singaporecity360° River Wonders
River Wonders, renamed from River Safari in 2021, is the river-themed wildlife park inside Mandai Wildlife Reserve, built around species that live in the world's great rivers — the Amazon, the Nile, the Yangtze and the Ganges among them.
FORMERLY: River Safari renamed River Wonders in the Oct 2021 Mandai Wildlife Group rebrand. Verified via mandai.com, 2026-07-31.
Should you go?
Paid admission with a cheaper Singapore-resident rate. The Amazon River Quest boat is a S$5 extra on top, which catches people out.
Daily 9am–6pm
cheapest single exhibition, non-peak
1 exhibition on · SC360 estimate
No timed slot for general admission, and booking online is where the resident rate is applied. One thing does need advance action: seats for Once Upon a River are booked online and open only two hours before each showing.
last entry 5pm
River Wonders is the one Mandai wildlife park with no complimentary tram or shuttle. The Zoo, Night Safari and Bird Paradise all include one; here you walk.
Its best-known residents are the giant pandas Kai Kai and Jia Jia, housed in a climate-controlled habitat, and the boat ride through an Amazon-style enclosure that lets manatees and river fish swim past at close range. It's open 10am–7pm daily and sits next to Singapore Zoo and Night Safari inside the same reserve, so combined tickets across two or three parks usually cost less than paying for each separately.
Because it swapped its old English name for the current one relatively recently, anyone searching “River Safari” is looking for the same park.
The panda habitat and the river boat ride both draw queues that build through the afternoon — visiting either in the first hour after opening avoids the worst of the wait, especially on weekends.
On right now, and what each ticket costs
Paid admission with a cheaper Singapore-resident rate. The Amazon River Quest boat is a S$5 extra on top, which catches people out. Flip the stubs to your rate; every price includes the resident lines most sites leave out.
Mandai calls this the tourist price — its own heading reads "Admission Prices for Non-Residents".
The Amazon River Quest boat is NOT included — S$5 per rider, minimum height 1.06m. There is no tram or shuttle here.
| TICKET | TOURIST | RESIDENT |
|---|---|---|
| Adult | S$45 | S$35 |
| Child | S$33 | S$26 |
| Local student | — | S$26 |
| Senior | — | S$25 |
| Adult | S$45 | S$40 |
| Child | S$33 | S$29 |
| Local student | — | S$29 |
| Senior | — | S$25 |
| Adult | S$5 | S$5 |
| Child | S$5 | S$5 |
| Adult | S$5 | S$5 |
| Child | S$5 | S$5 |
What will your group pay?
Switch with the chips above the ticket stubs — everything updates together.
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What you should be paying
Ticket resellers earn a commission on what they sell you. We sell nothing, so here is the operator's own price — compare before you buy.
S$45
for River Wonders admission, straight from the operator's own price table.
Anything above S$45 is a markup. A reseller can be genuinely cheaper — some run below the gate price to win the booking — but you now know which side of the line you are on. Check the total at checkout, not the headline.
See it on the operator's own page →S$10
22% off River Wonders admission: S$35 instead of S$45, on every adult ticket.
This is wider than most people think. Requires free WildPass membership. Mandai's own wording: Singapore citizens, permanent residents, and holders of an Employment Pass, Work Permit or Dependant's Pass aged 15 and above with a valid Singpass account. Sign-up is verified through Singpass MyInfo. Online you enter your WildPass-registered email; at the counter you may be asked for ID. Non-transferable, and it cannot be stacked with other promotions.
S$18/hr
S$45 for River Wonders admission over about 2.5 hours, or S$14/hr at the resident rate. Our estimate. Mandai publishes no recommended duration. The duration is our estimate, not the operator's.
Rain, heat, and what to do about it
Live readings and forecasts from NEA. Four days is the limit — past that, nobody is forecasting, they are showing you an average.
Southwest Monsoon
June to September
Short, sharp early-morning showers and occasional squall lines. Drier overall than the northeast wet phase.
The other good window. Rain tends to arrive early and clear, leaving usable afternoons. This is also when haze can occur, which is worth checking rather than assuming.
Plan your River Wonders stop
Straight-line distance from the three places a visitor has already heard of.
15km
north-west
12km
north-west
23km
west
River Wonders, in every light
Nearby, on foot
In Mandai Wildlife Reserve — close enough to collect on the same trip out.
Contains information from Tourist Attractions accessed on 2026-08-01 from data.gov.sg, made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0.