Guide To Pulau Ubin With 12 Things Such as Hiking, Mangrove Kayaking And Seafood Feast

Guide To Pulau Ubin With 12 Things Such as Hiking, Mangrove Kayaking And Seafood Feast

Odds are, the greater part of us haven’t been to Pulau Ubin too often, if by any stretch of the imagination. I’d been there once as a child and its main memory? It was super ulu. But at the same time that is exactly what makes it a diamond that a large number of us have ventured foot on once, however not yet completely investigated.

Other than lodging the OBS campsites that numerous understudies either enthusiastically or reluctantly joined in, the island is a shocking nature enclave that gives the parks and holds on the terrain a run for their cash. Barely any structures in sight, little groups, and kampung vibes all round. Visit or return to Ubin – and when you do, this is what’s available:

Singapore is not huge – and you’d think a seaward island of our own eventual super small. However, Pulau Ubin is pretty adequately measured, an entire 8KM long indeed, with black-top streets twisting through, connecting the numerous attractions.

To finish everything in a day, follow our guide underneath in succession to shape an entire day schedule (13KM). Else, select your preferred spots and visit them independently. A manual for getting around is incorporated underneath!

View the course map here.

1. Walk Around Sensory Trail garden

Found near the fundamental breakwater, the Sensory Trail is an interesting 60 minutes in length trail suggestive of meandering through somebody’s patio, though a humongous one. We headed there before anything else, and the experience can best be depicted in a single word: mitigating.

Vegetable, zest, and spice gardens pepper the region with lines of natural product plantations. Simply envision our unexpected when we recognized a scaled-down pineapple ranch – who’d have thought any organic product other than the side of the road mangos could develop in Singapore?

The guide at the trailhead just shows a part of the zone, yet proceed with further up and you’ll slice through an overhang concealed soil way to arrive at a little seashore and a nearby milestone known as Teck Seng’s Place. Head here for a more broad guide.

Distance from main jetty: 300M | 4min walk

2. Visit Teck Seng’s Place, a Chinese kampung home

Roosted on a little slope with solid steps driving up, Teck Seng’s Place, otherwise called House 363B, used to be possessed by – shock – Mr Chew Teck Seng. The sky blue Chinese home housed 3 ages of the Chew family when they ran the Teck Seng Provision Shop on the island some time ago.

Take a fast look through the doors when you cruise by. Else, drop by when there is, actually, an open house, on the second and fourth few days of the month, complete with visits held by NParks. The home has been kept as it used to be previously, so entering it will resemble requiring some investment.

 

Opening hours: 10AM-2PM, only on 2nd & 4th weekend of the month & public holidays

Distance from main jetty: 650M | 9min walk

3. Visit Pekan Quarry Viewpoint

Ubin is home to a lot of stone quarries that were exhumed, harking back to the 1970s to gracefully materials for streets on the territory. When a flatland, these spots are currently pleasant lakes. Specifically, Pekan Quarry is the most open of the parcel, being just a 3-minute bicycle ride from the pier. Unwind by the lake and look out for herons that are known to settle around the region!

Note: Pekan Quarry is shut for redesigning from August 2020 until further notification

Distance from main jetty: 600M | 8min walk or 3min cycle

 

4. Stop For a cold drink by Ah Ma Drink Store

It might seem as though a scene directly out of the rustic open country however the Ah Ma Drink Store is headed to attractions like Ketam Mountain Bike Park and Puaka Hill.

Fun certainty: The store used to be on lower grounds, flooding each time the tide rises. In 2018, NParks and NUS Architecture students assisted with moving it to where it is presently.

Ah Ma, in her 80s, just descends on the ends of the week to sell cold beverages and coconuts, however, on non-weekend days, the seats at the riverside store are as yet open to all as a rest stop.

Opening hours: Varies. Opens on weekends only.

Distance from main jetty: 1.4KM | 6min cycle

5. Hike up Puaka Hill for a panoramic view of the island

Puaka Hill is maybe the island’s trick of the trade. Remaining at 74M-tall with a passage that appears to be no unique than the other street forks, it’s something that you may effectively sidestep – and numerous individuals do.

However, with just a 10-minute climb up a simple path, you’ll find an all-encompassing vantage point – a prize that far outperforms the muscle work it takes to get up. Beginning with a mud and earth trail, the course gets somewhat rough towards the top, so wear shoes to abstain from slipping.

