Sentosa Sensoryscape, Singapore island’s newest attraction, is an immersive multi-sensory experience that opens today. Here are the things you can look forward to if you decide to pay a visit.
Singapore’s Sentosa has opened a streak of engaging attractions in recent months, including the highly-anticipated Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience. Hot in its heels is Sentosa Sensoryscape, which will be available to the public mid-March.
Visitors often arrive in Sentosa by the Sentosa Express or Cable Car but rarely on foot. This time, those who explore the island by the latter will be able to discover the astounding brand-new Sentosa Sensoryscape attraction.
What is interesting about Sentosa Sensoryscape in Singapore
Sentosa Sensoryscape is a ridge-to-reef attraction path connecting visitors from Resorts World Sentosa to Sentosa’s beaches with an immersive, multi-sensory experience. Spanning 350 metres long, this new experiential garden connector combines nature, architecture, and technology to awaken all six senses, including the sense of imagination.
Located at the heart of Sentosa, the visually impressive walkway consists of six sensory gardens – Lookout Loop, Tactile Trellis, Scented Sphere, Symphony Streams, Palate Playground, and Glow Garden. Each section is enriched with its unique immersive and audio-visual experience, ranging from fascinating digital light art to augmented reality.
After sundown, Sentosa Sensoryscape’s six zones transform into a nature-inspired soundscape with ImagiNite, an interactive digital light art (projection mapping) and augmented reality experience using the ImagiNite mobile app.
Also at the core of the Sentosa Sensoryscape are three intricate diagrid structures designed by internationally acclaimed architects Serie + Multiply. These basket-inspired woven vessels enclose visitors, inviting them to appreciate the curated landscape in their view.
Details of the six sensory gardens
Lookout Loop
Marvel at panoramic vistas of the northern landscape from up above at this plaza. Surrounding with tall Pink Mempat trees and captivating seasonal flowers, this cool canopy provides an ideal respite for visitors from the heat.
Tactile Trellis
As its name suggests, this section is all about textures, from the velvety Chinese Wormwood to the feathery Asparagus plant and the spiky nature of the Juniperus species housed within a petal-like granolithic vessel.
Scented Sphere
Ease your mind and body with intriguing nature fragrances within the aromatic landscape of Sentosa’s therapeutic flora. The porous steel vessel of Scented Sphere is accented by a ring of overhanging giant armatures containing scented plants.
Symphony Streams
Soothe the soul with the rhythm of gently trickling water which harmonises with the coastal breeze from the island’s beaches.
Palate Playground
Aromatic herbs and exotic spices take the spotlight at Palate Playground. This garden is home to a diverse range of edible plants representing local flavours. Explore the garden and seek culinary inspiration, or rest on the log seats made from recycled Tembusu trees from the island.
Glow Garden
Get ready to be in awe with mesmerising displays in the evenings. The towering illuminating flower stalks in the Glow Garden come alive with rhythmically shifting colours.
Sentosa Sensoryscape will be open to the public from Thursday, 14 March 2024, with the ImagiNite experience starting nightly from 7:50pm. The attraction will be open daily afterwards. Admission is free.
(All images credit: Sentosa Development Corporation)
How to go to Sentosa Sensoryscape from the main Singapore island:
- By Foot: Take a stroll via Sentosa Boardwalk and enter Sensoryscape via Imbiah Lookout Loop.
- By Sentosa Express: Take Sentosa Express, alight at Imbiah Station, and enter Sensoryscape via Lookout Loop.
- By Public Bus: Take Bus 123, alight at Sentosa Express’ Beach Station, and enter Sensoryscape via Glow Garden.
- By Cable Car: Take the Mount Faber Line, alight at Sentosa Station, and enter Sensoryscape via Lookout Loop. Or take the Sentosa Line, alight at the Imbiah Lookout Station, and enter Sensoryscape via Lookout Loop.
- By Intra-island Bus: Take Bus A or B, alight at Beach Station, and enter Sensoryscape via Glow Garden.
- By Car: Park at Beach Station Carpark and enter Sensoryscape via Glow Garden. Or park at Resorts World Sentosa Carpark and enter Sensoryscape via Lookout Loop’
Derrick Tan
Digital Writer, Culture and Travel
Derrick believes in Anais Nin's quote, "We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect." Always craving knowledge with a child-like mindset, he recognises the importance of digital journalism in the current state of media consumption. During downtime, he reads periodicals to keep up with current affairs and subcultures, being a wayfarer and can be seen at live music concerts.
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