Hey guys! Today’s post is about my little spa morning at the Sembawang Hot Spring Park (click for google map link). It was my second time visiting this park and I had a lot of fun documenting my time there. You can watch the vlog below!

I will be also doing a short write-up of my experience there, in this post. For starters, there isn’t a designated car park on site — only a small one for authorised vehicles! You would have to park at the nearest HDB (housing block) which I believe is Blk 114 Yishun Ring Road (click for google map link) if you plan on driving there. However, I think that most people get there either by public transport or by bike (bicycle). The first time I went there, I took the train to Yishun mrt followed by a short bus ride to Opp Blk 115B. It was a real trek getting there with my camera bag and bag full of spa things (more on that later). This time round, I decided to catch a grab (ride sharing app) because there was a 30% off deal at the time and I figured that I could save a fair bit on commute time.

What I packed

I was a lot better packing the second time around because I had already experienced the ‘lack ofs’ the first time.

4-wheel trolley — to lug my camera bag and spa things
metal/glass container — to boil the eggs in
a pair of tongs — to handle the container when it is hot
2 eggs — 1 is risky because you might undercook it or it may crack while cooking
toast — I recommend buying fresh kaya toast if you can (you can actually buy this from the small eatery on site — more about this below)
a packet of soya sauce — to season the eggs
a spoon — to eat the soft boiled eggs with
a small towel — to wipe down with
a pail — to soak your feet in (the hassle-free alternative is to soak your feet in the public pools instead)
an umbrella — if you plan to soak your feet in the public pools as that area is not shaded and it will get hot if it’s sunny
a thermometer — just for the vlog so that I could check the water temperature 🤣

Do note that you aren’t allowed to cook anything else on-site, apart from eggs. You are also not allowed to use detergent to wash your items and all water should be poured down the drain and not over the plants. They will regularly announce these rules (as well as others which I have forgotten) throughout your time at the park and there are also a couple of signs around in case you don’t pay attention to the announcement.

There is also a small eatery on site called Sembawang Eating House (click for google map link) which you can purchase hot food (local asian cuisine — think fried rice, hor fun, kway teow etc) and drinks from. I just found out (at the time of writing this post) that you can even order food from this restaurant on Food Panda (click for Food Panda menu). Food Panda is a food delivery app in Singapore — you can get S$8 off your first order (min. S$15 spend) if you use this referral link. This eatery was rated 4.2 out of 5 stars on the app so it might be worth giving a try!

The foot bath area is a short stroll from the entrance and it is pretty straight forward to get to. Just follow the path and signs to get there!

The park opens from 7am - 7pm and I recommend going there early in the morning (it normally gets really hot by 10am in Singapore) or later in the afternoon (from 4pm). There are a couple of shaded spots so I recommend getting seats there, unless you plan to soak your feet in the public foot baths. In this case (as mentioned earlier in the ‘what to bring’ checklist), I recommend having an umbrella on you as this area is not shaded and will get hot on a sunny day. I noticed that the cleaners came in at around 11am to drain the pools. I’m not sure if this is part of a daily maintenance routine so I would try to avoid visiting the park at this time. Not to mention, this would be around the hottest time of the day.

You can find the egg boiling station towards the back of the park. Brace yourselves because it often reeks of the sulphur smell that comes from eggs. There are a couple of taps around this station to boil your eggs. I recommend leaving your container of eggs under the running water. This is where the tongs will come in handy because the running water has a temperature of 70°C. It will scald you! I didn’t bring a pair of tongs the first time round so I had to use my sandals to push the container away from the tap. You could also boil the eggs away from this station (bring it to your seat) but you would have to change out the water a couple of times before the eggs actually cook. I wasn’t aware of this and one of my eggs ended up remaining raw (because I didn’t change the water). The good thing was that I brought 2 eggs and I decided to experiment on them separately, in case I botched one of them and I’m glad I did that. That’s why I recommend to bring at least 2 eggs in the event of cooking bungles like this. On my second trip to this park, I left both of my eggs at the boiling station but one of them cracked while under the running tap so I was left with one cooked egg, again.

As mentioned earlier in the post, I recommend eating your soft boiled eggs with soya sauce and kaya toast (which you can purchase at the eating house on-site). I’ve also seen some people eating it with takeaway noodles. I’ll mention this again — you can only cook eggs at this station and nothing else.

You will mostly see middle aged to elderly people relaxing at this public foot bath but I’ve enjoyed both times that I visited this hidden gem. It can get noisy because some folks might talk loudly to their companions but I think it adds to the ‘family’ kind of vibe there. I was having a conversation with a random uncle and he mentioned that he goes to the park regularly. Soaking his feet in the hot bath has helped to smooth out and get rid of the corn (calloused skin) on his feet. Each time after a long soak in the pools, he would scrub off the dead skin while patting dry his feet. I must admit that his feet looked really smooth when he showed them to me.

*Nothing like a free spa treatment to heal your corn issues.*

Overall, I think that this place is worth checking out, especially if you like the idea of a hot foot spa and cooking your breakfast in public (kinda like camping).

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