Tily Travels
  • Destinations
    • Africa >
      • Kenya
      • Namibia
      • Tanzania
    • Asia >
      • East Asia >
        • China
        • Japan
        • South Korea
        • Taiwan
      • Eurasia >
        • Armenia
        • Georgia
      • South Asia >
        • India
        • Maldives
      • Southeast Asia >
        • Indonesia
        • Laos
        • Malaysia
        • Myanmar (Burma)
        • Singapore
        • Thailand
        • Vietnam
    • Europe >
      • Canary Islands
      • Czech Republic
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Portugal
      • Spain
      • Switzerland
    • Middle East >
      • Egypt
      • Qatar
      • Saudi Arabia
      • Turkey
      • United Arab Emirates
    • North America >
      • Canada
      • Jamaica
      • Puerto Rico
      • United States of America
    • Oceania >
      • Australia
      • Cook Islands
    • Scandinavia >
      • Denmark
      • Iceland
    • South America >
      • Argentina
      • Colombia
    • United Kingdom >
      • England
      • Wales
    • International
  • Categories
    • 🌏 Travel Up, Up & Away >
      • 🚐 Van Life
      • 👧 Solo Female Travel
      • 🏡 Staycations
      • 🚗 Road Trips
      • 💵 On a Tight Budget
      • 🏝️ Island Hopping
      • 👰 Honeymoon Guides
      • 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Travel
      • 👫 Couples Travel
      • 🌃 City Breaks
      • ✈️ Airports & Flights
    • 🏠 Accommodation >
      • 🛋️ Airbnb
      • 🛌 Backpacker Hostels
      • ⛺️ Camping
      • 🛀 Hotels
      • ❤️ Luxury Villas
      • 🏡 Vacation Rentals
    • 😁 Adventure >
      • 🐘 Animal Encounters
      • 🚴‍♀️ Cycling
      • 🐟 Diving & Snorkelling
      • 👟 Hiking
      • 🎈 Hot Air Ballooning
      • 🏍️ Motorcycling
      • ⛰️ Rock Climbing
      • 🦓 Safaris
      • 🏂 Snow Sports
      • 🏙️ Urban Exploration
      • 🚣‍♀️ Water Sports
    • 🎨 Arty Art & Urban Art >
      • 🖼️ Exhibitions
      • 🌈 Street Art
      • 🧣 Weaving
    • 🎠 Attractions >
      • 🎪 Festivals
      • 🗽 Landmarks
      • 🛒 Markets
      • 🏺 Museums & Monuments
      • 🎢 Theme Parks
      • 🎡 Tourist Attractions
    • 📋 Bucket List Experiences
    • 🍸 Eat, Drink, Dance >
      • 🍹 Bars & Nightlife
      • 🍽️ Cafés & Restaurants
      • 🌮 Street Food
      • 🍜 Traditional Cuisine
      • 💃 Traditional Dance
    • 🌳 Into the Wild >
      • 🐘 Animal Encounters
      • 🏖️ Beaches
      • ❄️ Frozen
      • 🌻 Gardens
      • 🏔️ Mountains & Volcanoes
      • 🌲 National Parks
      • 🌴 Rainforests
      • 💧 Rivers & Lakes
      • 🐠 Under the Sea
      • 🏞️ Waterfalls
    • 🎢 Misadventure
    • 📸 Photo Diaries
    • 🛍️ Products & Accessories >
      • 🎒 Luggage
      • 👜 Travel Accessories
      • 📱 Technology
    • 🏰 Sights for Sore Eyes >
      • 🕌 Mosques
      • 🙏 Temples & Pagodas
      • 🗿 Ancient Ruins
      • 🏅 UNESCO World Heritage
    • 🚌 Tours & Tour Co's >
      • 🚞 Day Trips & Tours
      • 📝 Tour Reviews
  • Blog
  • Resources
  • Shop
  • Advice
    • Blogging
    • Health
    • Tips on Saving Money
    • Travel Safety
    • Travel Tips & Info
    • Visa Info
  • Contact
  • Work With Me

Travel Blog

Singapore: Cruising in a Bumboat Along the Singapore River

26/9/2017

0 Comments

 
Singapore skyline and a bumboat cruising down the Singapore river - Singapore River Cruise.
A fraction of the Singapore skyline with a historic bumboat cruising past in the foreground.
I had the entire cruise to myself for the 40-minute duration.
An impromptu private tour, huzzah!​​
A look into Singapore River Cruises "the Tale of 2 Quays" river experience;
- ​Includes photos and tour information -
One of Singapore River Cruise's heritage bumboats - Singapore River Cruises.
The Singapore River Cruise's heritage bumboat I bordered at One Raffles Place.
The Singapore River Experience is called 'the Tale of 2 quays', and covers Boat Quay, Clarke Quay and Marina Bay; cruising past key attractions such as Merlion Park and Marina Bay Sands. 
Singapore River Cruises operate a heritage fleet of 24 iconic bumboats, that port divided over 13 jetties situated at key points of the journey. 
Each of the 13 Jetties is home to a ticket booth, and you can commence the tour from any Jetty.
The interior of the historic bumboat with the tour guide and driver - Singapore River Cruise.
Inside the historic bumboat with the tour guide and driver.
I boarded the boat at OUB Plaza (One Raffles Place ticket booth) and aside from one couple that only boarded to travel two stops; I had the entire cruise to myself for the 40-minute duration. ​An impromptu private tour, huzzah!​
​
The tour was in presented in English with information displayed on a tv-screen and sound projected throughout the boat.

