Have you ever wondered how a small country like Singapore manages to supply all its households and industry with an ample supply of fresh, clean water?  Join Explore Singapore! on this guided tour first, to the NEWater Plant with its state-of-the-art technology and equipment; and then, to the Marina Barrage where we will tour the Marina Bridge, the Sustainable Singapore Gallery and the Green Roof. We will be told about the four ways by which Singapore manages to accomplish this feat for its growing population.

Afterwards, as an option, we will walk to the Satay by the Bay food centre where you can join us for lunch (at your own cost).

From a citronella press factory and the eastern terminal for Singapore’s first tramline emerged a bustling hub once called the ‘Malay emporium of Singapore’. In 1964, the Geylang  Serai Market was built and soon became popular with the large number of Malays in the Kampong Ubi area as well as the surrounding middle-class suburbs.

Spend a part of your morning learning about the history of this marketplace while soaking in the variety of distinctive herbs, spices and other ingredients for Malay cooking. Having encountered these flavourful offerings, we will find out how they are used when we adjourn to the food centre to savour its splendid array of dishes.

But that’s not all under the market’s roof. When we are done with our degustation, you might want to sneak into one of these stores: Traditional cosmetic and medicine, clothes and scarves, pandan-floral potpourri, roasted coffee beans & blended tea, pickled fruits and gold jewellery!

There is a colonial building here in the heart of Singapore that not many people have entered and there is a society that not many people know anything about!  Come with Explore Singapore on this special tour to find out about this fraternal society, called the Freemasons.  The Freemasons have been here since 1845 but who are they, who were their most famous members, and how have they contributed to Singapore over the years.  This guided tour will take you around the splendid building which was constructed in 1879 for their meeting rooms and tell us about the history, rituals, costumes and community that is the Freemasons.