VELTRA tours & activities, fun things to do

a real fun night out

Food in china town very ordinary, I personally did not enjoy being pedalled by another person - I felt it a bit demeaning for the pedaller but it was a very different experience. Loved the ferry ride. Loved the Orchid garden. Hated Little India - a waste of time with only a very short walk for the time allowed. A well planned snapshot of Singapore.

My sister and I really enjoyed this tour! You get a hit of history as the coach takes you to the first stop and you score a fan with your name in chinese characters on it, and the bloke there is so sweet. Then you get about half an hour at the Chinatown markets - this is a nice taster but nowhere near long enough to do them properly, if you're a market junkie like me, but quite enough if you're not. Then you all meet up for dinner at a local chinese restaurant which is lovely and clean and blessedly air conditioned! For a table of about 10 you all get a bowl of soup, a bowl of rice and there are three platters to share. We had sweet and sour pork, a sizzling dish of ginger chicken and a massive plate of broccoli. There was plenty to eat (if you're a normal eater). Then you're packed into a whole string of little trishaws (2 to a trishaw) and then you race off through the streets of Chinatown and beyond (in the traffic!) to Clarke Quay. There are a few heart-stopping traffic moments, and the trishaws all play different music and have disco lights. This was my favourite bit! It was awesome fun! They all overtake each other and make it really exciting. Then you all board a very schmick river cruise boat and have a guided tour of the sights of the Singapore River. There are some really interesting facts to learn, without being boring or overdone and the architecture is stunning when seen at night from the river. It was a great way to wind down and finish the tour in a very relaxed way. Then you all get ferried home in little buses. Loved it! Will do it again!

I would have given the market and dinner a miss probably but very much enjoyed the trishaw ride and the boat trip with very interesting audio guide along the river. Seeing the Marina Sands Harbour area all lit up and the laser show and water foundtions etc. was a highlight for me!

A great fun night-our guide was really nice and knowledgeable and would certainly recommend it as a night out

The food for dinner was pretty average but on the whole we enjoyed the experience.It was easy for mum who dosnt get around too well, The lift to the restaurant was a good tip.I have done this tour before and the lift wasn't mentioned.

Perhaps the only area we felt could be improved was the Chinese Meal. The food was fine but just not enough . maybe just a couple more main dishes on the tables of 8 . We did the round island trip and the meal was far superior

Once we eventually joined the rest of the group it was enjoyable. We were not picked up as the tour group people did not have our booking claiming that we should have been on tour in June, even though we only made a booking in September the direct staff we dealt with on the phone were very abrupt claiming that we did not have a booking, suddenly they found our booking after 1/2hr of denying we even had a booking. They tried to reschedule us but our time was allocated, we were then picked up joining the rest of the tour and missed out on the initial part of the night. The guy who was running the night however was very apologetic and for some reason had our names on the list. It was a bit disappointing but the night itself was enjoyable and fun.