TOUR LEADER LINDA ROSS

Linda has spent her lifetime hunting for plants and visiting gardens. She has selected a wonderful mix of experiences within this magical city. Let her show you a side of Singapore you have never seen.

+ Visit the 2018 Singapore Garden Festival

+ Take a close look at the extraordinary Cloud

Forest and Flower Dome at Gardens by the

Bay

+ Marvel at the towering Supertrees, brimming

with flora, by day and by night

+ Enjoy tropical orchids like you’ve never seen!

+ Cruise the Singapore River in a bumboat

+ Travel in a small group and make new friends

+ Relax – we’ll take care of everything!

For a detailed itinerary, please visit :www.rosstours.com/singapore

HIGHLIGHTS

THAILAND

SINGAPORE

INDONESIA

MALAYSIA

Let us take you to the most beautiful places in the world.

The biodomes and Supertrees of Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay are one of the most exciting garden projects on the planet right now.

Our tour includes fabulous food and cultural treats that we’ve uncovered: great experiences - you’ll feel you’ve been away for weeks!

Graham Ross, Founder

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Singapore is a city in a garden! A mix of modernity and

19th century charm wrapped in beautiful tropical gardens.

The new drawcard is Gardens by the Bay with its bionic

super trees, cloud forest and flower dome. This year is the

Singapore Garden Festival - a kind of tropical Chelsea!

22 - 28 JULY 2018

SINGAPOREGARDEN FESTIVAL

DAY 1 SUN 22 JULSYDNEY TO SINGAPORELinda Ross will meet you at Sydney International Airport for the Qantas flight, or meet in Singapore. Check into the Parkroyal on Pickering with its world class sky-gardens (picture top right), our luxurious home for the next five nights. Celebrate our arrival in the tropics with a Welcome Dinner in the hotel.

DAY 2 MON 23 JULSINGAPORE BOTANIC GARDEN We’re off to the recently UNESCO listed Singapore Botanic Gardens. The tropical rainforest here is one of the few pockets of original jungle left on the island. There are some 300 plant species in this little pocket forest and plenty of birds, including oriental pied hornbills, spotted wood owls, crimson sunbirds and stork-billed kingfishers.

Singapore is famous for orchids, and the National Orchid Garden is situated on the highest hill in the Botanic Gardens. Orchids have been a part of the Gardens collection since its beginnings in 1859. Early directors commissioned extensive orchid collecting expeditions and since 1995 the

collection has its own beautifully landscaped home – the National Orchid Garden.

Lunch included today at one of the loveliest restaurants, surrounded by the orchid and heliconia gardens.

Afternoon at leisure until it cools a little, when we’ll jump onto a bumboat for a cruise along the Singapore River. These hardy vessels were once used to shuttle cargo in one of the East’s busiest trade centres.

DAY 3 TUE 24 JULSINGAPORE GARDEN FESTIVAL Spend this morning at the Singapore Garden Festival which showcases exciting garden designers with displays of tropical flowers and garden designs from all over the world. Free afternoon to relax poolside.

DAY 4 WED 25 JULSPICE GARDEN A treat this morning in the Spice Garden, once the site of Singapore’s first Botanical and Experimental Garden set up by Sir Stamford Raffles in 1822! The National Museum of Singapore is next, which pays homage to Singapore’s history and its food.

The neoclassical 19th century building was once Raffles’ museum and library. We’ll have lunch here then visit Kampong Glam in Little India and Singapore’s largest mosque with its golden dome, built in 1825 then replaced one hundred years later by the present magnificent building. Stay on for shopping here with an electric mix of boutiques and cafes, or head back to our hotel to relax.

DAY 5 THU 26 JULGARDENS BY THE BAY Today’s highlight is the stunning Gardens by the Bay. You’ll be amazed by the vision of this extraordinary project! It brings to life the government’s ambition to make Singapore a ‘City in a Garden’. Two enormous conservatories: the Flower Dome and the Cloud Forest, and a grove of ‘Supertrees’ dominate the site.

We’ll explore the horticultural worlds growing in the bio domes, which are engineering feats themselves, being the biggest column-less glasshouses in the world. It’s eternally spring in the Flower Dome, with plant displays from dry climates found in South Africa, California, southern Spain, Italy, and south-western Australia.

After lunch (own arrangements), we will enjoy the cool rush of a waterfall within the Cloud Forest. Discover tropical flowers such as vireya, begonia and medinilla.

Free time this afternoon before we head back to the Gardens by the Bay for an illuminated view from the Skyway, a walkway that connects two 250m tall Supertrees. Farewell Dinner tonight in the tallest Supertree - a tree with a view!

DAY 6 FRI 27 JULSINGAPORE

We’ve included a late check-out today. A morning walk across the architectural masterpiece of Henderson Wave Bridge along the Southern Ridges Walk to Hort Park today. Visit a range of garden spaces each with its own theme. Late afternoon transfer to Changi Airport.

DAY 7 SAT 28 JULARRIVE HOMEMorning arrival home.

TOUR DETAILS

+ OUR TOUR INCLUDES

° Return group economy airfare Sydney / Singapore / Sydney

° Deluxe accommodation for 5 nights

° Breakfast daily, 2 lunches and 2 dinners

° Air-conditioned motorcoach throughout

° Entrance fees to all gardens and sightseeing including Gardens

by the Bay, Singapore Botanic Gardens and National Orchid

Garden, Singapore National Museum, Singapore River Bumboat

cruise, Singapore Garden Festival, Hort Park and Southern

Ridges trail.

° Gratuities for local guides, porters and drivers

° Fully escorted by Linda Ross

+ OUR TOUR COSTS

° Twin Share per person, land only $3,950

° Twin Share per person, including airfare $4,895

° Single Supplement $1,195

+ FITNESS LEVEL

° This tour requires a moderate level of fitness

+ DISCOUNTS

° Early Bird $150 per person (Pay in full by 1st March 2018)

° Previous Traveller $50

° Garden Clinic Member $50

All prices in Australian Dollars. All air taxes as at 1st Sep 2017. Price based on minimum 15 passengers. Departure from Sydney. Price from other Australian ports and New Zealand available on application. Group meals do not include beverages. Please refer to Ross Garden Tours standard terms & conditions. Ask us about other sightseeing and travel arrangements including pre and post tour accommodation, transfers, stopovers and other tours.

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