Singapore Trip Day 2 - River Safari and Singapore Zoo

Within the vicinity of the Singapore Zoo, there are actually 3 different attractions being;

• Singapore Zoo
• River Safari
• Night Safari

We decided to go to River Safari and Singapore Zoo, which actually is too much for one day. The River Safari is smaller and you can finish in 2 hours but Singapore Zoo is massive so requires a whole day to itself. But as we're only here once, we decided to go for both.

River Safari

River Safari is the newest addition to Wildlife Reserves Singapore’s portfolio of award-winning parks. Nestled between Singapore’s two award-winning wildlife parks – Singapore Zoo and Night Safari – River Safari offers an unforgettable adventure inspired by the world’s most iconic rivers. This $160-million attraction features state-of-the-art exhibit design as well as the world's largest freshwater aquarium. Housing one of the world’s largest collections of freshwater fauna, the park features over 6,000 animals including 40 threatened species. And that includes Singapore’s resident giant pandas, Kai Kai and Jia Jia. (taken from the website)

Family pic!

The cousins

The highlight of the day for me was the Panda.
I loved how they are not in cages and they seem so close to you. Even the panda was very active while I was there. One climbed down from the tree after his/her nap. The other was busy eating.

Aaman loved looking at the big fishes.

Then we went on the River Cruise where you can see animals like Rhino and Giraffe from the Singapore Zoo next door.

Singapore Zoo

The Singapore Zoo is a 26 hectare wildlife park, nestled within the lush Mandai rainforest that stretches into the magnificent Upper Seletar Reservoir. More than 2,800 animals representing over 300 species of mammals, birds and reptiles call Singapore Zoo home. (taken from website)

After a few hours at the River Safari, we stopped by KFC which was Halal for lunch. Then we entered the Singapore Zoo. This place is so HUGE! The animals again are not in cages and their areas are very open. Some animals are just roaming around the zoo so freely.

We were very tired at this point, so we went around the Zoo via the train. We made a full circle of the Zoo via train and then got dropped off near Kidzworld which is the waterpark.

The highlight for the kids were actually the waterpark! They loved the water buckets and the mini slides. Even Aaman (who was fresh from a nap) loved playing with water!

There is also a Dinosaur exhibition (which may have ended when this post goes up!)

The exhibition showcased different robot dinosours. The dinos are moving with sounds which was quite cool and if your kids are into dino, they would be in awe!

We missed most of the shows actually but managed to catch the sea lion show. 

Would have loved to see the Elephant show and the show with the Monkeys but hey when you're travelling with 5 kids, you take what you can get.

All in all we had a WONDERFUL time at the Zoo!

My advice is if you had one to pick, go to the main Zoo and allocate a DAY there. You'll get so much more out of it. 

Bring your strollers! I didn't care that Nazrin was too big for strollers but I pity Kimi who has to carry him otherwise.

Seeing the kids, so happy to walk together in the Zoo was so worth it! To more family holidays like this soon!! 

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Singapore Trip Day 2 - River Safari and Singapore Zoo

Singapore Trip Day 1 - Merlion Park and Gardens by the Bay

Our first holiday as a family of four overseas! Yeay!! It's been a while since we had The Razaks holiday but unfortunately Papa, Mama, Ninin and Ammar couldn't join this time. However we're excited for the kids (the cousins) to spend the day together.

We travelled separately as Kimi didn't want to get stuck in the jam. Lucky we did coz Kakak and Mas got stuck in a jam due to an accident. We arrived in Singapore at 2.30pm and went to check in. Thankfully our room is ready and we were upgraded to a slightly larger room.

We stayed at Park Royal on Beach road. The location is perfect as it's close to Halal eateries. 

After checking in, we headed out for lunch. 

Walking through Haji Ln

Singapore Zamzam was our pick. The lamb briyani was delicous and the murtabak was soooo good! (drooling as i type!)

Hungry Nazrin

After lunch, I wanted to go to the Merlion park. After attempting to hail a number of cabs and failing, I decided to use Uber instead. Within 5 minutes, we were picked up and 5 minutes later we arrived. When you're travelling with kids, it's just so much easier to use Uber! Plus it wasn't too expensive. $5-6 dollars for each trip.

Merlion Park

We walked across the river from MBS and took a few shots.

Mbs in the background

Then we took an Uber to Gardens by the Bay.

This park is massive! I really just wanted to see the Supergrove Tree light show. So we had to pay $6 to enter as it has been turned into a winter wonderland for Christmas. Otherwise, it's free to go in. Do note however, you need to pay for the train ride ($5), or play at the arcade (Kimi spent $20 here) and also to walk on the bridge above.

We were too tired to walk any further, so settled on a field listening Xmas music and waited for the light show. We were actually too early and ended up waiting for over an hour. By the time the show started, the kids were cranky.

The light show started at 7.45pm (another show at 8.45pm) where the tree lit up following the Christmas music playing. It was really pretty and very exciting, but by this time we had to head back already so I couldn't really enjoy the show.

Gardens by the Bay was beautiful at night. A definite must see in Singapore and you could easily spend a whole day there. There is the Flower Dome (seperate ticket) which houses flowers and plants from around the world. There is also an outdoor waterplay  and play ground which is free. We didn't have time to go there and it closes around 5.30pm. Satay by the Bay is also recommended by the Uber driver and it's halal.

Travelling with kids is a challenge though. I tried putting Aaman for naps during the day, but he was having none of it! Nazrin is no problem except for when he is tired and wants Kimi to carry him. I kept insisting that we bring 2 strollers (which proved to be a good move the next day!). So night time is a complete write off as the kids are asleep by 9pm the latest. 

That's the end of Day 1 for us!! Stay tuned for Day 2

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Singapore Trip Day 1 - Merlion Park and Gardens by the Bay