Sembawang Hot Spring Park

Singapore's only natural hot spring, channelled into a public cascading foot bath.

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Baignade: Extérieur
Fondé en: 1909

On the northern edge of Singapore, a single natural hot spring rises in what is now a small NParks park. The water is led into a four-tier cascade so it cools as it descends: visitors collect it in buckets, soak their feet at the lower tiers, and — a long-standing local habit — cook eggs at the hottest one.

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Pourquoi y aller

It is the only natural hot spring on Singapore's main island and one of the city's most unselfconscious public rituals, free and used almost entirely by locals.

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L'eau

Eau thermale

Source: Sembawang spring
Minéralisation: Sulphate- and bicarbonate-bearing mineral water
Caractère: Water rises at around 70°C and is stepped through a four-tier cascade so it cools enough for foot soaking at the lower levels.

Histoire

The spring was discovered on a pineapple plantation in 1909 and its water was later bottled commercially. The site sat within a military base for decades, with informal bathing continuing at a standpipe, before the land was returned and the present park, designed around the cascade, opened in January 2020.

Informations pratiques

Free and open daily from early morning; there is no immersion bathing — only foot soaking and buckets. Water at the top tier is hot enough to scald, so use the cooler lower tiers.

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