Singapore Zoo
Animals roam what look like open jungle clearings — the fences are moats and glass you barely notice.
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Opened in 1973 on 28 hectares of forested reservoir land, Singapore Zoo replaced cages with naturalistic open exhibits. It holds the world's largest captive colony of orangutans, keeps around 315 species (roughly 16 percent threatened), and sits inside the Mandai Wildlife Reserve alongside four other parks you can pair in a single trip.
What to look for
- The hidden moats and glass barriers — spot where the boundary actually is between you and the animals
- The orangutan colony, the largest of its kind in captivity anywhere in the world
- The Upper Seletar Reservoir framing the park — dense central catchment forest visible beyond the enclosures
The zoo shares the Mandai Wildlife Reserve campus with Night Safari, River Wonders, and Bird Paradise — plan for a full day if combining parks.
Singapore Zoo is one of 30 sights worth the detour in Singapore, all bundled offline in Voyage GO — download the Singapore pack and it sits on your map with no signal, filling your travel passport the moment you walk past.
More to see in Singapore
- Singapore Botanic GardensThe world's only tropical UNESCO garden — where 1920s rubber supplied half the planet's latex and orchids now carry diplomats' names.
- Marina Bay SandsA 150-metre infinity pool balanced on the world's largest public cantilevered platform, jutting 66.5 metres past the edge of its own tower.
- Marina Bay Street CircuitLewis Hamilton said this 4.927 km loop was twice as physically punishing as Monaco — and you can walk every metre of it.
- Marina BayThe entire bay you're standing beside was open sea until 1992 — 38 years of reclamation drained the anchorage and pushed the Singapore River's mouth inland.
- Gardens by the BayThe world's largest glass greenhouse anchors a 105-hectare park on Singapore's Marina Reservoir.
- Singapore FlyerFor six years this was the tallest Ferris wheel on earth — Las Vegas finally beat it in 2014, by just 2.6 metres.