At the pinnacle, it’ll be difficult to accept this is just a large portion of the tallness of Bukit Timah. Perspectives stretch into the great beyond, and you’ll get a feeling of vertigo with a sweeping rock quarry directly under your feet. There’s additionally a peacefulness and tranquility that is an uncommon treat, considering the constant hurrying around we face on the day by day.

In transit down, pay special mind to a dark way that takes you to a subsequent post point. It’s somewhat less grand than the one above, however, fewer individuals think about this.

Trail length: ~300M (10min)

Address: 59E Jalan Endut Senin, Singapore 508309
Opening hours: 10AM-6PM, Daily | May close earlier on weekdays
Telephone: 6542 7627

Distance from main jetty: 230M | 3min walk

8. Go on a kayaking expedition at the mangroves

Dissimilar to kayaking in the vast ocean, mangrove kayaking is substantially more amateur inviting, with quiet waters that you can paddle through without fighting white-topped waves or conflicting with solid flows. You’ll likewise have the option to connect and contact the mangrove trees and investigate the untamed life that lives inside.

Undertakings by Asian Detours is the main kayaking visit administrator on the island, and they sort out 4-hour-long meetings in the mornings and early evenings. No concerns in any event, for the greenest of newbies – legitimate preparing will be given. In any case, note that you will get wet, so bring a difference in garments!

Price: from $89 per person

Address: 34 Pulau Ubin, Singapore
Telephone: 9772 2071
Website

Distance from main jetty: 180M | 3min walk

 

9. Check Out the kampung Feels at Warung Pak Ahmad

See yourself as fortunate in the event that you discover Warung Pak Ahmad open, as they’re known to work on arbitrary days. The side of the road store welcomes visitors in with a “Cool Drinks Sold Here” sign set among blossoms, just as swings in the front nursery for children to play. A sample of genuine kampung life without a doubt.

We didn’t figure out how to get the store open yet got an offbeat encounter regardless. Suddenly, one of the close by houses began impacting peppy EDM at club-level volumes for the whole group to appreciate. It’s a unique little something you can just discover occurring in Ubin – tune in out for it in case you’re there in the nighttimes!

Address: 488 Jalan Ubin, Singapore
Opening hours: NA

Distance from main jetty: 1.4KM | 6min cycle

10. Check out the Tudor-style House No.1

House No.1 seems as though it came straight out of the pages of a fantasy. The best part is you can really enter it and point out highlights that you’d like in your future home – like the chimney, or nation bungalow like tasteful.

The Tudor house was initially underlying the 1930s via Landon Williams, a British boss assessor at that point, as a summer home. And keeping in mind that some may flaunt a pool out the back all things considered, this one has its own special pier that stretches out of sight the ocean.

Address: House No. 1, Ubin, Singapore
Opening hours: 8.30AM-6PM, Daily

Distance from main jetty: 3.5KM | 15min cycle

11. Discover the Chek Jawa Wetlands boardwalk

There are 2 path you can take here, the first being the Coastal Loop footpath, complete with barges and havens. Stay nearby to get low-flying planes heading towards Changi Airport, or wonder about the huge spread of the ocean with faraway mountains looking from the skyline.

The Mangrove Loop takes you on a more personal excursion with nature where you can spot untamed life like enormous mudskippers and crabs in closeness. In the wake of encountering everything very close, head up the circle’s 7-story high Jejawi Tower, which takes you over the covering for a 10,000 foot perspective on the whole territory.

Trail length: Coastal Loop – 600M (8min) | Mangrove Loop – 500M (7min)

Opening hours: 8.30AM-6PM

Distance from main jetty: 3.6KM | 15min cycle

 

12. Stay overnight at one of the 3 campsites

Drench yourself in nature by going through a night in Pulau Ubin. Hear the trilling of crickets in the nighttimes, stargaze without light contamination and conscious to chickens crowing in the first part of the day. There are 3 campgrounds on the island that you can camp at including Jelutong Campsite, which is close to the pier, and Mamam Campsite in the north of the island.

Our most loved of the part however, is the Endut Senin Campsite, which rests by a lake, with white-as-snow sand that you can set up your shelters on. A structure lies just meters away on the off chance that you have to escape from any unexpected rainstorms, and there’s an enormous and clean bathroom close by, loaded with tissue.

