. Day 6 Singapore Zoo, then Night Safari Singapore Zoo Day reserved for buyers, unlocked in the PDF
  7. Day 7 River Wonders, then Bird Paradise River Wonders Day reserved for buyers, unlocked in the PDF
  8. Day 8 Rainforest Wild Asia, and the reservoir at dusk Rainforest Wild Asia Day reserved for buyers, unlocked in the PDF
  9. Day 9 MacRitchie, the canopy and Bukit Brown Thomson Nature Park Day reserved for buyers, unlocked in the PDF
  10. Day 10 Mangroves of Sungei Buloh and the Kranji countryside Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve Day reserved for buyers, unlocked in the PDF
  11. Day 11 Sembawang, Seletar and the last kampong Sembawang Hot Spring Park Day reserved for buyers, unlocked in the PDF
  12. Day 12 Pulau Ubin, the Singapore of before Pulau Ubin Free
  13. Day 13 Changi, Katong and the last night on the bay Changi Chapel and Museum Day reserved for buyers, unlocked in the PDF
  14. Day 14 Jewel Changi, then the flight home Jewel Changi Airport Day reserved for buyers, unlocked in the PDF

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Country quick guide and logistics

The essentials of the country, scannable in ten seconds.

Weather and when to go

  • An equatorial climate with no dry season: 25 to 33 °C all year round, humidity of 70 to 90 %, a very high UV index in the middle of the day. Outdoors before 11:00 AM, air-conditioned interiors from 12:00 noon to 3:30 PM, back out afterwards.
  • The driest window for the forest days is February to April. Between September and March, thousands of waders from Siberia stop over at Sungei Buloh.
  • The TreeTop Walk on day 9 of this module closes without notice in thundery weather, and it can only be reached after an hour and a half of walking, with no short cut: check the NParks alerts in the morning.

Transport and permits

  • MRT and buses for the most part, but three days do not work on public transport alone: Kranji, the north of the island and the southern islands, which are set by the ferry timetable. Allow for two or three Grabs on those days.
  • The Pulau Ubin bumboat does not leave on time, it leaves when twelve passengers are gathered, and some boatmen take cash only. Last departure from the island around 7:00 PM.
  • On Pulau Ubin a bike is essential: the island is ten square kilometres and Chek Jawa is 4 km from the village, on earth and stony tracks.

Formalities and safety

  • A passport valid for at least six months after the date of entry; a national identity card is not accepted. Visa exemption of up to ninety days for French nationals.
  • The SG Arrival Card, a free and compulsory electronic declaration, is filled in within the three days before arrival on the ICA portal.
  • The Mandai Destination Pass, four or five parks over five consecutive days, is bought two months ahead: it is the only real budget decision of the stay. The Giant Panda Forest slot is booked separately.

Budget and meals

  • The Singapore dollar, about €0.67 for 1 SGD. Cards are taken everywhere, but keep 50 to 100 SGD in cash for the small stalls, the Kranji farms and the Pulau Ubin bumboats.
  • Indicative meal budget: 5 to 10 SGD in a hawker centre, 15 to 25 SGD in a neighbourhood restaurant. The forest days have no water point after the entrance to the reserves: two to three litres per person.
  • At your own cost: entry to the five Mandai parks outside the Destination Pass, the Adventure+ activities of Rainforest Wild Asia, the options in the appendices (diving at Pulau Hantu) and the taxis in the north of the island.

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