Asia's largest bird park and the successor to Jurong Bird Park, rebuilt 20 km north at Mandai. Eight walk-through aviaries, more than 3,500 birds, and $49 for an adult. Four of the nine zones are the reason to make the trip.
Prices and opening times checked with the operatorLast checked 2 Aug 2026
What it costs
What Bird Paradise actually is, and what it replaced
The successor to Jurong Bird Park, rebuilt 20 km north.
- Opened
- 8 May 2023, with Mandai Wildlife WEST
- Size
- 17 hectares
- Collection
- More than 3,500 birds, over 400 species
- Layout
- 8 large thematic walk-through aviaries
- Replaced
- Jurong Bird Park, closed 3 January 2023
Bird Paradise opened at Mandai as the direct successor to Jurong Bird Park, which shut its gates for good after 52 years and 41 million visitors. The birds moved north. If you remember the Lory Loft or the raptor show from a trip in the 1990s or 2000s, they are here, rebuilt, in a park with better shade and worse public transport.
Walk-through is the operative word. Most of the park is not glass and cages; you go inside the aviary and the birds are in the air around you. That is what makes it worth a ticket rather than a pleasant hour.
The verdict: who should buy this ticket
Bird Paradise is the most photogenic park in the reserve and the easiest one to enjoy without any effort.
Birds are awake in daylight, they are loud, and they are in the air at eye level. Where Singapore Zoo asks you to look across a moat and Night Safari asks you to look into the dark, Bird Paradise puts the animal three metres from your face and it is bright yellow.
Buy it
If you are travelling with children under ten, if anyone in the party takes photographs, or if you have already done the zoo on a previous trip and want the Mandai day to be different. The Lory Loft alone, where lorikeets land on your arm for a cup of nectar, will justify the trip for a family.
Skip it
If you have one day at Mandai and one only, and you have never been to Singapore Zoo — the zoo is the broader, more varied park and the better single choice. Also skip it if heat is a problem for you: the aviaries are shaded but the connecting paths are long and largely in the open, and there is more walking here than the map suggests.
Tickets, hours, and the pass question
Do the pass sums before you book. They swing between $10 and $98 an adult.
- Adult
- $49
- Child 3–12
- $34
- Resident 60+
- $25
- Under 3
- Free with a ticket-holding adult over 21
- Open
- Daily 9:00am–6:00pm
- Last entry
- 5:00pm
Six attractions count towards a Destination Pass: Singapore Zoo, River Wonders, Bird Paradise, Night Safari, Rainforest Wild Adventure and Exploria.
Bird Paradise against the rest of the reserve, standard non-resident rates
Singapore residents aged 60 and above pay $25 at Bird Paradise.
Bird Paradise + Night Safari
$107 as two singles against $88 on the 2 Attractions Pass, and it is the best-shaped Mandai day there is: birds in the morning light, a gap in the afternoon, nocturnal animals from six.
Bird Paradise + Singapore Zoo
$98 against $88, and it puts two long walking parks at opposite entrances into one day.
Bird Paradise + Rainforest Wild Adventure WEST
The low-effort pairing, because both are at the same WEST entrance and need no shuttle at all.
The zones, and the four that earn the walk
Nine listed zones. Four of them are the reason to come.
The current zones are Amazonian Jewels, Shaw Foundation Australian Outback, Rwanda Nyungwe Forest Heart of Africa, Hong Leong Foundation Crimson Wetlands, Kuok Group Wings of Asia, Lory Loft, Mysterious Papua, Ocean Network Express Penguin Cove and Songs of the Forest. Several carry sponsor names, so signage and maps will be longer than any list you have read elsewhere.
Lory Loft
First, and a direct rebuild of the Jurong Bird Park original. Loud enough that you hear the aviary before you enter it, and a nectar cup that turns you into a perch.
- Theme
- Lories, lorikeets and cockatoos
- Feeding
- 11:00am and 3:30pm
- Do it
- First, in the morning
The catchGo early; the birds are hungriest in the morning and the queue for nectar builds all day.
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Rwanda Nyungwe Forest Heart of Africa
The largest aviary in the park, and a genuinely dense canopy. This is the aviary where you should stop walking and stand still for five minutes.
