In 2024, Doha’s Hamad International Airport dethroned Singapore’s Changi Airport as the world’s best airport.
Despite that, Singapore’s Changi Airport is an impressive 12-time winner of Skytrax Best Airport of the Year Award.
If you’ve ever visited Singapore and explored Changi Airport, you’ll easily see why.
It’s easily one of my favourite airports to transit through.
I’ve transited through major international airports in cities like Sydney, Hong Kong, New York, Tokyo, San Francisco and London.
Hands down, Changi is one of my favourite experiences.
Why? Because no matter if you’re flying with the masses or at the pointy end of the plane, or if you have access to lounges… You’ll always have a comfortable transit through Singapore. There is somewhere for everyone to get some R&R.
Living in the Asia Pacific region for most of my life, I’ve visited Changi airport a dozen times at least.
I even spent 8 hours solo at Changi airport once during a transit. There was plenty to keep me occupied. Albeit by the end of the 8 hours I was glad to hop onto the airplane to head to my final destination.
There are ample food options in the airport.
From cheap Singaporean eats through to fancier restaurants (if that’s what you’re after).
There are plenty of shops to see while walking around the many huge terminals. There’s even a cinema to catch a movie or two and a console gaming area.
If you’re looking for some R&R and don’t have lounge access, there are heaps of places to nap and rest.
If you need to get some work done, there are also plenty of places to plug in to do some work and have a bit of a view of the airport runways.
Last but not least, you can get out of the terminal and check out The Jewel Changi
The most impressive part of my visit to Changi airport in recent years is definitely the Jewel Changi rain vortex that’s connected to Changi airport.
It’s a huge tourist attraction and it’s easy to see why.
This 10-story indoor waterfall is located in the Jewel shopping mall. Easily accessible if you’re transiting through Changi.
It looked and felt unreal. Hearing the roar of the waterfall. Being surrounded by so much greenery.
It’s like you’re walk through a rainforest (with some occasional water spray if you get too close).
You can add to the experience by paying a fee to walk on the canopy bridge, hedge maze and sky nets.
We had limited time to check out the Jewel and we had already visited another impressive indoor rainforest, the Cloud Forest at Gardens by the Bay, so we didn’t check out the canopy bridge ourselves for the trip.
Photographer’s Notes
It was hard to capture the vastness of the indoor waterfall. But believe me, it’s impressive up close.
Photos you see here were taken a few years back when I only had my little Fujifilm X-T10 and 18-55mm f2.8-4 lens (my go-to travel lens). Back then I didn’t have the Fujinon 14mm f2.8 that I have now.
With a wide angle lens, I would have been able to take some more unique images of the falls.
If you’ve visited the Jewel, what was your experience like?
That’s all for today, happy shooting!
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