Sentosa Island And A Few Singapore Pictures

On my last day in Singapore I decided to visit Sentosa Island. Sentosa Island is a small, family themed island development in the southern-most part of Singapore. It’s designed to attract Southeast Asian families for weekend, or longer, vacations, similar to Disneyland back home. I wanted to go to Sentosa for three reasons: to see Singapore from the cable car ride to the island, to visit the aquarium there, and to visit the southern-most point of the Asian continent (according to Singapore). I was able to do all three!

To get to Sentosa I had to take the metro all the way to the last stop on the red line, Harborfront. From there I had to find my way to the cable car which was a little confusing since like most metro stations, this one let out in the middle of a giant shopping mall. Once I found the cable car it was just a short ride onto the island. The view from the cable car of Singapore was well worth the ticket! From the air you can really see how big of a role the shipping industry plays in Singapore’s economy. It seemed like the shipping ports were several times larger than the downtown area of Singapore, and you could see massive shipping vessels lined up by the dozens in the surrounding waters.

Once I got onto the island I bypassed the ticket counters selling tickets to all sorts of crazy rides, shows, and other attractions and went straight to the aquarium. I was just in time for the sea lion and dolphin show. The aquarium has three pink dolphins!

Inside, the aquarium itself was fairly small but still had some neat exhibits. In addition to the usual shark, ray, and turtle petting tanks they also had two aquariums with “windows” in them where you could stick your hand through the side wall! Take a look at the picture below and try to figure out how this is possible!

There was also a moving walkway that snaked under a massive aquarium while all sorts of sea creatures swam around you.

Here is a picture of me in front of one of the many reef colonies that were in the aquarium.

After checking out the aquarium I headed down to the beach. According to Singapore this beach is the southern-most point on the Asian continent, but Malaysia disagrees! I made it just in time for sunset.

This is a picture of me just after the sun had set. Most of the lights in the background are shipping containers!

I wandered around the island a bit more and most of it was brightly lit with neon lights illuminating water features, statues, and decorative vegetation.

There was even a giant merlion statue that was several stories tall!

As I headed back to the main island of Singapore I could see the downtown skyline rising up from Sentosa.

After almost six days exploring Singapore I was happy to finally be heading back to the boat for some much needed rest. Below are some other pictures from my favorite parts of Singapore.