Day 1 : Singapore
Arrive Singapore, you will be met and transferred by our
representative to Hotel. Day free for familiarization
/ orientation.
Day 2 : Singapore City Highlights
After breakfast, City tour of Singapore covering Emperors
Palace, the city centre, Chinatown, Sree Mariayamman Hindu
Temple, Mount Faber, Botanical Garden, Singapore river
etc. Afternoon Sentosa Island tour with Underwater world.
City Highlights: The City Experience Tour showcases the
contrast of old and new and the blend of East and West.
Experience the history, culture and life-style of multi-racial
Singapore, the exciting heart of New Asia-Singapore. We
will visit the Colonial district where old Singapore begins
and where modern Singapore was created, Little India,
places of worship, China Town, Mount Faber which offers
excellent views of the Singapore skyline, the harbour
and offshore islands, and admire the best of Asian craftsmanship
at a Gem Factory.
Sri Mariamman Temple: It is the oldest Hindu temple in
Singapore. Its site was acquired in 1823 by Narayan Pillai,
a clerk of the East India Company who had accompanied
Sir Stamford Raffles to Singapore. Since its foundation
the Temple has occupied a unique place in the life of
the Hindu community in Singapore and has been gazetted
as a National Monument by the Government. The Temple is
dedicated to Sri Mariamman, a manifestation of the Great
Goddess, worshipped for health and prosperity. Sri Mariamman
is popular in Southern India where goddesses are addressed
as amman ('mother'). Given the large South Indian community
in Singapore, temples dedicated to the Goddess and deities
popular in South India dominate the landscape.
Botanic Gardens: The Singapore Botanic Gardens ranks
among the worlds finest tropical gardens. Renowned for
both its combination of untouched primary forest and specialty
gardens , the lush gardens date back to 1822, when its
British founders literally carved the gardens from the
Malay jungle. Today, four acres of those original jungle
land has been preserved in their original state. Singapore
River: Great cities of the world can usually take their
early beginnings to the mouth of a river; Singapore is
no exception. The river became a busy waterway, the lifeline
of Singapore when entrepot trade was its main enterprise.
The boats that used to ply their trade between the large
ships on the outer roads of the harbour and the warehouses
along the Singapore river.
Day 3 : Jurong Bird Park Tour
Jurong Bird Park tour. Afternoon free for shopping.
Jurong Bird Park: The largest bird park in all of South
East Asia, Jurong Bird Park is a refuge for more than
8000 birds of 600 different species from all over the
world. Highlights include Waterfall Aviary, at 30m (98ft)
the world's highest manmade waterfall, and the South East
Asian Bird Aviary, where a thunderstorm is simulated every
day at noon. The new Lodge on Flamingo Lake promises food
not just fit for birds. Bird shows feature flamingos,
macaws, hornbills and cockatoos and one of the biggest
attractions is the Penguin Parade, housing more than 200
penguins of five species. An air-conditioned monorail
covers the entire park.
South East Asian Bird Aviary: This region is home to
over 1,000 species of birds from a global total of 8,500
species. While the aviary has been landscaped to provide
a simulated secondary rain forest environment for the
birds to live in, it still gives many vantage points from
which visitors can observe the birds closely, at leisure
and in relative comfort. As part of the rain forest experience,
there is a tropical thunderstorm that comes on at 12 noon
daily. The rain falls in the centre of the aviary away
from the visitors walkway. The exhibit is especially attractive
for tourists from temperate countries to admire our Southeast
Asian birds collection.
Thunderstorm: 12.00 noon
Opening Hours: 9.00 am to 6.00 pm
Waterfall Aviary: This newly redeveloped two-hectare
Waterfall Aviary remains as the worlds largest walk-in
aviary with the highest man-made waterfall standing at
over 30 meters. It is home for some 1,500 free-flying
birds from 80 African and provides visitors with a unique
opportunity to watch them roost, bathe, feed and even
raise their young in their nests. Set in a valley, the
Aviary is landscaped with 10,000 exotic plants comprising
125 species of trees, bamboo, palms and ground-cover vegetation
to simulate a tropical rain forest. In addition, an artificial
8-m tall tree moulded from an actual 100-year-old Barking
Deers Mango tree has also been planted to enhance the
rainforest landscape.
Penguin Parade: Occupying an area of 1,630 square meters,
the Penguin Parade is the home to the endearing penguins
found at the Bird Park. There are more than 200 of them
living here. The five species on exhibit are the Humboldt,
the Rockhopper, the Macaroni, the Fairy and the majestic
King Penguin.
Penguin Feeding Times: 10.30 am & 3.30 pm
Opening Hours: 9.30 am to 6.00 pm
Hornbills and Toucans Exhibits: Playful South American
toucans tossing fruits into the air; exotic hornbills
displaying their magnificent bills and casqued in flight;
the female hornbill sealing herself in a tree hole for
nesting these amazing and rare sights of nature are happening
right here at the Hornbills and Toucans Exhibit. For visitors
to the Bird Park, the sheer beauty of these birds with
their colorful and magnificent bills, is a sight not to
be missed.
Hornbill Chit-Chat: 11.45 am
Day 4 : Departure
Free for shopping. Transfer to airport and Departure.
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