Seven nights that take in Singapore and its islands, two nights at sea on a short cruise out of Marina Bay, then the coach up the peninsula for Kuala Lumpur and Batu Caves.
Two countries and a sea leg in one trip. You start with three nights in Singapore — Gardens by the Bay, the Marina Bay waterfront, Sentosa and the older streets of Little India and Chinatown — then board a short cruise from the Marina Bay Cruise Centre for two nights. Back on land, the coach runs north up the peninsula, stopping at Putrajaya, and you finish with two nights in Kuala Lumpur for the Petronas Towers, Batu Caves and Merdeka Square.
Airport transfers, the cross-border coach, all hotel nights, the cruise cabin and the guided sightseeing days are arranged. This is the entry-level category, so the hotels are clean, central three-star properties rather than resorts, and the entrance tickets that are included are listed plainly below — Universal Studios and the rest are yours to add if you want them.
The essentials
Trip information
Package code
EH08SM001
Pickup
Changi Airport, Singapore
Drop
Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia
Night count
07 Nights, 08 Days
Travellers
6 pax
Vehicle
Air-conditioned Coach (AC)
At a glance
Itinerary highlights
Day 1Arrive in Singapore
Day 2Marina Bay, the gardens and the old quarters
Day 3A day on Sentosa Island
Day 4Board the ship at Marina Bay
Day 5A full day at sea
Day 6Disembark and travel north to Kuala Lumpur
Day 7Full day in Kuala Lumpur
Day 8Check out and fly home
Your route, day by day
Day-by-day itinerary
Singapore
A city state at the tip of the Malay peninsula, small enough to cross by train in under an hour.
Day 1
Arrive in Singapore
You are met at Changi and driven into the city. Before you leave the airport it is worth walking across to Jewel, the domed complex between the terminals, to see the indoor waterfall. Nothing else is scheduled today — the hotel is beside Bugis MRT and the hawker centres nearby are the easy first dinner.
Starts from Changi Airport, Singapore, ends at Hotel Bugis Junction, covering around 20 km in an estimated 40m.
Sightseeing
Jewel Changi and the Rain VortexOpen 10 AM – 10 PMAllow 90 min
A glass dome linking the Changi terminals, built around the tallest indoor waterfall in the world. Water drops through an oculus in the roof into a forest of terraced planting, and walkways spiral around it on every level.
See the Rain Vortex from the lower deck
Walk the forest valley terraces
Watch the light and sound show after dark
Marina Bay
The reclaimed waterfront where modern Singapore put its skyline, its gardens and its viewpoints.
Day 2
Marina Bay, the gardens and the old quarters
A full day around the bay. You start at Merlion Park for the classic view across the water, go up to the SkyPark deck on top of Marina Bay Sands, then spend the afternoon in Gardens by the Bay. On the way back the coach runs through Little India and Chinatown, and you are at the Supertree Grove for the evening light show.
Based at Hotel Bugis Junction, covering around 30 km in an estimated 9h 00m.
Sightseeing
Merlion ParkOpen all dayAllow 45 min
The eight-metre lion-headed fish that has been the city's emblem since the 1970s, standing on the promenade at the mouth of the Singapore River and spouting into the bay. The view across the water to Marina Bay Sands is the postcard shot.
Photograph the statue and the skyline
Walk the riverside promenade to the Esplanade
Cross the Jubilee Bridge
Marina Bay Sands SkyParkOpen 11 AM – 9 PMAllow 60 min
The observation deck on the boat-shaped platform bridging the three hotel towers, about two hundred metres up. It looks out over the bay, the gardens below and the container ships queuing offshore.
Look down on the Supertree Grove
See the shipping lanes from the north edge
Time it for late afternoon light
Gardens by the BayOpen 9 AM – 9 PMAllow 180 min
A hundred hectares of reclaimed land turned into gardens, with two cooled conservatories — the Flower Dome and the Cloud Forest, which has an indoor mountain and a thirty-five-metre waterfall. Outside, the Supertrees are vertical gardens that double as the venue's cooling and lighting.
Both conservatories on the included ticket
Cloud Forest waterfall and treetop walk
Garden Rhapsody light show after dark
Little India and ChinatownOpen all dayAllow 90 min
Two of the old ethnic quarters, both still working neighbourhoods rather than museums. Little India has the Sri Veeramakaliamman temple and the Tekka market; Chinatown has Sri Mariamman, the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and a street market in the shophouse lanes.
Sri Veeramakaliamman temple
Buddha Tooth Relic Temple
Eat at a hawker centre
Sentosa
The resort island off the south coast, reached by a cable car strung across the harbour.