Distance from main jetty:
Jelutong Campsite – 550M | 7min walk
Mamam Campsite – 2.3KM | 10min cycle
Endut Senin Campsite – 2.5KM | 10min cycle

*Note: Camping is not allowed during Circuit Breaker Phase 2

 

Bonus: Dine-in at the Smith Marine Floating Restaurant

Wave farewell to regular eating encounters as you head to the Smith Marine Floating Restaurant, – which isn’t actually on Pulau Ubin fundamentally, however lies in the territory. Arriving is an involvement with itself as you’ll need to take a 10-minute pontoon ride just to arrive at the eatery – however having a feast away from the remainder of civilisation isn’t all that is on the plate.

Taking “catch of the day” actually, burger joints will likewise get the opportunity to look for their supper ($35) at the café’s certain catch lake. Have it cooked in a strategy for your decision, in Cantonese, Teochew or Assam-style.

Arriving: Place a booking at any rate 3 days ahead of time. The café will assist with sorting out a 2-way bumboat transport ($100 for up to 12 individuals) from Changi Point Ferry Terminal.

Opening hours: 10AM-7PM, Daily
Telephone: 9792 7609 (Whatsapp only)
Website

P.S. If you’re wondering, this is the restaurant’s address: 01’23’5″N, 103’57’42″E

 

Getting to Pulau Ubin

To get to Pulau Ubin, take a 10 brief bumboat from Changi Point Ferry Terminal. There are no fixed timetables and no pre-booking required. Each pontoon normally leaves when 12 travelers show up at the terminal, and administrators will gather money installments of $4 per individual and $2 per bicycle after everybody loads up. Try to bring along free money!

The principal ship ordinarily leaves from Changi at 7AM and the last ship comes back from Ubin around 6PM. Be that as it may, this planning shifts so drop the ship terminal a call to check before heading down. We’ll likewise prescribe avoiding any and all risks and coming back to the wharf in any event thirty minutes before the alleged last pontoon, as there’s no assurance vessels will be accessible till 6PM straightaway.

Getting to Changi Point Ferry Terminal: Take transport 109 from Pasir Ris MRT (20min) or 29 or 59 from Tampines East MRT (20min). Then again, those driving can leave at the Changi Village Public Car Park close by.

Address: 51 Lorong Bekukong, Singapore 499172
Telephone: 6542 7944

Getting around Pulau Ubin

Cycling

Cycling is ostensibly the most ideal approach to get around the island as it’s quick, adaptable and moderate. In any event, for fledglings, it’ll be a breeze as long as you adhere to the level and very much cleared primary streets.

Bicycles can without much of a stretch be leased from sellers close to the breakwater from as low as $5/day for a more established bicycle, or up to $35/day for a trail blazing bicycle, no stores required. We leased a couple of respectable bikes at $8/day from Mr Xie at a shop named “25”.

Taxi

Indeed, Pulau Ubin has vehicles and their number plates start with “PU” rather than the standard thing “S”. In case you’re gunning for only one fascination the quickest route is to go with one of their taxi administrations.

Every van situates up to 10 individuals and costs start from $2 per individual for a short outing, or up to $35 every hour for private recruit.

Walking

Strolling is another option for the individuals who want to appreciate a relaxed walk. We met a moderately aged couple who did everything on our agenda inside a day, yet by strolling as opposed to cycling, so it’s a possible excursion without a doubt. Simply ensure you come back to the breakwater before the last ship withdraws around 6PM!

 

Exploring Pulau Ubin

Taking a break from our boisterous lives doesn’t generally need consuming our well deserved yearly leave or booking an expensive boarding pass to a faraway land. Attempt Pulau Ubin rather, a tranquil island so eliminated from the remainder of Singapore, you’ll feel like you’re either abroad, or by one way or another shipped back so as to the kampung days.

Before you go, bring along:

Sunblock

Bug repellent – the mosquitos are horrendous

Water – filtered water is reasonably valued on the island however mostly just sold close to the pier

Telephone and versatile charger – Google Maps functions admirably for exploring Ubin

Money – most stores on the island just acknowledge money. The closest ATM is at Changi Village Hawker Center, a 1-minute stroll from the terrain pier.