We took a boat to Kusu Island on the National Day holiday for a family picnic.
Splashing along the way to Kusu Island on a sunny morning (back in March). Photo taken with an Olympus E-450 with Zuiko Digital 40-150mm f/4-5.6 kit lens. Photo credit: John Tan.
We’d visited Kusu Island back in March on a weekday and found the island almost totally deserted, except for a few people manning the Chinese temple on the island, and a few fellow visitors that came on the same boat.
Getting to Kusu Island
A ferry runs regularly on a round trip from the Marina South Pier to St John’s Island to Kusu Island and then back to Marina South Pier.
On weekdays, there’re only two ferries a day, on Saturdays – three, while on Sundays and public holidays – there’re five a day.
Tickets are S$18 for adults and S$12 for children aged 1-12.
It was a wonderfully tranquil break and we resolved to come back again, properly armed with picnic basket and swim togs.
This time round however, the island was inundated with visitors.
The island seemed to be a popular destination for visitors from Myanmar, who are some of the most well-behaved tourists we have seen anywhere.
Despite the crowd, we had a good picnic on the beach, where the water was remarkably clean.
The Malay shrine atop the hill was also well-visited.
Tags: boat, island, Kusu, photography, photos, picnic, potd, travel, tyre, waves