Singapore, Singapore

Get to know Singapore on a morning or afternoon half-day tour. You’ll see all the city’s highlights in one short tour perfect if your time is limited. Highlights include Singapore’s vibrant Chinatown, colonial landmarks, Little India and the iconic, Merlion.

Your orientation tour of Singapore begins with a drive around the Civic District past the Padang, Cricket Club, Parliament House, Supreme Court and City Hall. You’ll have great views of Marina Bay when you stop for photos at Merlion Park and the Merlion, Singapore’s mythological creature that is part lion, part fish.

The tour continues with a visit to the Thian Hock Keng Temple, one of the oldest Buddhist-Taoist temples on Singapore island, then takes you into Chinatown to a local handicraft center. Next stop is the National Orchid Garden, within the Singapore Botanic Gardens, which boasts a colorful display of 60,000 orchid plants, with 400 species and more than 2,000 hybrids represented. The final stop at Singapore’s Little India will entrance you with the heady scent of joss sticks, jasmine and spices.