- Size
- Largest aviary at Bird Paradise
- Theme
- Forested valleys of continental Africa
- Species
- Over 80 African species
- Planting
- Mature on-site trees kept in place
- Do it
- Second, straight after Lory Loft
Hong Leong Foundation Crimson Wetlands
The one people photograph: scarlet macaws flying across wetland planting and crimson blooms, with a waterfall behind.
- Theme
- Scarlet macaws over wetland planting
- Backdrop
- Waterfall
- Dining
- Crimson Restaurant, inside the aviary
- Do it
- Midday, over lunch
Crimson Restaurant sits inside it, which is the only place in the reserve where the view over lunch is macaws in flight.
Ocean Network Express Penguin Cove
One of the world's largest sub-Antarctic cold salt-water penguin habitats, and the park's heat shelter as well as an exhibit.
- Habitat
- Sub-Antarctic cold salt-water
- Climate
- Indoor, air-conditioned
- Do it
- Middle of the afternoon
Mysterious Papua
The quietest of the walk-throughs, and the one to save for when the park is full.
- Theme
- New Guinea rainforest
- Species
- Over 25 rainforest species
- Do it
- For quiet
Kuok Group Wings of Asia
Built as Balinese bamboo groves and rice terraces, and one of the four that fill in the geography rather than carry the visit.
- Theme
- Balinese bamboo groves and rice terraces
- Do it
- From three, on the way round
Shaw Foundation Australian Outback
Planted with eucalyptus, and another of the geography fillers rather than a stop you plan the day around.
- Planting
- Eucalyptus
- Species
- Around 30 species
- Do it
- From three, on the way round
Do first, in the morning
Lory Loft, then Rwanda Nyungwe Forest Heart of Africa.
For the photographs
Hong Leong Foundation Crimson Wetlands, for the scarlet macaws over water.
For the hottest hour
Ocean Network Express Penguin Cove, indoors and cold.
For quiet
Mysterious Papua and Songs of the Forest, the two least-visited walk-throughs.
Show times, and building a day around them
Two presentations run daily, both at the PropNex Sky Amphitheatre. Predators on Wings is the raptor show: eagles, hawks and owls flying over the audience. Wings of the World is the broader, more colourful one.
Bird Paradise daily timetable
| What | When | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Park opens | 9:00am | Mandai Wildlife WEST entrance |
| Predators on Wings | 10:30am and 2:30pm | PropNex Sky Amphitheatre |
| Wings of the World | 12:30pm and 5:00pm | PropNex Sky Amphitheatre |
| Lories and lorikeets feeding | 11:00am and 3:30pm | Lory Loft |
| Shorebird feeding | 10:00am and 4:30pm | Wetlands |
| Last entry | 5:00pm | Main entrance |
| Park closes | 6:00pm | - |
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9:00am, at opening
Lory Loft and Heart of Africa before 10:15am.
10:30am
Predators on Wings at the amphitheatre.
Midday
Crimson Wetlands, and lunch.
The hottest hours
Penguin Cove, through the worst of the heat.
From three
The remaining walk-throughs.
5:00pm
Wings of the World. Four and a half hours in total, and it does not involve backtracking.
Crimson Restaurant
Sits inside the Crimson Wetlands aviary.
Egg Splash Cafe
The coffee stop.
Penguin Cove Restaurant
Also operates as a hire venue, so it is worth checking it is open to walk-ins on your date. There is a restaurant at Central Plaza as well.
Getting to the WEST entrance, which is not the zoo entrance
There is no MRT station at Mandai. Four stations connect by bus.
This is where visitors lose half an hour, and it is entirely avoidable: Mandai Wildlife Reserve has two addresses.
- Bird Paradise
- Mandai Wildlife WEST, 20 Mandai Lake Road, Singapore 729825
- Also at WEST
- Rainforest Wild Adventure WEST
- At EAST
- 80 Mandai Lake Road — Singapore Zoo, River Wonders, Night Safari, Rainforest Wild Adventure EAST, Curiosity Cove, Exploria
- Warning
- WEST and EAST are different bus stops
Routes to Bird Paradise at Mandai Wildlife WEST
| From MRT | Service | Alight at | Fare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khatib (NS14) | M2 Khatib Bus, about 20 min | Mandai Wildlife WEST | $2.50 adult, $2.50 child 7-12, under 7 free |
| Springleaf (TE4) | Bus 138 | Opp Bird Paradise 48111 or Bird Paradise 48119 | Distance fare, continues your journey |
| Ang Mo Kio (NS16) | Bus 138 | Opp Bird Paradise 48111 or Bird Paradise 48119 | Distance fare, continues your journey |
| Choa Chu Kang (NS4) | Bus 927 | Opp Bird Paradise 48111 or Bird Paradise 48119 | Distance fare, continues your journey |
M2 Khatib Bus
Faster and simpler
- About 20 minutes from Khatib (NS14).
