Sentosa on a Budget: The SGD 4 Entry, the Free Beaches, and What Each Attraction Costs

Sentosa is Singapore’s resort island, joined to the south coast at HarbourFront. It holds Universal Studios Singapore, which has its own ticket guide, and a cluster of paid attractions around it. Getting there can cost nothing, and much of the island is free once you arrive.

Every price below is in Singapore dollars, read on 1 October 2026 from Sentosa’s own pages, the attraction operators’ ticket pages and FAQs, and Pelago.

Getting onto the island

• Sentosa Express, the monorail from VivoCity at HarbourFront, costs SGD 4 to enter the island, or SGD 2 at the concession rate. Children under 7 travelling with an adult ride free. Once on the island the monorail is “Free within Sentosa”, and leaving by it costs nothing. It runs from 7am to midnight.
• Walking in is free. The Sentosa Boardwalk from VivoCity has no admission charge, though “part of the Sentosa Boardwalk will be closed for RWS’s Waterfront Development works and is expected to reopen in 2030.” Walkers are routed through a covered link instead.
• By car or taxi, the entry charge is SGD 6 in the morning and afternoon peaks and SGD 2 at other times, plus parking, where “Fees will be capped at $10.00 per day”.
• By cable car you arrive from Mount Faber. Mount Faber Leisure confirms you can leave by train for nothing: “you can do this with no extra charges to exit Sentosa by the Sentosa Express Train.”

What is free

Sentosa says “Some of Sentosa’s best experiences cost nothing at all.” That covers the beaches, Siloso and Palawan among them, the Sensoryscape garden trail, the suspension bridge to the Southernmost Point of Continental Asia, the nature trails and the Boardwalk.

What the attractions cost

• Children are 4 to 12 for the cable car and the Oceanarium, and 3 to 12 at Madame Tussauds.
• The Oceanarium adult price was for a weekday. Its FAQ says there is “a price difference on admission tickets for peak versus non-peak period dates.”
• Madame Tussauds’ adult price is from Sentosa’s ticket page, with an online saving of SGD 6.
• Pelago’s pages give one “from” price per product and do not always say which age it is for.

The rules, attraction by attraction

Singapore Cable Car. The SkyPass covers the Mount Faber Line to the island and the Sentosa Line across it. Mount Faber Leisure says “we only have round trip tickets or tickets for unlimited rides available”. Online tickets are valid for 90 days, and “all completed and confirmed transactions CANNOT BE CANCELLED, REFUNDED OR AMENDED under any circumstances.” It runs 8.45am to 10pm.

Singapore Oceanarium replaces the S.E.A. Aquarium and is three times its size. It opens 10am to 8pm. Tickets come with a time slot, and “admission tickets sold are non-refundable and non-exchangeable, even in cases of inclement weather.”

Skyline Luge prices by time of day and demand. Three rides cost SGD 31 at the Smart Saver level, 36 at Essential and 42 at Peak. The cheapest level is “valid from 10am to 12pm, on the date and time of your booking only, and cannot be changed.” Essential and Peak tickets can be changed up to three times, and tickets are “non-refundable once they are redeemed.” A child can ride with an adult for an unlimited child-doubling add-on of SGD 15.

Wings of Time is the evening water, light and fireworks show at the beach, at 7.40pm and 8.40pm for about 20 minutes. Tickets are open-dated for 90 days, but from 1 October 2026 you also book a show slot. “This is a rain or shine event.” Tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded.

Madame Tussauds opens 10am to 6pm. “All our online tickets are dated”, and they cannot be refunded, but the date can move: “We allow up to 5 changes in total to the booking”.

The Fun Discovery Pass is Sentosa’s multi-attraction pass, sold in tokens: SGD 60 for 60 tokens, 90 for 95 and 120 for 130. It covers the cable car, Wings of Time, Madame Tussauds, the Oceanarium and SkyHelix, but not the luge. Its own page contradicts itself on whether island admission is included and on how long the pass lasts, so read the terms on the day you buy.

Official sites or Pelago

Pelago, Singapore Airlines’ experiences platform, sells all five. The comparison differs by attraction.

Oceanarium. Pelago was cheaper. Its admission started at SGD 49.49 against the official SGD 55 for a weekday adult. Its terms are as strict as the Oceanarium’s own: “Tickets are non-refundable under all circumstances, including inclement weather.” The current price is on Pelago’s Oceanarium page.

Luge. Pelago was more flexible. Its three-ride ticket started at SGD 33.17 off-peak, a little above the official Smart Saver price, but one option can be cancelled: “Cancellations are allowed with a full refund if made any time before the selected visit date.” No official luge ticket offers that. If your Sentosa day depends on the weather, Pelago’s Skyline Luge page has that option.

Cable car. The SkyPass costs SGD 32.90 either way. Pelago lists island admission as included on that ticket.

Wings of Time and Madame Tussauds. Pelago showed Wings of Time’s open-dated 8.40pm standard seat from SGD 11.79, well under the official SGD 19.80. It showed Madame Tussauds from SGD 35.70, below the official adult price but above the child price, without saying which it is. Parts of Pelago’s pages label prices “For KrisFlyer members only”, so check that the price shown is the one you will pay and that the option you pick is the show time you want.

Pelago’s default is no refunds for most of these. On the cable car page: “Most ticket options are non-cancellable and non-refundable.”

A day that costs little

Walk in along the Boardwalk, take the free monorail round the island, spend the day on Palawan or Siloso beach and cross to the Southernmost Point. Watch Wings of Time as the one paid item, booked for the 8.40pm show, and leave by monorail for nothing.

If Sentosa is part of a longer Singapore stay, the Pelago Pass break-even sums cover a five-attraction Sentosa day, and what is free at Gardens by the Bay covers a cheap Singapore evening.

We have an affiliate arrangement with Pelago and earn a commission if you book through our links. The cable car costs the same wherever you buy, and the beaches cost nothing.