Driving onto Sentosa: what to know
Vehicles enter Sentosa via the Sentosa Gateway. At the gantry, Sentosa Development Corporation collects an admission charge on every vehicle; it is deducted automatically through the vehicle’s on-board unit, or paid at the gantry counter.
- Cars and taxis: the admission charge varies with the time of arrival on the island; like parking, it follows what the quote and our terms and conditions provide.
- Minibuses and coaches: a flat charge applies to those arriving at the gantry without prior arrangement; for a group or an event, mention it in your request.
- Parking: the island has car parks at Beach Station, Imbiah, Tanjong Beach, Palawan Beach and Sentosa Cove Village; with a chauffeur by the hour, your chauffeur can wait there between stops.
The admission charges are set by Sentosa Development Corporation, which publishes them on its website; they may change.
The beaches: Siloso, Palawan, Tanjong
According to Sentosa Development Corporation, the island’s three beaches, Siloso, Palawan and Tanjong, stretch along two kilometres of its southern coast, about fifteen minutes from the city. A free tram links them from Beach Station.
Siloso is the beach for activities and beach sports; Palawan, with its calm lagoons, suits a family day, and a suspension bridge leads from it to the islet that Sentosa describes as the southernmost point of continental Asia; Tanjong, at the southern end of the coast, is quieter. Your chauffeur drops you as close as possible to the beach you choose and agrees a time and a pick-up point with you.
Fort Siloso and the island’s history
At Siloso Point, Fort Siloso was built by the British in the 1880s and remained in service through the Second World War. It now houses a military museum, with its original coastal guns and tunnels, and a 181 m walkway through the treetops. According to Sentosa, it is open daily from 10 am to 6 pm, with free entry.
Universal Studios Singapore, the Oceanarium and the island’s hotels
Sentosa is also home to Universal Studios Singapore, the Singapore Oceanarium and Resorts World Sentosa. Book your tickets with the attraction concerned and give us your entry time: the departure time is set accordingly.
If you are staying at a hotel on the island, your chauffeur collects you there and brings you back; the admission charge applies each time a vehicle enters the island.
A day on Sentosa, then the journey back
A trip out to sea can be arranged on request. It is carried out by the operator chosen, under its own licence; your chauffeur drops you at the embarkation point and collects you there on your return: see yacht, helicopter and jet.
In the evening, your chauffeur drives you back to your hotel, in Marina Bay or elsewhere in the city, or to the airport. If your stay continues, the same request can cover the following days.
What to tell us
- your pick-up and return addresses;
- the time of your table or your tickets, if booked;
- the place and time of embarkation, if a trip out to sea is planned;
- the number of passengers and the ages of any children;
- the time you would like to be back, with some leeway if you think you may stay longer.
With these details, we will send you a personal quote: write to us.