Singapore has two days that children plan the whole trip around, and both are easy from any hotel in the city.
Sentosa is the island of attractions off the south coast, reached by cable car, monorail or a walk across the boardwalk. Universal Studios is the big one, with the Transformers ride, the Jurassic Park rapids and the Sesame Street area for the little ones. A weekday, opening time, and the express pass if the budget stretches, because the queues on a weekend are real.
The S.E.A. Aquarium next door is one of the biggest in the world, with a viewing panel the size of a cinema screen and manta rays gliding past. The beaches on Sentosa are fine for an hour. The Skyline Luge, a gravity cart down the hill, is the thing to do at the end of the day and everyone rides it twice.
The zoo in the dark
The Night Safari is a zoo that only opens at night, in a forest, and you see it by tram and on foot along walking trails lit just enough. Tigers, elephants, tapirs, fishing cats, and the bats in the walk through enclosure that the kids will scream about and love. It is the best zoo experience in the world for a family and it is why Singapore has a reputation for animals.
Book the Night Safari online before the flight, with a tram time slot. Go at opening, seven fifteen, when the animals are most active. Two to three hours. The day zoo and the River Wonders are next door and worth a separate morning if you have four days.
Then Kampong Glam for dinner, or the hawker stalls at Lau Pa Sat, or the hotel pool, because everyone will be asleep in the taxi.
Planning Singapore with kids? Start with the full Singapore family travel guide, or send me the ages and the dates and I will come back with what is really available.
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