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Pulau Ubin

Pulau Ubin, northeast of Singapore’s main island, combines an inhabited village, shrines, flooded quarries and the coastal wetlands of Chek Jawa. A visit brings together landscape, extractive history and ecosystems shaped by the tide.

Pulau Ubin
Photo by William Cho Source: Wikimedia Commons Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
The place

What makes it special

  • Chek Jawa brings together sandy and rocky shores, seagrass, mangroves and coastal forest.
  • The village, temples and quarries reveal the island’s human history.
  • The Sensory Trail offers a more contained option around the island centre.
Lake and regrown vegetation at former Pekan Quarry, Pulau Ubin.
Photo by Alexey Komarov Source: Wikimedia Commons Licence: CC BY 3.0
Bumboat at Pulau Ubin public jetty with the village behind.
Photo by Alexey Komarov Source: Wikimedia Commons Licence: CC BY 3.0
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Pulau Ubin

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Lake and regrown vegetation at former Pekan Quarry, Pulau Ubin.

Pulau Ubin, Chek Jawa and the history beneath Singapore’s paths

A day on Pulau Ubin links the jetty, former granite-quarry landscapes and the wetlands of Chek Jawa without treating the island as a rural postcard.

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Profile updated: 13/09/2026