I always like completing timely boat or bus tours like this when I don't possess much knowledge of an area, or I don't have much time to spend in a city. They point out all the key points and give you plenty of general history about the sights you are cruising past.
​One piece of knowledge from the tour that sticks in my mind - possibly as it's all sorts of horrifying - is that during the Japanese occupation of Singapore (1942-1945) the severed heads of criminals used to be displayed on the Anderson Bridge, serving as a warning to citizens to abide the law. Going to guess that worked to at least some degree.
Looking back at the Alexander Bridge from Queen Elizabeth Walk - Singapore River Cruise
Looking back at the Alexander Bridge from Queen Elizabeth Walk.
As to not end my experience on that note - history is a stark contrast to the beauty along the river that you see today. Every sight you see on tour is great, and Singapore City is definitely worth seeing from the river. The architecture you cruise past is phenomenal. The tour also gave me a glimpse of Clarke Quay - an area I was yet to explore.
Scroll to the end for pricing information and jetty locations.
The Merlion at Merlion Park - Singapore River Cruise.
Merlion Park.
The OUE Tower - Singapore River Cruise.
The OUE Tower.
Marina Bay Sands Hotel - Singapore River Cruise.
Marina Bay Bands Hotel.
ArtsScience Museum - Singapore River Cruise.
The ArtsScience Museum of Singapore.
Marina Bay Sands and the ArtScience Museum - Singapore River Cruise
Marina Bay Sands and the ArtScience Museum.
Theaters of the Bay - Singapore River Cruise
Theaters of the Bay.
Colourful Clarke Quay - Singapore River Cruise
Approaching colourful Clarke Quay.
Colourful Clarke Quay - Singapore River Cruise
Colourful Clarke Quay.
The Singapore river, Clarke Quay and Riverside Point - Singapore River Cruise
The boat turning around. Looking back on Clarke Quay (left) and Riverside Point (right).
Riverside Point Shopping Plaza - Singapore River Cruise
Riverside Point shopping plaza and restaurants.
Cruising past Clarke Quay Central - Singapore River Cruise
Cruising past Clarke Quay Central.
Boat Quay view from the Singapore River - Singapore River Cruise
Boat Quay.
Boat Quay view from the Singapore River - Singapore River Cruise
Boat Quay.
Selfie - Singapore River Cruise
It wouldn't be a solo river cruise without a solo river cruise selfie.

SINGAPORE RIVER CRUISE SCHEDULE

9 AM - 11 PM daily.
40-minute duration.
The last boat leaves approx 10:30 PM.

Departs at approximately 15-min intervals, however, if they are low on people they will postpone cruises in hopes to attract more customers.

For example, ​I arrived at 12:05 PM and was the only person waiting for the 12:15 PM cruise. I was told by the attendant to come back at 12:30 PM. While waiting, I went and grabbed an amazing salad nearby at The Salad Shop (which we need in Melbourne, stat!). The tour ended up starting at 12:40 PM.

SINGAPORE RIVER CRUISE TICKET PRICE

  • Adult/Senior Citizen - SGD $25
  • Child (12 and under) - SGD $15

SINGAPORE RIVER CRUISE JETTY LOCATIONS AND ROUTE MAP

Picture
River Valley - Robertson Quay - Clemenceau - Read Bridge - Clarke Quay - South Bridge - Boat Quay - One Raffles Place/ Fullerton - Esplanade - Merlion park - Bayfront South - Promenade - Marina Barrage
View Extra-Large Map

Singapore River Cruises 

Phone: +65 63366111
rivercruise.com.sg/river-cruise

Singapore - Gardens by the Bay - The Cloud Forest.
LANDMARK SINGAPORE
Gardens by the Bay - The Cloud Forest.
Singapore - Gardens by The Bay - Supertree Grove and the OCBC Skyway.
LANDMARK SINGAPORE
Gardens by The Bay - Supertree Grove and the OCBC Skyway.



0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Picture
    Picture
    by Natalie Marie.​​

    An Aussie girls guide to
    the world. 

