Changi Beach Park to Bay Point Walk

By Vicky · Published Mar. 6th, 2022 · Updated Sep. 3rd, 2023

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Explore Singapore’s South East Coast on this coastal walk by the water from Changi Beach Park to Changi Bay Point while admiring birds and Malaysian Islands.

Changi Beach Park & Bay Point Hiking Map

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Location

This coastal walk starts from Changi Village Bus Terminal. Take a bus there from Tampines East MRT station on the blue Downtown Line. The walk ends at Opp SAF Ferry Bus Stop, roughly 1.5 km to the east of Changi Village Bus Terminal. From here you can take buses back to the MRT station or elsewhere. Or, walk another 1.5 km to return to Changi Village Bus Terminal and the Hawker Centre next door.

From the bus stop in Changi Village Bus Terminal, we first walked around the neighbouring hawker centre and left towards Changi Point Bridge.

Changi Beach Park

The bridge leads across the still water into Changi Beach Park. To the left, you can see the ferry terminal with all the little boats waiting to go to Pulau Ubin.

Once across the bridge, head left to walk around the outside of Changi Beach Park, right next to the water. At low tide, there will be much more sand and a more extensive beach than at high tide. At the end of the park, there is a sculpture of a giant hand, with the beach, sea and Pulau Ubin in the distance.

Bend right to continue walking along the beach. Keep an eye out for birds – there are often white cockatoos and large Oriental Pied Hornbills swooping low. This park is popular with fishermen, and you may have to duck to avoid their lines strung into the water. Families also enjoy visiting this park for a picnic underneath the trees.

It’s possible to swim in the water here, though it’s a bit dirty and there is quite a lot of trash littering the beaches in Changi Beach Park.

Changi Coastal Track

As you approach a jetty, the park narrows and you continue by the water on the Changi Coastal Track. Roughly 500 metres later, the park starts again. The park is narrower here and you can choose to either walk along the Coastal Track – a paved track in the trees, or along the beach itself. However, if it’s high tide, the beach becomes very narrow.

The coast here is very nice as it’s lined with many trees with more of a wilderness feel than the first section of Changi Beach Park. On your left, you can see across the ocean to the islands of Singapore and Malaysia. After a bit over 1 kilometre, you’ll reach some barbecue areas and the end of Changi Beach Park. Head towards the road and you’ll reach a Park Connector leading to Changi Bay Point.

Changi Bay Point

This park has been very popular since it opened in January 2022. The Park Connector first leads alongside a road before cutting back to the coastline. The track is tarred and very wide, allowing groups of cyclists and pedestrians to pass both ways.

It can look quite different here between low and high tide. The beaches are much larger at low tide and almost disappear when the tide is high. Whenever you go, there’s a lot of trash around the path here and on the beaches. There are several nice benches dotted along the route where you can sit and admire the trash.

At Changi Point itself, there’s a raised wooden walkway from where there are views across to Malaysia and over a sandy bay on the Singapore shoreline. Roughly 500 metres further there’s another boardwalk over the beach or ocean, depending on the tide. Just behind the short section of the boardwalk is a toilet block.

Heading Back

This boardwalk is the far point of the hike and you should now return the same way you came. If you continue, you have to walk a long way (10.5 km) next to a road without any views until you reach the next bus stop at Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal.

On your return, you can walk some slightly different trails through Changi Beach Park. The first bus stop you reach that has buses on weekends is Opp SAF Ferry Bus Stop, roughly 1.5 km to the east of Changi Village Bus Terminal. You can either take the bus from here or continue walking another 1.5 km to return to Changi Village Bus Terminal. There is a hawker centre here to refuel after your hike.

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Want to see more of the East Coast of Singapore? Check out our hiking trails in Pasir Ris or Coney Island. For other hiking ideas check out our Singapore Hiking page.

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