A Diver's Paradise: Sipadan Island in Sabah
Sipadan is now officially eligible to be considered for nomination as a Unesco World Heritage site. The nominee for the World's New Seven Wonders of Nature is famous for its abundance of turtles, schooling barracudas, white tip reef sharks, bumphead parrotfish and its teeming reef. The island will be judged by a scientific panel alongside other world-renowned diving destinations, such as the Raja Ampat, Banda islands and Bunaken National Park in Indonesia, the Tubbatha and Apo Reefs in the Philippines and hundreds of other islands in the world.
The water around Sipadan Island is so clear, with the living of healthy colonies of fish, turtles, corals and other marine life. The Drop-Off at 600m straight to the bottom is what makes Sipadan unique. Sipadan is an oceanic island which is not connected to any continental shelf but rises straight from the deep ocean floor. Popular for wall diving, where all the coral reefs are vertical. Great place for divers to hone their buoyancy skills, not need to go below the safety limit of 30-35m for recreational dive but still can enjoy the beauty of undersea. You can't stay overnight on the island cause there's no resorts, many believe it is due to the security issue for what happen in year 2000 where 21 people were captured as hostage but then released unharmed. Another reason could be due to environmental reasons, eco friendly, preserving the nature.
       
Where to stay?
Borneo Divers Mabul Dive Resort
       
Sipadan Water Village is a luxury resort overlooking the Celebes Sea on the island of Mabul. Fringed by white sand beaches and amazing marine life, Sipadan Water Village is the epitome of class and luxury, offering world class diving along with true relaxation and comfort. The resorts offers 45 beautifully designed water cottage accommodations.
Inspired from local Bajau architecture, the resort is entirely built over the water on ironwood stilts and is connected to mabul island by a long wooden pier. Divers have easy access to the the world-class island of Sipadan and can also enjoy excellent diving around Mabul along with unlimited dives in front of the resort's dive center.
 
The underwater world at Mabul is totally different from Sipadan's and is world reknown for it's abundant macro marine life located just next to the resort, accessible just by swimming from the dive center.
SWV world class dive centre is well equipped with over 300 aluminium tanks and rental sets of diving gears along with 5 Bauer compressors. There are also lockers, showers, toilet and a resting area with complimentary snack, hot coffee and tea.
SWV uses custom-built fibreglass diving boats which can carry 12 divers each along with divemasters and a boatmaster.
Dining
The sea-view restaurant serves exquisite buffet style Asian and Western cuisines with impeccable service.
 
Lounge
An open-air lounge and bar terraced area offers breathtaking sea-views over the Celebes Sea, music and videos for guests.
Other facitilies
Other resort facilities includes the dive centre which provides diving, snorkeling and kayaking equipment for rent, spa services, wifi in the lobby, an helipad, a bar, a souvenir shop, a minimart, video services, 24h staff on call, babysitting services, foreign currency exchange and tour desk.
 
Rooms
There are 45 beautifully designed water chalets:
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Make a reservation for Sipadan diving holiday at Sipadan Kapalai Dive Resort now! Contact Dive The World by sending us an email or call us on +66 (0)83 505 7794.
Sipadan Mabul Resort
How to get here?
Malaysia Airlines and Air Asia flies to Tawau, from Tawau it take about an hour drive to Semporna jetty and from there, take another 40 minutes boat ride to Mabul Island. Sipadan is about 10minutes from Mabul by speed boat. Must make transportation arrangement befor you go!
Visit Sipadan now!!!
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