Singapore Tourist Places
Butterfly Park Singapore
Butterfly Park Singapore and Insect Kingdom Museum of Singapore is a unique museum built really similar to the nature. Specially designed enclosure complete with picturesque landscape and absolute greenery, the Butterfly Park is home to millions of live butterflies and insects. Butterfly Park is homage to thousands of insects that die daily due to mounting urbanization and deforestation all over the world.
Jurong Bird Park Singapore
Dr Goh Keng Swee, Minister for Finance conceived the idea of building the bird park in Jurong in 1968, when he saw the zoological Garden in Rio De Jenario during a World Bank Meeting there. J. Toovey, the Zoo Architect of the Zoological Society of London was invited to do the groundwork for the park and give his valuable suggestions. the Western slope of Jurong Hill (Bukit Hill) was selected for the Jurong Bird Park Singapore.
Cruises from Singapore
Singapore enjoys a perfect location in the seas of Southeast Asia and is a gateway to more than 140 cities in the world. While in Singapore, one must take the pleasure of Singapore Cruises. There is over 600 shipping lines avail the excellent and proficient marine facilities and more than 50 international cruise liners embark on the ports of Singapore annually. On Cruises from Singapore, you have abundant choices of cruise from a single day to cruise around the city to more extensive cruise comprising of several days.
Nights Safari Singapore
Singapore Night safari is located just next to the Singapore Zoo in 40 hectare of land. It is the first park in the world built particularly to be seen at night. The park is illuminated with lights, which are enough to spot the animals but not to disturb or bother them. More than 700 lampposts are installed to provide illumination in the park. One can view the free moving animals in their habitats in search of food during the night with an illusion that there are no barriers in Singapore Night Safari.
Singapore Night Safari is open for 5 hours every night. Singapore Night Safari is covered in two stretches. One stretch includes the walking trail and the other the tram rides. There are four Walking Trails in the Singapore Night Safari.
Singapore Zoo
Singapore Zoo, spread over 28 hectares of land, was opened on 27th June 1973. It was the brainchild of Dr. Ong Swee Law, the Chairman of the Public Utilities Board in 1969. Located near the Selatar Reservoir, the Singapore Zoo is also called the 'Open Zoo' because of the presence of flowing waters, verdant vegetation and moats create the impression of a jungle and hide the barriers.
The Singapore Zoo started its journey with 270 animals and 72 species in 1973 and has come a long way with 2, 000 animals and 240 species till date. One can see the display of various breeding animals and harmonious co-existence of different animals in one enclosure. The prime attraction of the Singapore Zoo is the Animal Shows, which includes Primate and Reptile Show and Elephant and Sea Lion Show. The Animal Shows can be seen from the Amphitheater with a long pool and glass panels. Another major attraction in the Singapore Zoo is the underwater viewing of animals like Polar Bear, Crocodiles, Ghariyals, Sea Lions, Penguins and Pygmy Hippos. The various antics of these animals keep the visitors spellbound.
Underwater World Singapore
Underwater World in Singapore is the most popular and exciting tropical Oceanarium in Asia. One can have the fish-eye view of the life under the sea. The underwater tunnel with a moving walkway takes visitors to the 2, 500 marine creatures from 250 species. One gets to see the sea horses, sea dragons, jellyfish and dugong. The Underwater World in Singapore is second of its type in the world, the other being in Japan.
Singapore Wetlands is the latest addition, which displays fresh water and estuarine animals found commonly in Singapore and neighboring countries. But they are difficult to spot in the in their natural habitat because either they are nocturnal or would hide at the sight of human beings. These animals include Archerfish, Mangrove Horseshoe Crab, Monitor Lizard, Mud Crab, Mudskipper, Oriental Small-Clawed Otter and Sea Turtle.
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