A few kilometres south of Singapore lies a secret beach with clear waters and white sands on St John's Island, one of the country's many beautiful offshore islands.
This popular day trip destination (previously known as Pulau Sakijang Bendera) was once a quarantine centre for immigrants coming into Singapore who had cholera, beri-beri and leprosy; it was later used to house political prisoners and drug rehabilitators. (You can still see the high barbed-wire fences!)
Today, there are tons to do there, on land and beyond its shores:
- JOIN A GUIDED NATURE WALK
- HIT THE BEACH
- EXPLORE FURTHER
- BOOK AN ISLAND STAY
- BOOK A PRIVATE YACHT
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