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Singapore may be small in area but it is packed with places to see and things to do for all the family. There is a superb zoo, the famous Jurong Bird park, a colorful butterfly farm, botinacal garden. Restaurants, nightclubs and theaters provide entertainment for all tastes- from Chinese opera to Malaya dancing. You can take bicycle rickshaw ride, explore change Alley and Chinatown, visit Muslim mosques and Hindu and Chinese temples, see the bizarre Tiger balm G Gardens and shop in little India.
To help you make the most of the visit we suggest you to take our recommended sightseeing tours. The Singapore City Tour drives colonial buildings, Parliament House, Supreme Court and City Hall and China town. You visit Mt Faber by cable car, a jewelry factory, the Botanic Garden and the National Orchid gardens before returning via "Little India" Sentosa -Isle of Tranquillity, has transformed into a
top pleasure resort offering a wide variety of activities. Enjoy a cable car ride to the islands, where you can relive the history and the festivals of Singapore through the "Images of Singapore" exhibition. A monorail ride enables you to catch a bird's eye view of the spectacular 37-metre Merlion Tower and Singapore's busy port. You also visit under water world, Asia's first and largest tropical fish oceanarium, with over 5,00 marine specimens. The tour ends with a scenic coach ride back to the mainland.
Founding footstep of Raffles starts at the nation museum where memorabilia and models of Singapore are displayed followed by a ride through the colonial heart of the city to the Singapore River. Here you ride on a "bumboat" (Previously used to shuttle goods between trading ships) before visiting Kuan Yim temple and then continuing to raffles Hotel, where the now world -famous cocktail "Singapore Sling" was created.
Passing coca, coffee and rubber plantations and pushing at a batik center- you head for Malaysia and Kukup Fishing Village, built on stilts above the water. After a delicious seafood lunch, you take "bumboat" ride around the floating farms and walk the rickety planks that link the houses.
Our Night Safari takes to the remarkable 40-hectare jungle reserve where over 1,200 nocturnal animals of more than 100 species may be seen.
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