9 Best Nature and Hiking Tours in Singapore (2026)
Compare 9 guided nature walks, night walks, intertidal outings and hiking tours in Singapore, from mangroves to the Southern Ridges. Updated for 2026.
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- Amir Wahab
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AI image by LocalRankSingapore packs rainforest, mangroves, tidal flats and ridge-top trails into a small island, and a good guide changes what you notice on all of them. This page collects nine operators and groups that run guided nature walks, night walks, intertidal outings and hikes, from specialist naturalists to volunteer societies and the national parks agency. Each entry describes only what the organisation publishes about itself, and we have left prices out because schedules and rates change. Kayaking trips sit on a separate page. Use the list to match your group, your fitness and the habitat you want to see, then confirm dates on each site.
1. The Untamed Paths
The Untamed Paths runs wildlife-focused guided programmes, and its site lists them by habitat rather than by tour name. Choices include naturalist night adventures such as a mangrove ramble, a colugo-watching evening and an after-dark look at giant ants and scorpions, plus daytime Sungei Buloh walks, intertidal exploration at mainland beaches, and an offshore Pulau Hantu option. The site says groups run at six to eight participants per facilitator, with children welcome on the night programmes. Bookings go through its website, and some programmes are also sold on Klook. It also advertises custom Singapore wildlife tours, so it suits families and small groups wanting a naturalist-led outing rather than a self-guided trail walk.
Sungei Buloh / Pasir Ris / Sentosa
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2. Young Nautilus Learning Journeys
Young Nautilus presents its public nature walks as small-group outings led by marine educators, and its page names seven routes. Coastal options include intertidal walks at Changi, Pasir Ris and Coney Island, a seagrass walk, and a Punggol promenade walk, while terrestrial walks cover the mangroves at Sungei Buloh and Pasir Ris. The page says most programmes suit children from age two, a few are recommended from five, and it quotes roughly ten participants per educator. Dates are released through its online shop, and the page listed sessions running from October to December 2026. Families with young children comfortable with muddy shores will find its format approachable, though tides decide which routes run.
Changi / Pasir Ris / Sungei Buloh
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3. Loris & Owl
Loris & Owl is the nature-walk outfit of professional nature guide Gloria Seow, and its site focuses on after-dark exploration. The night-walk page lists dated 2026 sessions at Mandai Forest, the Pasir Ris mangroves and the Rail Corridor, with other venues such as Pulau Ubin, Bukit Batok Nature Park and Tampines Eco Green also named. Each date is booked through its own sign-up form. The site says it also arranges private walks for groups, schools and companies, tailored to the organiser. The page also mentions a Nikkei Asia feature on its Leopard Cat Quest night walk. It suits adults and families curious about nocturnal wildlife who prefer a named guide over a large organised outing.
Mandai / Pasir Ris / Rail Corridor
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4. Nature Society Singapore
Nature Society Singapore is a long-established conservation society whose events calendar works as a steady source of guided walks. The October and November 2026 listings include a Pasir Ris mangroves walk, butterfly walks at Rifle Range Trail and Springleaf Nature Park, a Botanic Gardens plant walk, and a Windsor Nature Park walk, each led by volunteers from its interest groups. Its site marks events as open to the public, though it also says an NSS account, either as a Friend or a member, is needed to register from March 2026. This is a sensible pick for people who want slow, observation-led outings with knowledgeable volunteers rather than a commercial hiking itinerary or a polished tour package.
Pasir Ris / Windsor / Rail Corridor
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5. Cicada Tree Eco-Place
Cicada Tree Eco-Place is a nature and conservation group that describes its work as combining environmental education, advocacy and walks. Its site features the Love Our MacRitchie Forest walks and a National Day Walk 2026 along the Rail Corridor, where volunteer nature guides led two groups and encouraged participants to slow down and look closely. Posts dated August and September 2026 show the group is currently active. Its pages do not publish a fixed timetable, so the practical route is to follow its news posts and Facebook page for the next announced walk. It suits people who value a conservation angle and guides who are volunteers rather than a booking-heavy commercial operator with set weekly departures.
