Live Tortoise and Turtle Museum @ Chinese Garden on Weekend~!

Despite the fact that I'm a Singaporean, I only know that there is a turtle/tortoise museum @ Chinese Garden 2 weeks ago from the internet. So I asked my brother and cousin along on a weekend day for something out of the norm despite that I am not a reptile lover myself.

For a start, please note that the Chinese Garden is currently run by JTB and not by Npark so you will not be able to find much needed information on the Chinese Garden. 

Read from the article that this is a private collector in Singapore who come to love turle and tortoise so he collects turtle/tortoise related items and keeps live turtle/tortoise as a hobby. Some of the turtles are actually rescued/abandon/surrendered by the previous owners. 

(Source : Map from Turtle/Tortoise Museum website)

Directions: From the Chinese Garden Mrt, walk the path that will lead you to the 7 storey pagoda. After passing the bridge and reaching the 7 storey pagoda, turn on your right and you will see 7 stone statues from different parts of China History. Further down the path will lead you to a mini lake within Chinese garden. Continue walking while keep right, until you reach the museum. 

The guide said it is a 5 mins walk from the MRT without stopping. For us, the leisure group, it took us 20mins slow walk while chatting and snapping photos along the way.

Understand from the staff that the animals are fed once a day towards 5.30pm and they really encourage you to try feeding some of the animals except for the alligator snapping tortotise and the turtles that are swimming in the tanks.

**There are originally rumors that the museum is closing down but after speaking to the staff, they told me that the owner managed to extend the contract for another 2 years.**

Beside the museum, I really encourage tourist to come early to enjoy the Chinese garden and Japanese garden. They are a pretty good getaway from the urban city. :)

Hope this update is good for people who want to do something different on a weekend in Jurong Chinese Gardens!

Some Interesting Details to note (extracted from JTB; Turtle/Tortoise Museum):

Total Chinese Garden land size : 13.5-hectares

Opening Hours of Chinese Garden : Daily 6am - 11pm 

Admission : Free

Opening Hours of Turtle/Tortoise Museum : Daily 9 am till 6 pm 

Admission: $5/adult (My apologies but I didn't jolt down the price for children under 12)

Contact Museum Tel: (+65) 6268 5363/6271 1846

Good and cheap food around Chinese Garden MRT:
Yuhua Market & Hawker Centre
347 Jurong East Avenue 1
Singapore 600347

Photos will be uploaded later...