Day 3
A day on Sentosa Island
Across to Sentosa on the cable car from Mount Faber, with the harbour and the container port underneath you. The island is where the beaches and the attractions are, and the day is deliberately loose — Universal Studios takes most of a day if you buy the ticket, otherwise the beaches, the Skyline luge and the boardwalk fill it easily.
Based at Hotel Bugis Junction, covering around 25 km in an estimated 9h 00m.
Sightseeing
Singapore Cable CarOpen 8:45 AM – 10 PMAllow 45 min
The line runs from Mount Faber down over Keppel Harbour to Sentosa, hanging above the shipping channel the whole way. It is the best overhead view of the port in the city.
Ride the harbour line to Sentosa
Photograph the port from the cabin
Take the island line at Merlion station
Universal Studios Singapore (optional)Open 10 AM – 7 PMAllow Full day
A film-studio theme park at Resorts World with seven themed zones, from Ancient Egypt to Sci-Fi City and the Jurassic Park rapids. The entrance ticket is not part of this package — tell us in advance and we will arrange it.
Battlestar Galactica duelling coasters
Transformers ride
Jurassic Park rapids adventure
Siloso Beach and the Sentosa boardwalkOpen all dayAllow 120 min
The busiest of the three man-made beaches on Sentosa's south shore, looking out at the anchored freighters. A boardwalk runs the length of it past the beach bars, and the Skyline luge track comes down to the same stretch.
Swim or sit on the sand
Ride the Skyline luge
Walk the boardwalk at sunset
Marina Bay Cruise Centre
The deep-water cruise terminal on the south side of the bay, where the short-itinerary ships sail from.
Day 4
Board the ship at Marina Bay
Check out after breakfast and transfer to the Marina Bay Cruise Centre. Boarding takes a few hours — passports and immigration are handled at the terminal — and the ship sails in the late afternoon. Once your cabin opens, the rest of the day is deck time, the muster drill and dinner on board.
Starts from Hotel Bugis Junction, ends at Marina Bay Cruise Ship, covering around 12 km in an estimated 30m.
Sightseeing
Sail-away from SingaporeLate afternoonAllow 90 min
The ship leaves through one of the busiest shipping straits in the world, so the top deck is worth being on. The Singapore skyline stays in view for a good while after departure.
Watch the departure from the top deck
Find your muster station
Book any on-board shows for the evening
At sea
A day with no port call, spent entirely on the ship.
Day 5
A full day at sea
Nothing is scheduled ashore today. The pools, deck sports, cinema and evening shows are all part of the fare; the spa, drinks packages and speciality restaurants are charged to your cabin account and settled when you disembark. Some sailings call at a nearby port instead — the ship publishes the final itinerary a few weeks before departure.
Based at Marina Bay Cruise Ship.
Sightseeing
On-board facilitiesThrough the dayAllow Full day
Deck pools, a promenade circuit, a theatre with a nightly production show and children's clubs on the larger ships. The daily programme is delivered to the cabin the night before.
Deck pools and sun terraces
Evening theatre show
Walk the promenade circuit
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia's capital, built where two rivers meet and now defined by the towers standing over the old colonial core.
Day 6
Disembark and travel north to Kuala Lumpur
Disembark in the morning, settle any on-board account and meet the coach at the terminal. The drive north takes most of the day, with the land border crossing at Johor where everyone gets off with their luggage for immigration on both sides. You stop at Putrajaya on the approach to the city and reach Bukit Bintang in the evening.
Starts from Marina Bay Cruise Ship, ends at Hotel Bukit Bintang Central, covering around 360 km in an estimated 9h 00m.
Sightseeing
PutrajayaOpen 9 AM – 6 PMAllow 90 min
Malaysia's administrative capital, built from scratch in the 1990s on marshland south of Kuala Lumpur. The government buildings sit around a man-made lake, with the rose-coloured Putra Mosque and the Perdana Putra office on the square above it.
See the Putra Mosque from the square
Walk the lakeside promenade
Photograph the Seri Wawasan bridge
Day 7
Full day in Kuala Lumpur
An early start for Batu Caves before the heat, then back into the city for Merdeka Square and the old railway buildings. The afternoon is at KL Tower for the view, and the day ends at KLCC park with the Petronas Towers lit up over the fountains.
Based at Hotel Bukit Bintang Central, covering around 50 km in an estimated 9h 00m.
Sightseeing
Batu CavesOpen 7 AM – 9 PMAllow 120 min
A limestone hill north of the city with a Hindu shrine to Murugan set inside a cavern at the top. Two hundred and seventy-two painted steps climb past a forty-metre gilded statue, and macaques work the whole staircase.
