Scuba Diving Holidays to Borneo
You would be pleasantly surprised at the warmth of Malaysians. For deeply entrenched within each of the different races is the engaging charm and traditional hospitality for which Malaysia is renowned.
It would be difficult to overstate the attraction of Malaysia for anyone who appreciates the natural world. Its primal forests, ranging from shoreline mangrove to mountaintop oak, are of the sort that most of the world now knows only in myth. Although Malaysia's size is similar to that of Norway, natural trees and forests cover almost three quarters of the land, an area equivalent to almost the entire United Kingdom. One can walk for hundreds of miles in Malaysia under a continuous canopy of green, marveling at an abundance of plant and animal species equaled by no other location in the entire world. A single half-kilometer plot of land in Borneo's lowland dipterocarp forest, for example, may well contain more than eight hundred different species of trees alone, a stunning degree of variety that pales, however, in comparison to the profusion and diversity of flowers, birds, ferns, and insects.
Sabah ( Malaysian Borneo ) sits north on the island of Borneo, which is the third largest island in the world. This is the home to thousands of species of trees, flowers and plants, wild animals, some of which are rare and others found only in Sabah. Most diving areas are in the northeastern state of Sabah, a largely mountainous state with lush tropical rainforests, a long coastline dotted with powdery white beaches and some of the most spectacular coral reefs and marine life in the world. It was named 'The Land Below the Wind' by the maritme traders of old as it lies below the typhoon belt, making diving possible all year round.
The people of Sabah is a melting pot of not less than 32 ethnic communities, making up a culturally diverse population of about 2.3 million. The multi-racial Sabahans who speak their many dialects and still maintain their ethnic traditions, give the place a most enchanting character.
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KAPALIA WATER VILLAGE:
A few minutes by boat from Sipadan but a full world away it lies the exhilarating Sipadan-Kapalai Dive Resort , sitting on its sturdy stilts on the shallow sandbanks of the Ligitan Reefs. Planned and built in full style as an airy, comfortable, sunny water village with no land in sight, it boats a mile-long sandbank of powdery blindingly white sand where one can suntan at complete leisure.
The resort offers great food, surprisingly roomy ad elegant twin-sharing wooden chalets with huge private balconies and attached bathrooms and a couple of miles of walkways for those who like to take their morning jog while looking at thousands of fish just a few inches beneath their feet. Meals are served in the terraced, open central structure, while a big western sundeck allows divers to have an evening drink or an after-dive chat with a background of fabulous tropical sunsets.
LAYANG LAYANG:
Your international flight from London to Kota Kinabalu is followed by an over night stay, in a five star hotel, before catching an early morning flight over to the Island of Layang Layang. Situated 300 kilometers of the coast of Sabah, Layang Layang is an atoll fourteen square kilometers in diameter rising from ocean depths of two thousand metres. In 1985 the Malaysian Government began reclamation works and created a fifteen acre island on one of the reefs. This is now the resort of Layang Layang.
Layang Layang Island Resort is a modest three-star resort with 76 rooms and 10 suites with tropical hardwood structures in the likeness of a traditional Longhouse. Rooms are with air conditioning, TV, fridge, large beds, en-suite toilet and shower, and a private balcony. The pool, bar and restaurant are well equipped and to a high standard. The dive centre is at the heart of the resort and they have ten fast boats each capable of taking twelve divers in comfort. There are no other dive centres or hotels on the island so you really have the place to yourselves.
MABUL ISLAND RESORT:
Mabul is one of a group of three small island dive resorts in the Sempora Marine Park. Although you can still walk around the entire island in less than an hour, Mabul is considerably larger than its neighbouring Sipadan, and boasts two resorts and a large village, mainly home to fisherman and employees (and their families) of the two resorts.
Sipadan and Mabul couldn't be more different. While the interior of Sipadan is untouched tropical forest, Mabul is predominantly made up of actively producing coconut trees. Practically every tree on the island is numbered and is associated with a distinct individual who cares for the tree and harvests the coconuts. |
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Scuba Diving Holidays to Borneo |
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7 Nights |
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Planet Dive
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Sipidan |
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Malaysia,
Asia |
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January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, |
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