With the borders closed, Singaporeans have taken to being tourists in their own backyard! I am no exception although I have frequently said there are many things to do in Singapore.
Despite just using only my phone camera, I managed to take close to 150 photographs! Given that dining in would still be disallowed until 21 June (and that's a maybe), I decided to break the post apart and shall therefore concentrate on Adventure River for the first part.
Safety rules and regulations; due to COVID-19 safe management measures, the water park only allowed a maximum of 50 persons along the adventure river (it's really more a lazy river in my humble opinion).
In case you are wondering about the depth, it's only about 90 cm deep. Nevertheless, if you are still concerned, it's always recommended to wear the lift jackets (came in 4 sizes) that can found in containers at a few locations within Adventure Cove.
Let's now throw ourselves into the slow-moving current!
Said to have 14 different surroundings, it's an interesting experience meandering down the 620-meter "river", almost doubling the length of its rival Wild Wild Wet.
Overhanging buckets and artificial waterfalls dotted the river, making sure adventurers do not get bored. Maybe that's why it's not called a lazy river per se since it might be hard to fall asleep with all the "activities"!
There's even a cavern exploration! Frankly, this would be my third trip to Adventure Cove and even though I had wanted to publish a review of it; I never got round to doing it as it was so tiring to haul along a camera and making sure it doesn't get wet! And quality of photos taken by underwater cameras weren't that great.
Ceiling looked like a ribcage of a massive marine creature!
The everlasting youth of fountain can be found, together with a guardian who made sure you keep a distance away. Oh well, it boils down to a lot of imagination right? By the way, the bats on the ceiling were fake.
You can feel the water pushing out from this corner. I bet Jovyn would love Adventure Cove and with her birthday coming soon; maybe I should treat her for a visit?
Secret door - okay, maybe not that secret although I can't seem to get it to open. Would there be treasures behind it or would I unleash the monsters that had been kept locked up?! For someone who is of middle aged, I sure have a lot of imagination.
Flying dolphin archway!
Looking back at the grotto we just went through; on top was supposed to be a "wet maze" but access was blocked. The hard copy of the map also indicated it would be "unavailable".
This trail appeared to be going into an abandoned water kingdom. Instead of sprouting water, the towering squids could have blown bubbles instead.
Journey continues - inflatable buoys are must-haves on the lazy river! My itinerary always puts the lazy river as the last stop, with the rides taking place in the beginning when I still have the energy.
From seashell to seashell to river. You know what would be nice? The use of bamboos and water to make music; that would have been beautiful!
Alex was waiting for me as I needed to get out to take some photos. I must admit I am not exactly the person you would want to travel with and Alex has always been so accommodating; a shoutout to him to express my deepest appreciation!
Second part of the adventure river might not be much as far as decorations are concerned but what you are able to see would be different from what you would have expected from a lazy river.
Like the humongous broken tree trunk that allowed visitors to test their strength by climbing up the rope and ringing the bell! Housed in the Adventure Cove attraction known as Splashworks, It's a bit like Ninja Warriors.
The other section of the broken tree trunk; I was there earlier and thought it would just be a boring climb up the net. I should have stayed a bit longer to see what it was about.
There was a bell too but in order to get to it, it would be harder as the climb would be fighting against your own body weight! That should have been fun!
Boring part.
Another water kingdom; albeit likely for the turtles given the statues. Hm... were there supposed to be water sprouting out from the mouths?
No such luck as water had been drained out.
Eyes everywhere, literally. Jokes aside, it's heartening to know that the establishment continued to place heavy emphasis on safety despite the heavy reduction in capacity due to COVID-19 safe management measures.
A sneak peek into the dolphin island; can't see shit.
With Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins as its permanent residences, this attraction had gained prominent yet controversial publicity in the past from animal-rights groups. As entry is separately charged, and I am just a normal working adult with hardly any savings; I don't think I would have the chance to go in to look see.
Trumpeting octopuses!
No sound, no water though.
Floating within a tunnel with aquarium life surrounding us!
Ray Bay doesn't only have rays; this would be new as I don't recall seeing this marine creature the past two times I visit, which would be quite a few years back.
Sea turtles! Don't blame me if I am wrong but these are hawksbill right? My reason being their iconic "their narrow, pointed beak".
Oh, another transparent bridge!
Even though filled with water, there wasn't any action. I remember when I was at the S.E.A Aquarium, there was this window where I can see the dolphins. Not sure if it looked up to the same pool of water underneath us since the aquarium is technically built beneath Adventure Cove.
Coming to the end of the adventure river.
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Location
Marine Life Park, Sentosa,
Singapore 098269
Map
As above.
Website
Hi, may i ask what's the best place to park for visiting Adventure Cove?
ReplyDeleteRWS website seems to offer 2 rates: (a) $7 for 1st hr and then $1 per half hour thereafter for Adventure Cove CP (although the CP entrance is identical to the rest of RWS CP), versus (b) a much cheaper $6 per entry (weekday whole day) or $9 per entry (weekend whole day) for all the places in RWS (i.e. Festive Hotel, Equarius Hotel, Convention Centre, etc.).
hello! if you are looking for the best place, the nearest the better. For me, i prefer cheaper and would usually park at Sentosa beach station which charges S$1.20 per hour.
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