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Singapore Zoo
Award-winning tropical zoo using open-concept enclosures set within a lush rainforest environment.
47 km · about 55 min drive
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Pontian Besar
Johor, Malaysia · Asia
About Pontian Besar
Pontian Besar sits on the route: 20 minutes from Ayer Baloi, 47km from Singapore Zoo.
Pontian Besar is in Johor, Malaysia, with about 41,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Ayer Baloi, about 11 km away.
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What is there to see near Pontian Besar?
Within an hour or so of Pontian Besar: Singapore Zoo (47 km), Haw Par Villa (51 km), Singapore Botanic Gardens (53 km), S.E.A. Aquarium Singapore (56 km).
Where is Pontian Besar?
Pontian Besar is in Johor, Malaysia, about 11 km from Ayer Baloi.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 40,613
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Malaysia
- Region
- Johor
- Timezone
- Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
- Coordinates
- 1.5059, 103.3816
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Worth the detour from Pontian Besar
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Haw Par Villa
A 1937 theme park built by the Tiger Balm brothers, best known for the Ten Courts of Hell: lurid dioramas of Buddhist punishments in painted concrete. Entry is free and it remains defiantly strange.
51 km · about 60 min drive
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Singapore Botanic Gardens
A UNESCO World Heritage tropical garden featuring the National Orchid Garden with over 1,000 species and hybrids of orchids.
53 km · about 60 min drive
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S.E.A. Aquarium Singapore
One of the world's largest aquariums on Sentosa Island with over 100,000 marine animals across 50 habitats.
56 km · about 65 min drive
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Tiong Bahru Market
A two-storey hawker centre in Singapore's oldest housing estate, where stalls such as Jian Bo Shui Kueh and Hong Heng prawn noodles have traded for decades. Wet market below, food centre above.
56 km · about 65 min drive
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National Gallery Singapore
Southeast Asia's largest visual arts institution, housed in two beautifully restored national monuments.
57 km · about 65 min drive
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Sentosa Island
A resort island just off Singapore's southern coast with beaches, Universal Studios, an aquarium, and a host of family attractions.
57 km · about 65 min drive
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Singapore Chinatown
A vibrant district blending traditional Chinese temples, heritage shophouses, bustling hawker centers, and modern bars along Pagoda Street.
57 km · about 65 min drive
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Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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