Butterfly Garden at Changi Airport Terminal 3 [Singapore]

More than two years have passed since I last stepped into the departure / arrival hall of Changi International Airport and I made it a point to reach earlier so that I can check out the changes, if any. 

Each terminal has their own set of attractions; for example, the Cactus Garden at Terminal 1, Sunflower Garden at Terminal 2 and Heritage Zone at Terminal 4. For Terminal 3, it would be the Butterfly Garden.

Spanning the first and second floors of the terminal, I entered from the upper floor as Alex wanted to have Burger King. As highlighted, the butterflies are active from 8am till 5pm and no food / drinks allowed. For smokers, there are designated areas to do so and the butterfly garden is not one of them.

Stepping into the aviary although in this case, you don't get to hear the chirping of birds as the butterflies would not likely survive as easy preys for the predators.

"The world's first butterfly garden in an airport" - there are over 1,000 butterflies across 47 species which varied according to seasons! Well, it didn't feel like a thousand but definitely in the hundreds.

Placement of fruits and flowers on custom built platforms attracted the butterflies and allowed visitors to take a closure look at the butterflies. 

With them so close, however, there was an innate motivation to pick them up by the wings! Reminders like the above are helpful, especially for ignorant visitors like myself. 

Waterfall from level two. A manmade one that's about 6 meters in height; well, not spectacular, unlike the utterly stunning 23-meter HSBC Rain Vortex at Jewel Changi Airport.

Going down the stairs.

p.s. wheelchair users can use the lift outside the garden.

Another view of the waterfall.

Level one felt more like a garden with more landscaping. If the weather was cooler, it would have been a better experience similar to the butterfly garden at Cameron Highlands. 

Pupa stage of the butterfly's life cycle; these are real and housed within the emergence case, where you might chance upon a real butterfly struggling to break free of its protective shell.

Butterfly motif; back in my secondary school days, I love drawing butterfly motifs as they are simpler and look beautiful in whatever colors you put in. Sadly, I didn't inherit my dad's genes for the arts. 

There are numerous posters dotted around the garden, explaining more in detail about butterflies, including the mystery of their wings, specific plants that the caterpillars like etc. Use the above poster and have a competition with your friends on the number of species you found in the butterfly garden! 

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Location

Arrival  / Departure Hall, 

Changi Airport Terminal 3,

Singapore

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