Singapore diaries (Part II)-A first time traveler’s Guide to explore Singapore.

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Nature, Wildlife and Photography, if these words interests you then here’s a list of “Must Visit” places in Singapore especially for you guys!!!
1) Gardens By the Bay: The three main Tourist attractions here are Flower Dome , Cloud Forest and Supertree Grove.

• Flower Dome: It’s an enormous air-conditioned glass greenhouse to maintain a myriad eye- catching and at the same time quite exotic species of plants both flowering and non flowering that have been beautifully categorized and exhibited based on themes.
Take a stroll across the flower dome and you’ll be amazed by the huge collection of Flora. Photography lovers will definitely take back home lots of amazing pictures as a token of memory from here.
Those  who are interested in knowing more about the plants in Flower dome please check out the app called “Plant explorer” . This is an inventory that contains an entire list of plants and information about them.

 

Operating Hours: Opens daily ,9am-9pm.
Last ticket Sale- 8:00pm.
Last admission- 8:30pm.
Check the main website here(Flower Dome):Visitor Information
• Cloud Forest : Well this is yet another excellent conservatory .Cloud forest is a huge air-conditioned glass greenhouse similar to that of Flower dome maintained to exhibit montane ecosystem, Pitcher plants ,Ferns and exotic plants found only in montane ecosystem.

As you enter you are welcomed by a huge beautiful waterfall .By evening after around 7pm ,you can see the colour of the waterfall changing due to lights

You could spend a whole day here in the Gardens By the Bay. We usually plan and visit by Noon that way we don’t miss the beauty at Gardens by the Bay both at day and at night. It has two entirely different look during the day and at night .
Operating Hours: Opens daily ,9am-9pm.
Last ticket Sale- 8:00pm.
Last admission- 8:30pm.
Check the main website here:
• Supertree Grove:

I have visited Supertree Grove both during the day and at night and my personal suggestion will be to visit the Supertree Grove after 7:00pm.You’ll be amazed looking at the beauty of all the beautiful tall Supertrees all lit by colourful light at night.
Each Supertree measuring about 20- 25m tall.These are tall Tree like vertical gardens designed with large canopies that provide shade during the day and come alive with an excellent display of light and sound during the night.
Click the link below to know more about these Supertrees .
http://m.gardensbythebay.com.sg/en/attractions/supertree-grove/facts-and-figures.html
Take a stroll through the 22m high OCBC Skyway which is 128m long walkway connecting two Supertrees and as you walk across the OCBC Skyway enjoy the Splendid view of the City .

There is a free Supertree Light show daily at night which is free for everyone visiting the Gardens by the Bay. However admission charges for the OCBC Skyway applies.
Opening hours: 5am-2am,Daily.

If you ask me which among the three is the best in Gardens By the Bay, frankly it’s quite difficult to answer because all three are mind blowing and unique in it’s own way. Hence I would suggest you to plan ahead and keep an entire day aside for your visit to the Gardens By the Bay .It’s worth your time trust me!.
2) River Safari: This is a must visit for all the PANDA Lovers out there. I remember my little sister (who is a massive PANDA Lover) was so happy after she saw a Panda for real that all she did was talk about how adorable Panda’s are for weeks. Check out the Giant Panda Forest and you’ll find the Panda happily rolling and eating Bamboo sticks.
River Safari is a River themed Zoo and Aquarium.It is the newest addition to the Wildlife Reserves of Singapore.
My Sis loves Photography these are few photos taken by her that I really liked:

Did You Know?
An electric eel has about 6000 special cells called Electrocytes that store power as tiny batteries.During a hunt these cells fire about 600 Volts of electric to kill the prey(Fishes and amphibians).

3) Night Safari: In case you guys have been keen on spending a night with the wild animals plus stay safe haha here’s your best chance. This is the world’s first nocturnal zoo.
Take the tram ride ,switch on the night modes in your cam and enjoy taking amazing photos and videos of wild animals .You can even go on your own and trek down the fishing cat trail, the leopard trail and have close encounters with flying foxes and flying squirrels .Yeah this one was a little scary at first but I guess as long as we follow the rule “You don’t harm them and they won’t harm you” things are good. It’s not just that there is so much more experience it in person.
Don’t miss out on these nocturnal  animals when you visit the Night Safari.

4) Singapore Zoo:  There are 11 zones each taking you through some of world’s distinctive wildlife.The best part is feeding the animals. Enjoy feeding Giraffes,Elephants,Goats,White Rhinoceros and Hamadryas Baboons .The feeding of animals are Scheduled at different time so check the link below to check out the timing of feeding for your choice of animal
Visitors Information
5) Jurong Bird Park: Feeding the Parrots was my favourite memory from our trip to the Jurong Bird Park. Get the parrot feed served in small cups from the counter at the entrance of the Aviary. You then will have to take their feed and walk through the parrot feed trail along the aviary and you ‘ll be amazed at how the little parrots come swooping by gently clinging on to your shoulders ,moving to your arms and finally feeding from the cups. We had so much fun ,we spent almost an hour with the birds. Frankly speaking I loved them so much that I did not want to go home.

There’s lot more- The high flyer show, Birds of Prey Show, Swan Lake and don’t miss out on Penguins and Owls Section.

Don’t miss the Parrot Paradise exhibit: I have never seen so many kinds of Parrots all in one place .These are few pictures taken during our our visit to the Parrot Paradise Exhibit:

They have an extraordinary collection of numerous exotic birds and animals in the Singapore Wildlife Reserve. I was overwhelmed with happiness after visiting these above mentioned places.True, God’s creation is amazing.He has created such exquisite beauty around us be it animals,birds,humans or the entire Universe . Do visit these animals and birds .
Things to remember before you plan your trip to the above mentioned places.
• Book your tickets online before you go.
• Before you head to the Jurong bird park do remember to put on clothes with long sleeves .This will be helpful when you go to feed the parrots .They are not harmful as such, but their claws are pretty sharp .So all you need to do is put on some long sleeve clothes and enjoy your day with the parrots.
• Bring your own reusable water bottles , you can refill your bottles with water from the free water refilling stations scattered throughout the Zoo, River Safari and the Bird Park.
Check out this link for the best package deals:

• https://www.expedia.com.sg/things-to-do/wildlife-reserves-4-in-1-park-hopper-admission.a203432.activity-details.
• http://packages.asiatravel.com/packagebooking/package.search.aspx?lan=en-US&trck=at_cms&pid=509486.

Will be back soon with more such blogs.Have a great weekend ahead!

By:Aswathi Ashok.