Pulau Palawan is a very interesting little island, located right next to the Sentosa Island, it is the most famous of being always confused with a little islet that is very close to it and both Sentosa Islands. The Sentosas famous Palawan beach is on the side of the island where Pulau Palawan is lying. Singapore is an island country, with the whole country situated on different islands, let them be small or big. The island state currently owns 63 islands, out of which many are only islets. They are…
Category: Islands of Singapore
Singapore having more than 60 smaller and larger island. Singapore islands are located quite close to each other with Sentosa being the southernmost island of the state. Singapore islands are mainly left with their naturally tropical state, some of the islands are more visited and well known than the others. We enlist hereby some of those Singapore Islands, which are important from one or other point of view:
Pulau Ujong: Being the main island of Singapore that encompasses the whole city of Singapore the Pulau Ujong is a very friendly island having rivers and a great large greenery being left over as a national park a heavily protected natural area which treasures the rare animals of Singapore. The famous Singapore Zoo and the wonderful Birdland are not far from this area. The largest Singapore islands besides Pulau Ujong are Jurong Island, Pulau Ubin, Pulau Tekong and Sentosa. Singapore has been working hard to regain land with the connection of its nearby lying small islands that are otherwise not eligible to be used for any reasons. Pulau Ujong is connected to Malaysia and to Johore by two highway bridges. The city is served by the main airport being in Changi.
Sentosa: After the main island, Sentosa is the most important of all Singapore Islands, being a totally equipped Theme Park in itself, containing all what you need on holidays, from the silent retreat to the best party places, beaches, forest and hilly parts with excursions and adventure parks, Marine Museum , 4 D Theatres and everything else what you can imagine. Sentosa is a real fun resort island containing the Resort World complex and the second Asian Universal Studios of the world. You can get to Sentosa by car, boat, ferry, bus or cable car.
Pulau Ubin: Pulau Ubin is the most traditional of the Singapore Islands. On this island, the main role is left for the nature. Who comes here will want to explore the beautiful sites of Pulau Ubin with some villages where you can really se ehow people have lived long time ago. Pulau Ubin is the best place for nature lovers, nature photographers and birdwatchers out of which there are many in Singapore. It is only possible to go to Pulau Ubin by boat and it’s a beautiful trip. When the weather is good, you can see the shores of both Malaysia and Johore because Pulau Ubin is one of the 63 islands, which is located the closest to these countries.
St.John’s and Sister’s Islands: these islands are world famous for their beautiful underwater world and the scuba divers and divers commonly visit them. If you are fond of being underwater seeing the most beautiful colourful hordes of fishes then these islands are the best for you. Other Singapore Islands such as Pulau Semanaku are also famous for their sports and water sports possibilities.
Visit Singapore islands along with the main island of Singapore because this is the best way to see how colourful Singapore is. The Singapore Islands are different and let us hope that in the future we can reach even more of these beautiful islands.
