Singapore: Suntec, Duck Boat Ride, DHL Balloon Ride, Heritage Tour, Bugis Street, Songs of the Sea

Visitor's Center at Suntec City

The starting point of all Hippo Tours is Suntec City which is just around 20 minutes walk from Bayview Hotel. We went to the Visitor's Center in Suntec City early in the morning to book the Duck Boat Ride and the Moonlight Adventure Tour. The queue is kinda long but we were able to get our scheduled tickets in 30 minutes.

Singapore Ducktours / Duck Boat Ride

The Singapore Ducktours (Duck Boat Ride) is perhaps the most fun and enjoyable moment in our SG-KL trip. It's a 60-minute ride which starts with a city tour and then the car-boat splashes to a river for a harbour tour.

One tip is that you should listen carefully to the commentary of the Hippo Tour guides because at some point in your trip, there will be games, and those who answered correctly will be given freebies.

I highly recommend this trip.

DHL Balloon Ride

After taking our lunch in Suntec City, we rode the Heritage Hippo Bus which dropped us off in the DHL Balloon Attraction. The 10-minute ride shows you a bird's eye view of Singapore. I really enjoyed the ride up, I give two thumbs up for this tour.


Heritage Hippo Tour

We waited for the Hippo Heritage Bus where we were dropped off earlier. Bus frequency is every 25 minutes. Also, it is very important to bring the schedule sheet given by the Visitor's Center staff when you purchased the Singapore Pass.
Well, the Heritage Tour takes you around cultural districts like Chinatown and Little India in 1 hour. You may opt to alight in the specified stops so you can wander around.

Moonlight Adventure (Bugis and Sentosa Songs of the Sea)

The Heritage Hippo Bus took us back to Suntec City after the tour. We ate early dinner in the fast food court so we can catch the 6PM scheduled Moonlight Adventure Tour.

The Moonlight Adventure Tour takes you to Bugis and Sentosa and drives past Chinatown and Orchard Road. Before going to Sentosa to watch Songs of the Sea, the bus dropped us off in Bugis Street where we can take our dinner. Bugis street is a flea market selling cheap clothings. There is no where to eat but in a hawker food center. Fortunately, we already took our dinner in Suntec so we need not eat in this very crowded hawker area. We were given 1 hour by the tourist guide so we just sat down and ate Durian in a sidestreet fruit shop.

After Bugis, we headed towards Sentosa. The admission fee to Sentosa is already included in the Moonlight Adventure but the ticket fee (SGD 6.00 if remember it correctly) to watch the Songs of the Sea Light and Fountain Show is on individual's account. Our Hippo tourist guide led us to queue for the show. The queue is very very very long, we were able to get inside after 45 minutes.After the show, it's time to go home. The Hippo Bus drove past Chinatown, Orchard Road and Bras Basah Road before heading Suntec City. One good thing is the bus dropped us in the bus stop nearest our hotel. I really admire all the Hippo Tourist Guides because they are friendly and very considerate.


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• Itinerary: Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Genting Highlands
• Day 1: Singpore to Kuala Lumpur Transfer
• Day 2: Kuala Lumpur
• Day 3: Genting Highlands and Batu Caves
• Day 4: Kuala Lumpur to Singapore Transfer
• Day 5: Singapore - Duck Boat Ride, DHL Balloon Ride, Heritage Tour, Bugis Street, Songs of the Sea
• Day 6: Singapore - City Tour, River Cruise, Clark Quay, Sentosa, Vivo City
• Day 7: Singapore - Suntec, Singapore Zoo, Night Safari, Fountain of Wealth
• Day 8: Singapore - Raffles Hotel, Esplanade, Merlion Park, CBD, China Town, China Town Heritage Center, Orchard Road