Climb the painted staircase
See the temple in the main cavern
Keep bags closed against the monkeys
Merdeka SquareOpen all dayAllow 60 min
The field where Malaysian independence was declared in 1957, edged by the Moorish-style Sultan Abdul Samad building and the old cricket club. The confluence of the Klang and Gombak rivers that gave the city its name is a short walk away.
See the Sultan Abdul Samad facade
Walk to the river confluence mosque
Photograph the flagpole and the square
KL TowerOpen 9 AM – 10 PMAllow 75 min
A communications tower on Bukit Nanas with an observation deck around three hundred metres up. Because it stands on a hill it looks down on the Petronas Towers rather than up at them, which makes it the better viewpoint of the two.
Observation deck and sky box
Look across at the Petronas Towers
Walk the forest reserve at the base
Petronas Twin Towers and KLCC ParkOpen 9 AM – 9 PMAllow 120 min
The eighty-eight-storey twin towers, joined by a skybridge on the forty-first and forty-second floors and still the tallest twin structures anywhere. The park at their base has a lake with a fountain show that runs several times each evening.
See the fountain show after dark
Photograph the towers from the park lake
Skybridge tickets on request
Day 8
Check out and fly home
Breakfast, then check out by 12 noon. The coach takes you to KLIA — allow three hours before an international departure, and check which terminal your airline uses, as the two are several minutes apart by shuttle train. If your flight is late in the day we can usually hold the room a little longer, just ask.
Starts from Hotel Bukit Bintang Central, ends at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, covering around 60 km in an estimated 1h 15m.
Airport pick-up and drop
× 2
Cruise terminal transfers at Marina Bay
× 2
Cross-border coach, Singapore to Kuala Lumpur
Full-day guided sightseeing
× 3
The fine print, clearly
What’s included
Inclusions
Three nights in Singapore and two nights in Kuala Lumpur in the selected hotel category.
Two nights on board in an inside cabin, with all main meals in the ship dining rooms.
Daily breakfast at both hotels.
All transfers and sightseeing by air-conditioned coach, including the cross-border run to Kuala Lumpur.
Entry to Gardens by the Bay conservatories, the Marina Bay Sands SkyPark observation deck and the Sentosa cable car.
Guided city sightseeing in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur as per the itinerary.
Driver allowance, fuel, toll, parking and border-crossing road charges.
Exclusions
International airfare, and the sector between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur if you choose to fly it.
Singapore and Malaysia visa or travel-authorisation fees, including any agency charges.
Travel insurance of any kind.
Theme-park tickets not explicitly included, such as Universal Studios Singapore, the Night Safari, the Singapore Flyer and Genting attractions.
Port taxes, service charges, gratuities, drinks and shore excursions on the cruise, all payable on board.
Lunch and dinner on land days, and anything ordered outside the included meals.
Personal expenses such as laundry, tips, porterage and shopping.
Good to know
Policies
Payment policy
50% of the package cost is needed at the time of booking to confirm it.
The remaining 50% must be cleared at least 30 days before departure, as the cruise line closes its manifest early.
Peak season (the summer school holidays and the Christmas–New Year weeks) needs full payment at booking.
The booking is confirmed only once the advance payment reaches us and the cabin is ticketed.
Payment by bank transfer or UPI.
Cancellation policy
0–15 days before departure: 100% of the booking amount is charged.
16–30 days before departure: 70% of the booking amount is charged.
31–45 days before departure: 30% of the booking amount is charged.
The cruise line applies its own cancellation scale and it is usually stricter than the land portion.
No refund for unused nights, a missed sailing or an early check-out.
Peak season (20 December – 5 January): no refund on cancellation.
Important information
Indian passport holders need to arrange entry for both countries before travel — Malaysia has run visa-free entry for Indian nationals and Singapore requires an electronic arrival card, but both rules change often, so check the current requirement before booking flights.
Your passport must be valid for at least six months beyond the date you arrive, with blank pages for the land border stamps.
Cruise port taxes, service charges and crew gratuities are payable on board and are not part of the package.
The ship asks for check-in at the Marina Bay Cruise Centre several hours before sailing, and the gangway closes well before departure — a late arrival is a missed sailing with no refund.
The coach to Kuala Lumpur crosses a land border and everyone gets off with their luggage for immigration at both sides; allow the best part of a day for the journey.
Singapore fines littering, chewing gum and eating on the MRT, and both countries are strict about drugs — carry prescription medicines in their original packaging with the prescription.
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