Historic Hill Tour: Discover Singapore's Origins
4.9
95 Ratings
Singapore

Uncover the secrets of Fort Canning Hill in Singapore, where ancient civilizations and modern history converge. Explore graves, a colonial fort, and relive a pivotal battle in this thrilling journey through time.

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Fort Canning Park - Discover the world-changing story of a humble spice. Visit graves, a colonial fort and re-live one of the most important battles in history.
  • Keramat Sultan Iskandar Shah - Hear stories of rulers who commanded from the hill and the empire-builders who were buried on its slopes.
What's Included
  • Licensed guide fluent in English
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Food and drinks
Additional Information

Tread lightly, for treasures lie beneath a historic hill in the heart of the city - the spot where both 14th century Singapura and modern Singapore were born. Trace the rise and fall of great empires. Hear stories of rulers who commanded from the hill and the empire-builders who were buried on its slopes. Discover the world-changing story of a humble…

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Location
Fort Canning Centre
Cox Terrace
Start your tour at Fort Canning Centre (5 Cox Terrace, Fort Canning Park)
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Carolinedl1398iq
Mar 24, 2025
Excellent tour - We took this tour on a Saturday morning which was very enjoyable. It covered the canning hill area of Singapore and went through the history of the area. It’s well worth doing this tour.
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Liam_p
Feb 4, 2025
Fantastic tour with an excellent guide - Excellent tour. Helena was very knowledgeable and I really enjoyed the tour. Would highly recommend it
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E7323vvdavidb
Jan 26, 2025
Guns Graves and Battles - Wui Wui was our guide and was very good. Fort Canning is an interesting site covering in well paced segments all of Singapore history with the main segment being that of WWII. That said don’t expect it to be full of WWII stuff, as stated before it covers more than that, but the WWII segment is very interesting and well explained. 2.5 hours with a break half way sounds a lot but it’s doable as you are not sprinting around! Enjoyable.
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Susan_b
Dec 8, 2024
Very good tour - Provided a lot of insight into the early periods of Singapore and the colonial period. The guide was very informative
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W5825yzkevinc
Nov 18, 2024
A great experience in Singapore. If you have the time, well worth it. - A wonderful experience, the last days of the defence of Singapore against the invading Japanese army are recreated here. It's a sobering and well prepared display. The cafe on the top of the hill is also worth a visit!
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Marygree
Sep 14, 2024
Fort Channing Hill - Our guide Helena was very engaging. Her knowledge of the Singapore history and the way she explained it was very understandable.
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Gerald
Aug 27, 2024
Historical sites of Fortifications and Graves - This is a very interesting and amazing part of Fort Carring that is part of very early colonial history in a U shape wall graves and a enclosure of some existing structures inside, this is the first time l have seen this in my 8 trips to the area , The history of Fortifications and Buildings are part of the original site
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Yourcandy143
Aug 8, 2024
surreal - its nice kinda bit scarey because your going to feel it how its like to be in the war its really effective like you reallt time travel going back to the past the experience is surreal im happy the maintain it well and the worker there is so nice no time limite you can stay as long as you want
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Andyck964cg
Aug 5, 2024
Detailed, Passionate and Personal Experience - Me and my mum had a fantastic tour with our guide Wui Wui. Her passion for the local history of Singapore shone through every minute and was infectious. She had a warm and friendly disposition that made the two and half hours fly by. The location is fantastic and you'll get an overview of the whole history of Singapore from the 1200s-present. Again, Wui Wui really impressed us on a personal level and can heartly recommend.
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Charlescl3082pb
Jul 24, 2024
We had a very interesting morning - We had a tour of Fort Canning Hill and had a great tour guide her name was Nancy , she was very good about Singapore history very informative, we had a great morning.
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