Western lakes and botanic gardens

From the first station to the final station; travel to and from your hotel is excluded.

Explore Lakeside Garden and Chinese Garden, then take the MRT to the northern Botanic Gardens.

This route connects Jurong Lake Gardens Lakeside Garden, Chinese Garden, Singapore Botanic Gardens north.

Jurong Lake Gardens Lakeside Garden

Enter from Lakeside station to explore lakeside paths and landscaped gardens.

Station code: EW26

From Lakeside station, use the water as an orientation point and choose a garden path to explore. Follow changes in planting and lake views rather than rushing between every feature.

Photography and rests can extend a garden visit. If continuing to Chinese Garden, conserve energy and water early and check the onward route before wandering farther.

Suggested visit allowance: 100–120 minutes

Official visitor and transport information — Jurong Lake Gardens Lakeside Garden

Chinese Garden

Explore Chinese-style gardens, bridges and pagoda views within Jurong Lake Gardens.

Station code: EW25

Explore how bridges, towers and water frame the garden from different viewpoints. Paired with Lakeside Garden, it offers a chance to compare two approaches to garden space.

Continue toward Chinese Garden station for the next part of the itinerary. Follow current signs for paths and facilities; if earlier stops took longer, skip side paths rather than rushing the return.

Suggested visit allowance: 90–110 minutes

Official visitor and transport information — Chinese Garden

Singapore Botanic Gardens north

Explore the northern gardens from Bukit Timah Gate; the more distant Orchid Garden is not included.

Station code: DT9

Enter through Bukit Timah Gate and keep this visit focused on the northern gardens. Choose a shaded stretch and study trees and planting instead of trying to cross the entire site.

The Orchid Garden is outside this short northern route. If it is your priority, allow a longer internal walk and reduce later shopping or other stops.

Suggested visit allowance: 85–100 minutes

Official visitor and transport information — Singapore Botanic Gardens north

Duration

Estimated total: 404–507 min

Official station-to-station rail times exclude waiting and may follow a different route. Other times are editorial estimates. Access conditions may vary.

Rail travel: 19 min

Walking: 45–73 min

Visits: 275–330 min

Buffer: 5–10 min

Meal break: 60–75 min

Transport connection: 0–0 min

Arrival walk: 5–10 min

Return walk: 5–10 min

Leg 1: EW26 → EW25

Rail travel: 0 min

Walking: 20–30 min

Buffer: 0–0 min

Transport connection: 0–0 min

Leg 2: EW25 → DT9

Rail travel: 19 min

Walking: 15–23 min

Buffer: 5–10 min

Transport connection: 0–0 min

Official station-to-station rail reference — EW25 → DT9 — Waiting is excluded. This does not establish a particular route; transfer-walking and station-dwell coverage are unspecified. This is not live service information.