St. John’s Island
St. John’s Island, which is today one famous holiday retreat for both Singaporeans and tourists, has quite a unique history. Therefore, this island is indeed really worth visiting. The island today has built out facilities such as bungalows, sport fields and other leisure options. The St. John’s Island has a beautiful hilly geography, which makes the island very attractive as a leisure site today. The size of St. John’s is 40.5 hectares making it suitable to host several fans of island leisure. St. John’s Island has been a very important…
Pedra Branca
Being the furthest eastern point of Singapore, the Pedra Branca Island was for a long time known as a notorious shipwreck island. The name of the island is Portuguese and really fitting on the island meaning “white rocks”. Pedra Branca does not have any touristic value yet it has been causing long years of conflict and arguments between Singapore and Malaysia. The island is the furthest lying island of Singapore located 54 kilometres from the city. The role of Pedra Blanca this way is somehow similar to that of Cape…
Pulau Hantu
Pulau Hantu in real means two islands. Meaning “ghost” in Malaysian, the Pulau Hantu has a very interesting story about its creation. The two islands are so close to each other that at low tide, you can just walk across it to reach the other island. The name of the island in real refers to the almost disappearing of Pulau Hantu when the tide is high. The two islands are also called Little (Kechil) Ghost Island and Big (Besar) Ghost Island. According to its chronicle, the island was the place…
Sentosa Island
There are very few who have been to Singapore but not heard about its Sentosa Island. This island is Singapore’s closest and most built-out island, which is very famous for many reasons. If you are not afraid of height, you just have to try the cable car with the help of which you can be at Sentosa from the very centre of Singapore in just ten minutes and it will give you a great choice to make great photographs too. Sentosa Island is really the specialty of Singapore an island…
Pulau Brani
Pulau Brani is not among the touristically visited islands, being one of the smaller Southern islands out of the total 63 islands of Singapore. The tiny island does not have special sites and there is no commercial either touristic activity there, mainly it contains a huge boat depot and container occupying the larger area of Pulau Brani. Pulau Brani is very close to the main island of Singapore, located between Singapore City’s Keppel Harbour and Sentosa Island. The Brani Terminal Avenue connects the Pulau Brani to the city. The area…
Sisters’ Islands
Sisters’ Islands are two beautiful islands located not far from the shores of Singapore. Besides their legend the islands are famous excursion sites for tourists and visitors arriving here for Singapore’s main island and also from the Sentosa Island. Sisters’ Islands today serve as a perfect destination for having a great swimming and bathing afternoon with a lovely picnic on the beach. The Sisters’ Islands are famous for their great underwater world hiding so many colourful fishes and coralls that are really worth seeing. The two islands are only a…
Pulau Bukum
Pulau Bukom or Pulau Bukum is a small island situated about 5 kilometres Southward of Singapore City. Being only 1.45 km2, there have been several reclamation projects in order to make the island bigger and connect it with its islet called Pulau Bukom Kechil. Pulau Bukum has no touristic value. The first appearance of Pulau Bukum in the documents dates back to 1828 when it was first enlisted on a British map. The whole island was a Mangrove swamp those times and thanks to its inland fresh water supply, Pulau…
Pulau Ubin
The Pulau Ubin is one of the most visited islands by those who love the nature and like to go off the beaten track instead of visited the hyper popular Sentosa Island. Pulau Ubin Island is easily reachable by boats from most ports of Singapore, Changi, Punggol beaches and ports. The beautiful Pulau Ubin will really take you back in history when you can experience how the lifestyle of the people was about 30 years ago if not more. Located on the North Eastern part of Singapore being really close…
Pualu Semakau
Pualu Semakau is known for two things mainly, one of them is its landfill, which was made thanks to reclamation of the land by which the Pulau Semakau and Pulau Seking Islands were brought together. The island is also a very well known place for its various sports activities. Pulau Semakau long time ago was a fishing island, its locals lived mainly out of fishing and selling fishes. Located not far from Singapore main inland’s southern part, the landfill of Pulau Semakau is the one and only landfill of Singapore…
Pulau Tekong
The Pulau Tekong Island is famous for two things: the Pulau Tekong Reservoir and the Pulau Tekong Basic Military Camping. Singapore has fully implemented the Israeli military operation and the basic Military training is obligatory for every male who is physically fit for the BMT. Since 1989, women can also do BMT although for them it is not obligatory. Pulau Tekong is the second largest island of Singapore being 24 square kilometres big. One part of the island contains the basic military training campsite, which does not allow tourists to…
Kusu Island of Singapore
Kusu Island is the former Pulau Tembakul Island, both of its names are used in Singapore. Kusu Island is especially famous for its legend, thanks to which the Chinese temple located there receives a yearly pilgrimage there, which is also called the Kusu Pilgrimage. Kusu Island is very famous for its turtle legend, a Chinese legend according to which once Malay and Chinese sailors were saved by a turtle in such way that the turtle had become Kusu Island itself. “Kusu” means turtle in Malaysian. Another less attractive fact about…