    ​I make all of the mistakes
    ​so you don't have to.
    ​
    ━━━━   CURRENT LOCATION  ━━━━
    World Map Southeast Asia Highlight
    Cairns, Australia
    ━━━━━━   INSTAGRAM   ━━━━━━
    ━━━   FOLLOW TILY TRAVELS   ━━━
    myanmarvisa.org
    ━━━━━   DESTINATIONS   ━━━━━
    Melbourne (Home town) travel category
    Africa travel category
    East Asia travel category
    Eurasia travel category
    Europe travel category
    Middle East travel category
    North America travel category
    Oceania/ Australia travel category
    Scandinavia travel category
    South America travel category
    South Asia travel category
    Southeast Asia travel category
    United Kingdom/ UK travel category
    International travel category
    ━━━━━   BLOG ARCHIVE   ━━━━━
    ━━━━━    NEWSLETTER    ━━━━━
    * indicates required
    ━━    PLANNING AN ADVENTURE    ━━
    www.myanmartours.net
    Contiki Fly Free to Europe.
    Booking.com
    ━━━━    ADVERTISEMENT    ━━━━
© 2020 Tily Travels - All Rights Reserved. 
  • Destinations
    • Africa >
      • Kenya
      • Namibia
      • Tanzania
    • Asia >
      • East Asia >
        • China
        • Japan
        • South Korea
        • Taiwan
      • Eurasia >
        • Armenia
        • Georgia
      • South Asia >
        • India
        • Maldives
      • Southeast Asia >
        • Indonesia
        • Laos
        • Malaysia
        • Myanmar (Burma)
        • Singapore
        • Thailand
        • Vietnam
    • Europe >
      • Canary Islands
      • Czech Republic
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Portugal
      • Spain
      • Switzerland
    • Middle East >
      • Egypt
      • Qatar
      • Saudi Arabia
      • Turkey
      • United Arab Emirates
    • North America >
      • Canada
      • Jamaica
      • Puerto Rico
      • United States of America
    • Oceania >
      • Australia
      • Cook Islands
    • Scandinavia >
      • Denmark
      • Iceland
    • South America >
      • Argentina
      • Colombia
    • United Kingdom >
      • England
      • Wales
    • International
  • Categories
    • 🌏 Travel Up, Up & Away >
      • 🚐 Van Life
      • 👧 Solo Female Travel
      • 🏡 Staycations
      • 🚗 Road Trips
      • 💵 On a Tight Budget
      • 🏝️ Island Hopping
      • 👰 Honeymoon Guides
      • 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Travel
      • 👫 Couples Travel
      • 🌃 City Breaks
      • ✈️ Airports & Flights
    • 🏠 Accommodation >
      • 🛋️ Airbnb
      • 🛌 Backpacker Hostels
      • ⛺️ Camping
      • 🛀 Hotels
      • ❤️ Luxury Villas
      • 🏡 Vacation Rentals
    • 😁 Adventure >
      • 🐘 Animal Encounters
      • 🚴‍♀️ Cycling
      • 🐟 Diving & Snorkelling
      • 👟 Hiking
      • 🎈 Hot Air Ballooning
      • 🏍️ Motorcycling
      • ⛰️ Rock Climbing
      • 🦓 Safaris
      • 🏂 Snow Sports
      • 🏙️ Urban Exploration
      • 🚣‍♀️ Water Sports
    • 🎨 Arty Art & Urban Art >
      • 🖼️ Exhibitions
      • 🌈 Street Art
      • 🧣 Weaving
    • 🎠 Attractions >
      • 🎪 Festivals
      • 🗽 Landmarks
      • 🛒 Markets
      • 🏺 Museums & Monuments
      • 🎢 Theme Parks
      • 🎡 Tourist Attractions
    • 📋 Bucket List Experiences
    • 🍸 Eat, Drink, Dance >
      • 🍹 Bars & Nightlife
      • 🍽️ Cafés & Restaurants
      • 🌮 Street Food
      • 🍜 Traditional Cuisine
      • 💃 Traditional Dance
    • 🌳 Into the Wild >
      • 🐘 Animal Encounters
      • 🏖️ Beaches
      • ❄️ Frozen
      • 🌻 Gardens
      • 🏔️ Mountains & Volcanoes
      • 🌲 National Parks
      • 🌴 Rainforests
      • 💧 Rivers & Lakes
      • 🐠 Under the Sea
      • 🏞️ Waterfalls
    • 🎢 Misadventure
    • 📸 Photo Diaries
    • 🛍️ Products & Accessories >
      • 🎒 Luggage
      • 👜 Travel Accessories
      • 📱 Technology
    • 🏰 Sights for Sore Eyes >
      • 🕌 Mosques
      • 🙏 Temples & Pagodas
      • 🗿 Ancient Ruins
      • 🏅 UNESCO World Heritage
    • 🚌 Tours & Tour Co's >
      • 🚞 Day Trips & Tours
      • 📝 Tour Reviews
  • Blog
  • Resources
  • Shop
  • Advice
    • Blogging
    • Health
    • Tips on Saving Money
    • Travel Safety
    • Travel Tips & Info
    • Visa Info
  • Contact
  • Work With Me