- $2.50 for an adult and $2.50 for a child aged 7 to 12, with under-7s free.
- Daily 8:30am to midnight, every 15 minutes.
- A private shuttle, so it is excluded from the transfer rules: the $2.50 is paid on top and it closes your fare journey.
- Also links EAST, WEST and the resort.
Public bus 138 or 927
Cheaper, and the reason is worth understanding
- Bus 138 from Ang Mo Kio (NS16) or Springleaf (TE4); bus 927 from Choa Chu Kang (NS4).
- Singapore charges one distance-based fare across a whole journey, so tapping onto bus 138 within 45 minutes of leaving the MRT adds cents to the fare you were already paying rather than starting a new one.
- An adult card fare on basic bus and train services starts at $1.28 and caps at $2.57 however far you travel.
The M2 is faster and simpler; bus 138 from Springleaf is cheaper. Both are defensible.
Two names on the map that are not there when you arrive
Winged Sanctuary is gone
Do not go looking for it. The nine zones you can walk include Songs of the Forest and a great hornbill habitat.
Kings of the Skies is retired
The two presentations at the PropNex Sky Amphitheatre are Predators on Wings and Wings of the World. Kings of the Skies belonged to Jurong Bird Park and closed with it.
What a local knows
The single most expensive mistake at Bird Paradise is the bus stop. Because the zoo has been the famous Mandai attraction for fifty years, drivers, hotel staff and older guides all default to the Singapore Zoo stop, 48131. That is Mandai Wildlife EAST, a separate address about a kilometre away along a road built for coaches rather than pedestrians. Bird Paradise is at Mandai Wildlife WEST and has its own stops, 48111 and 48119, and the free M1 shuttle that connects the two entrances does not start until 10:30am. Get off at the wrong stop on a 9:00am arrival and there is no shuttle yet to fix it.
Questions people actually ask
How much is Bird Paradise Singapore?
Standard admission is $49 for an adult and $34 for a child aged 3 to 12. Singapore residents aged 60 and above pay $25, and children under 3 enter free with a ticket-holding adult. It is priced the same as Singapore Zoo.
How many parks are there at Mandai, and which are where?
Six attractions count towards a Destination Pass: Singapore Zoo, River Wonders, Bird Paradise, Night Safari, Rainforest Wild Adventure and Exploria. Bird Paradise and the WEST zone of Rainforest Wild Adventure are at Mandai Wildlife WEST, 20 Mandai Lake Road. Everything else is at Mandai Wildlife EAST, 80 Mandai Lake Road, which is a separate entrance about a kilometre away.
Is Bird Paradise the same as Jurong Bird Park?
It is the replacement, not the same site. Jurong Bird Park closed permanently on 3 January 2023 after 52 years and the collection moved to Bird Paradise at Mandai. The Lory Loft was deliberately rebuilt to recreate the Jurong original.
Which bus stop is Bird Paradise?
Opp Bird Paradise, stop 48111, or Bird Paradise, stop 48119, both at Mandai Wildlife WEST. Do not get off at the Singapore Zoo stop, 48131; that is the EAST entrance and a different address.
How long do you need at Bird Paradise?
Four to five hours if you want both presentations and time standing still in the big aviaries. Three hours covers Lory Loft, Heart of Africa, Crimson Wetlands, Penguin Cove and one show, which is a fair visit if you have to be back in the city.
What time are the Bird Paradise shows?
Predators on Wings, the raptor presentation, is at 10:30am and 2:30pm. Wings of the World is at 12:30pm and 5:00pm. Both are at the PropNex Sky Amphitheatre. The 5:00pm slot is the least crowded and the light is best.
Can I do Bird Paradise and Night Safari on the same day?
Yes, and the 2 Attractions Pass at $88 makes it $19 cheaper than two singles. The catch is that they are at opposite entrances and the free M1 shuttle stops at 5:30pm, before Night Safari opens at 6:00pm. Use the M2 Khatib Bus to cross between WEST and EAST instead.
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