A one-day unlimited speedboat pass looping Lazarus, Kusu and the Sisters' Islands — the only practical way to see several in one afternoon.
Singapore's Southern Islands are close, quiet and genuinely worth a day — and the public ferry timetable makes visiting more than one of them a logistical exercise rather than a holiday. The Albatross hop-on hop-off pass exists to solve that, and it is the reason the islands are now a realistic half-day rather than a whole one.
A note on the name, because it confuses people: this is not the Royal Albatross tall ship. Same operator family, entirely different experience. The tall ship is a sunset sailing you stay aboard; this is a speedboat you get on and off all day.
How the pass works
You buy one day of unlimited rides. Boats run a continuous loop, so you get off at an island, stay as long as you like, and rejoin the next boat that comes through. There is no per-leg ticket and no need to decide your timings in advance, which is the entire point.
Departures are from the Sentosa side — Resorts World and the Siloso Beach end — and the loop calls at Lazarus, Kusu and the Sisters' Islands. The route runs past St John's, Seringat and Tekukor and gives you the city skyline from the water on the way back. The boat carries up to fifty people, so it is a shared ride rather than a charter.
Book Albatross Hop-On Hop-Off before you go
Dated tickets, issued by us, so the queue at the gate is not your problem. Or let us fold it into a whole Singapore trip.
What each stop is for
- Lazarus — the beach. Sand, swimming, and the sea sports centre at weekends. This is where most people spend the longest.
- Kusu — the temple and the shrine, and the tortoises. Culturally the most interesting stop and the one people give the least time to.
- Sisters' Islands — the marine park. Snorkelling and reef, and a different reason to be there entirely.
Trying to do all three properly in one afternoon is how the day goes wrong. Two is comfortable. Three is a boat schedule with some islands attached.
Planning the day
The service runs from around midday into the early evening, which shapes everything: this is an afternoon activity, not a full day, and it pairs naturally with a Sentosa morning rather than replacing one. Work backwards from the last loop — being on the wrong island when it finishes is a problem with no cheap solution.
Take water, sunscreen and a dry bag. Speedboats are wet at speed and the islands have no shops. If anybody in the party is prone to seasickness, the crossings are short but they are fast, which is a different motion from a ferry.
Is it worth it?
For a first Singapore trip of three or four days, probably not — Sentosa, the city and the food will fill that. For a longer stay, a second visit, or travellers who have decided the city is too built for them, it is one of the best afternoons available and it looks nothing like the rest of the country.
Planning this into a Singapore trip
The islands are an afternoon, and they work best bolted onto a Sentosa morning rather than treated as a day of their own.
We are a Singapore ground operator, so the itinerary we quote is the one our own team runs — hotels, airport transfers, attraction tickets and a car when the day needs one. Tell us your dates and who is travelling on our plan my trip page and we will come back with a costed day-by-day plan.
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