ROSS GARDEN TOURS SINGAPORE GARDEN FESTIVAL 19 - 25 JULY 2020 ITINERARY

Singapore is a mix of modernity & 19th-century charm wrapped in beautiful tropical gardens. The drawcard is the Singapore Garden Festival, one of the largest of its kind in the world. The Gardens by the Bay with it’s Cloud Forest, Flower Dome and Supertrees will delight you.

DAY 1 Sun 19 Jul structures up to 50m in height. The DAY 5 Thu 23 Jul Singapore Flower Dome and the Cloud Forest Spices and History Linda Ross, your Ross Tour Leader, are up first, then we take a buggy ride Explore Singapore’s past, present and will meet you at Sydney International around the gardens. future today. To walk into Singapore’s Airport for the Qantas flight, or meet in Explore vast horticultural worlds growing past we visit the Spice Garden, the Singapore. Check into the PARKROYAL in gigantic biomes, engineering feats site of Singapore’s first Botanical on Pickering with its world-class sky- themselves, being the biggest column- and Experimental Garden set up by gardens; our luxurious home for the next less glasshouses in the world. It’s Sir Stamford Rafflles in 1822. Across five nights. Celebrate our arrival in the eternally spring, in the Flower Dome, the road, the National Museum of tropics with a Welcome Dinner at the with plant displays from dry climates Singapore, pays homage to Singapore’s hotel. found in South Africa, California, history, culture and geography. The Accommodation: PARKROYAL on Pickering southern Spain, Italy, and south-western grand neoclassic 19th-century building Australia. Enjoy the cool rush of a was once Rafflles’ museum and waterfall within the Cloud Forest and library. A sumptuous lunch today in DAY 2 Mon 20 Jul discover plumes of tropical flowers such the museum’s gorgeous Victorian Singapore Botanic Gardens as vireya, rare anthuriums, begonia restaurant. After a leisurely multicultural and medinilla spilling out of verdant After lunch, we’re off to a futuristic smorgasbord breakfast, our adventure mountain crevices. forest surrounded by towering high begins in the recently UNESCO listed Accommodation: PARKROYAL on Pickering rises located in the financial district on a Singapore Botanic Gardens. The tropical 360-hectare expanse of reclaimed land. rainforest is one of the few pockets DAY 4 Wed 22 Jul The landscape architecture is designed of original jungle left on the island. Singapore Garden Festival & Raffles to mimic a rainforest valley. Over 350 Singapore is famous for orchids dating types of tropical trees and plants fill A day to explore world class tropical back to 1859. the buildings curved walls creating an garden design and floral arrangements At lunch, we are surrounded by extraordinary effect of elevated paddy of one of the world’s largest garden abundant orchid, ginger and heliconia fields. shows, the Singapore Garden Festival. gardens. Afternoon at leisure until Accommodation: PARKROYAL on Pickering it cools a little, when we jump onto It’s like a tropical Chelsea! 39 designers a bumboat for a cruise along the from 19 countries showcase their Singapore River. These hardy vessels masterpieces with displays of tropical DAY 6 Fri 24 Jul were once used to shuttle cargo in one flowers and garden designs from all Singapore – Home of the East’s busiest trade centres. We’re over the world. Festival highlights A late check out gives us time to visit delivered into the middle of the vibrant include Landscape and Fantasy Gardens, HortPark, Asia’s first one-stop gardening modern skyline of Singapore to see the Singapore Orchid Show, Balcony hub. Explore the gardens and discover famous Merlion. Discover a popular Gardens, and Floral Windows to the how locals are inspired to garden. restaurant strip to sample Singapore’s World. Return to the hotel for a free afternoon famous cuisine. Afternoon visit to the world famous to shop or simply relax. Accommodation: PARKROYAL on Pickering Rafflles Hotel for afternoon tea and Late afternoon transfer to Changi Airport enjoy the iconic interior architecture; a for our evening flight. stunningly restored piece of Singapore’s DAY 3 Tue 21 Jul history. DAY 7 Sat 25 Jul Gardens by the Bay Return to Gardens by the Bay for an Today’s highlight is Gardens by the illuminated birds-eye view from the Arrive home this morning. Bay. This visionary 250 acre, $1B OCBC Skyway, an elevated walkway that project brings to life the government’s connects two 50m tall Supertrees. The ambition to make Singapore a ‘City in amazing Garden Rhapsody light and a Garden’. Housed within the gardens sound show whirling around us make are cooled conservatories, individually this a night to remember. themed gardens, lakes, bridges and the Accommodation: PARKROYAL on Pickering showpiece Supertrees; plant-covered DETAILS PRICE

° Tour escorted by Linda Ross Cruiser, OCBC Skyway, Garden ° Twin Share land only ° Qantas return group airfare Sydney- Rhapsody Light Show, Spice Garden, $4,195 per person Singapore-Sydney Singapore National Museum, ° Twin Share including air ° Luxury air-conditioned motorcoach Chinatown tour, Marina One. $5,195 per person throughout tour ° Single Supplement ° Luxury accommodation for 5 nights $1,250 ° Breakfast daily All prices in Australian dollars. Prices ° 2 Lunches based on minimum 15 passengers. ° 1 Dinner Air price is based on departure from ° Entrance fees to all gardens and Sydney. sightseeing including Singapore Garden Festival, Singapore Botanic DISCOUNTS Gardens, National Orchid Garden, Flower Dome, Supertrees, Gardens ° Earlybird $150 - Pay by 20/3/20 by the Bay, Cloud Forest, Hort Park, ° Previous Traveller $100 Singapore River boat ride, Garden ° Garden Clinic Member $50

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