Exclusively in the month of September, all visitors are entitled to redeem 1 FREE WWII souvenir pin when they show their WWII Specials Pass at the 6 participating sites and museums. There are a total of 7 different WWII site pins available at the following outlets: Changi Chapel & Museum, The Battle Box, Reflections at Bukit Chandu, Labrador Secret Tunnels, Singapore Philatelic Museum and Fort Siloso,Sentosa. The September WWII Specials Passes can be collected at these locations, all Singapore Visitor Centres (SVCs) and selected local tour operators.

WHILE STOCKS LAST!

For more info, please call the WWII sites, SVCs or the Touristline at 1800-736-2000.

NOTE: Please show your Fort Siloso admission ticket at the Quarter Master for the counter staff to verify before getting the REDEEMED stamp to collect your Fort Siloso pin.

Learn all about strategies, plots, follies and actions that led to the fall of Singapore in 1942. Once called the "Gibraltar of the East", Singapore fell tragically into Japanese hands in 8 short days. Discover the real reasons and factors that resulted in the swift defeat of Singapore.

• Duration : 3 Hours
• Minimum Group Size : 1 pax
• Price : Adult SGD 30 Child SGD 20
• Tour Start Time : Every Wednesday at 2pm
• For bookings, contact : Journeys Pte Ltd
• Telephone : (65) 63251631 / (65) 62142451
• Email : fun@singaporewalks.com
• Website : http://www.singaporewalks.com

NOTE: For the Changi Museum War Trails^TM, you may call the above numbers by 4pm the day before to reserve your seat. Otherwise, availability is on first-come-first-served basis.

Now an idyllic seaside getaway for families and sun-seekers, Changi was once the site of many prisoner-of-war camps during the Japanese Occupation. It remains etched in the minds and memories of many as a place of extreme pain, unimaginable torture and suffering and many unnecessary deaths. Revisit these sites and listen to heart rending tales of war-time Changi.

• Duration : 3 Hours
• Minimum Group Size : 1 pax
• Price : Adult SGD 30 Child SGD 20
• Tour Start Time : Every Saturday at 10am
• For bookings, contact : Journeys Pte Ltd
• Telephone : (65) 63251631 / (65) 62142451
• Email : fun@singaporewalks.com
• Website : http://www.singaporewalks.com

NOTE : For the Changi Museum War Trails^TM, you may call the above numbers by 4pm the day before to reserve your seat. Otherwise, availability is on first-come-first-served basis.

The tour will be cancelled on 10 September, Saturday, due to the launch of new exhibits in Changi Chapel & Museum. Tour will resume the following week.

Return to a time of turmoil when the Japanese invaded Singapore. Honour those who perished for freedom at the Kranji Cemetery and drive by the original Ford Factory where Percival met Yamashita more than 60 years ago and officially surrendered Singapore to the Japanese.

• Duration : 4 Hours
• Minimum Group Size : 4 pax
• Price : Adult SGD 65 Child SGD 35
• Tour Start Time : 9am
• For bookings, contact : Malaysia & Singapore Travel Centre
• Telephone : (65) 67378877
• Email : mastravel@pacific.net.sg
• Website : http://www.mastravel.com.sg

How did the "impregnable fortress" fall so quickly into enemy hands? On this tour, you will visualize and learn how the British and Allied troops fought so valiantly to defend Singapore, only to be defeated swiftly and tragically.

• Duration : 4 Hours
• Minimum Group Size : 4 pax
• Price : Adult SGD 65 Child SGD 35
• Tour Start Time : 9am
• For bookings, contact : Pacific Arena Pte Ltd
• Telephone : (65) 63172898
• Email : chichak@pacificarena.com

Retrace the steps of how the Japanese invaded Singapore from the north and advanced to the city. Relive the 48-hour epic battle between the Malay Regiment and the enemy.

• Duration :4 Hours
• Price :Adult SGD 58 Child SGD 29
• Tour Start Time : 9am & 2pm (Pick up time)
• For bookings, contact : Faber Tours Pte Ltd
• Telephone : (65) 63779638
• Email : frankie.chin@fabertours.com.sg

Singapore HERITAGE WW2 TOUR
This extensive 6-night tour captures unique Singapore not only as it is today; you will also be brought back in time to many sites and museums significant to the war 60 years ago. See the newly opened tunnels at Labrador Park, learn more about the Battle for Singapore at the Reflections at Bukit Chandu interactive gallery; attend a memorial service at the Changi Prison Chapel, and view never-before seen exhibits at the adjoining Changi museum. Finally, attend the commemorative dawn service on September 12 at the Kranji War Memorial. Definitely a tour you won't want to miss!

• Space limited.
  To reserve, contact : Dennis or Daniel, Allways Travel Pty Ltd - "Battlefields of the World"
• Tel : (61-2) 9235-1022 / 9235-1414 Fax : (61-2) 9235-1786
• Email : dennis@allwaystravel.com.au or Daniel@allwaystravel.com.au
• Website : http://www.battlefieldsoftheworld.com

Singapore Remembers Tour - September 7 to 18, 2005
September 12, 2005 is the 60th anniversary of the Japanese surrender. Take part in a series of major commemorative events, including the opening of some WW11 sites that have been closed for 60 years. In the company of expert leader Bill Fogarty (ex Australian War Memorial) our tour visits to WW11 Singapore, the important Australian Battlefield at Muar River in Malaysia, and a visit to the Thai Burma Railway. A time to remember, to honor the fallen, and to discover a fascinating chapter in WW11 history.

• Duration: 11 days 10 nights
• Min group size: 40 pax
• For bookings, contact: Heritage Journeys 'The Battlefield Specialists'
• Tel : 1300 736 315
• Email : info@heritagejourneys.com
• Website : http://www.heritagejourneys.com

For more information, please download brochure.

Take a walk back in time as you visit sites significant to WWII Singapore. Not only will you be amazed at Singapore's rich military history, you will be pleasantly surprised by what Singapore has become today.

• To book this tour, please contact : Somak Holidays
• Reservation Tel : (44) 020-8869-4646 (Mon - Sat: 0900 hrs - 1800 hrs)
• Website : http://www.somak.co.uk

World War II Commemorative Tour

Itinerary :

• Kranji War Memorial
• Former British Naval Base
• Battle Box at Fort Canning
• Changi Prison and Selarang Barracks
• Johore Battery
• Changi Chapel and Museum
• Changi Village
• Labrador Park

Singapore was surrendered to the Imperial Japanese Army on 15 February 1942 and suffered 3 ½ years of Japanese occupation. By 1945 however, the tide had turned against the Imperial Japanese Army with the dropping of atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On 12 September 1945, the Imperial Japanese Army officially surrendered their forces in Singapore, marking the end of the war. This Commemorative Tour has been put together with the ANZACs and their families in mind.

• Duration: 7 days 6 nights
• Min group size: 15 pax
• Price: $2,979 per pax (double), $3,499 per pax (single)
• For bookings, contact: GO Holidays
• Tel : 09 914-4681
• Email : groups@gogogo.co.nz
  

NOTE: Tour price is in NZ dollars, a non-refundable deposit of $450 per pax is required at time of booking.

For more details, please click here to download brochure.