Pasir Ris Park is a beach park situated at the eastern part of Singapore facing Pulau Ubin. It is between Ponggol on the West and Changi to the East. It is a narrow beach which is popular with families during the weekends.
Pasir Ris is amongst the first housing estate built near the beach front and the public housing in Pasir Ris were designed with that in mind. The Chinese affectionately called the place ‘White Sands”. It is a laid back township with a fishing pond, a beach front and a beach resort with chalets.
The public housing at Pasir Ris is a little more colorful than the other estates built during that time
Bridge leading to the Pasir Ris Town Park
Eastvale Condominium
At the Pasir Ris Town Park, there is a fishing pond which is popular with the anglers. This is the first fishing pond of its kind in a housing estate.
The fishing pond overlooking Pasir Ris housing estate
The operator of the fishing pond charges a reasonable rate to fish at the pond. They even rent rods, sale baits and provide fish scaling and cleaning service for you to bring back your catch or bring it to the beer garden next door and they will cook the fish for you for a fee.
The last check the fees for fishing are as follows
Monday to Friday 7am-7pm = S$40
Saturday, Sunday & Public Holidays 7am-7pm = S$48
Sunday-Friday & Public Holidays 3pm-7am = S$40
Saturday 3pm-7am = S$48
Night Fishing 7pm-7am = S$38
Or if you are not too skillful at fishing, you can opt for the smaller pond which has a “Sure Catch” deal at S$12 per fish or if you think you got what it takes you could opt for the S$25 1 hour or S$50 3 hours packages.
Approaching the boardwalk towards Pasir Ris Park
The park is made of up 6 hectares of forested mangrove area with boardwalks over the mangrove swamp and walking paths to allow you to explore the biodiversity of this place
This includes fishes
Mudskippers
Calms and Crabs
There is an observation tower which allows to a bird’s eye view of the mangrove forest below
The Landscaped Garden near the beach
The beautiful Pasir Ris Beach
The fishery kelong between Pasir Ris Beach and Pulau Ubin
The Changi Beach Club which I talked about in an earlier blog on the east of Pasir Ris
During the time I was there, the waters around Pasir Ris Beach was deemed not safe to swim in due to the high level of bacteria. On January 28 2012, the National Environment Agency deemed the beach safe to swim in again.
There is a beach front cafe on Pasir Ris Beach
And you can enjoy camping on the beach. You would have to purchase the license to do so at the AXS machine