MacRitchie / Rail Corridor
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6. NParks Guided Tours
The National Parks Board runs most of the free or low-cost guided nature walks on the island, and its guided-tours page is the best place to browse them. It describes group tours at Pasir Ris Park's mangrove boardwalk, the Chek Jawa wetlands on Pulau Ubin, Fort Canning, HortPark, Jurong Lake Gardens and the Botanic Gardens, and says many tours are mostly free, directing visitors to its events calendar. Separate event listings in 2026 cover mangrove walks, Rail Corridor heritage walks and a Sisters' Islands walk. Spaces on popular walks can be limited, so check each event page for registration. It works well as the baseline to check first, before deciding whether a private operator is worth paying for.
Pasir Ris / Pulau Ubin / Rail Corridor
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7. Let's Go Tour Singapore
Let's Go Tour Singapore, a travel company best known for city tours, also lists a nature and wildlife category. Its nature page describes two guided outings on Pulau Ubin: a Chek Jawa boardwalk tour covering wetland habitats such as coastal forest and seagrass lagoon, and a Pulau Ubin tour billed as the wild side of the island. Both are described as roughly two and a half hours, running daily with a minimum of two people, and led by what the site calls veteran or seasoned nature guides. This operator also appears in LocalRank's walking and heritage tour pages, but this entry concerns only its Ubin nature outings, which suit visitors wanting a guide without organising ferry logistics alone.
Pulau Ubin / Chek Jawa
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8. Tribe Tours
Tribe Tours is better known for neighbourhood walks, but its Southern Ridges Hiking Tour is the closest thing to a commercial guided hike in this list. The product page describes a morning route from HarbourFront that climbs through the Marang Trail to the ridge's high point, crosses Henderson Waves, and finishes at Labrador Nature Reserve to see an old fort and mangrove wetland. It says the tour runs about three and a half hours, needs at least four participants, and is recommended for ages sixteen and over with moderate fitness. Tribe Tours also appears in LocalRank's walking and heritage pages, but this entry covers only its hiking product, which suits visitors who want history alongside the trail.
Southern Ridges / HarbourFront
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9. Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum
The Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum at NUS lists a Sungei Buloh guided walk among its education programmes, aimed at school and public groups rather than individual walk-ins. Its page describes a two-hour walk centred on mangrove ecology and adaptation, with possible sightings of crabs, shore birds, mangrove trees and, with luck, crocodiles or otters. It states a minimum group of fifteen, one guide per fifteen to twenty participants, and an age range for participants, and gives a museum email and phone line for enquiries. The page shows no dated sessions, so confirm availability first. It is a fit for clubs, workplaces, school parents and community groups that can fill a booking.
Kent Ridge / Sungei Buloh
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How to choose
- Start with the habitat you want to see. Mangrove boardwalks, rocky or sandy intertidal flats, secondary forest at night and ridge-top trails each suit different operators. Check each organiser's own page for the routes it names, because a group that specialises in shorelines will not necessarily offer forest hiking.
- Match the format to your group. Some operators publish small-group ratios and welcome children, others run larger volunteer-led walks or require a minimum group size. Read the stated age guidance and group minimum on the provider's page first, and ask directly if you are bringing toddlers, seniors or anyone with mobility limits.
- Check dates before you plan around a walk. Tide-dependent intertidal outings, night walks and volunteer events run on published schedules that change by month, and some require an account or sign-up form. Look for a dated 2026 listing on the organiser's site rather than relying on an old blog post or listing.
- Compare free and paid options honestly. Public agencies and conservation societies often run low-cost or free walks with limited places, while private operators offer flexible dates and custom outings. We have not listed prices, so use each page to see what is included, such as guide, transport or equipment, before comparing.
- Ask practical questions before you book. Confirm what to wear, what happens in bad weather, how cancellations work and who leads the walk. Operators describe their own policies, so ask in writing, and remember that field sightings vary by season, tide and luck, so no outing can promise particular wildlife.
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Amir Wahab is the founder and editor of LocalRank, an independent Singapore rankings and local guides publication.
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