Sipadan Island
Mar 5th, 2010 by kashvin
…is indeed a diver’s paradise. Located in Sabah, Sipadan has so much to offer to its divers and tourist. Here’s my pick and quotes taken from blogs that I’ve read!
#1 Tawau Bloggers
The cheapest lodge is definitely Uncle Chang’s Sipadan Mabul Dive Lodge. It’s very basic, mattresses on the floor and shared bathing but you go to the islands for the diving and the resort for rum party evenings not to catch up on your sleep.
For a little more money you could try something totally different and take a room on the converted oil rig called SeaVentures. This offers you the opportunity for unlimited diving under the rig with your buddy which makes it all great value. You also have more chance of getting some sleep on the rig!
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#2 Aquatastic
Diving during the Chinese New Year Holidays
I’ve spent nearly 2 weeks of diving at Sipadan Water Village Resort, covering Sipadan, Mabul, Kapalai and Si Amil. The dive condition was wonderful during the first week with really good visibility (an average of 18-20meters) and I was glad to know that the weather and visibility only turned bad on our departure day (yesterday) with strong blowing wind and waves.
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#3 Alex 888
Arrive Semporna, a small town off Tawau. At the back is Dragon Inn, where we are staying. Room rate is RM60 per night. But most important it is a water chalet……..with this amount you get hot shower, TV and breakfast. Lunch and dinner, you can go to a local restaurant…..either Uncle Chang or Fung Ling. They provides a wonderful meal …….don’t take my word for it, try it out yourself. Seafood in Semporna is damn cheap, just be adventurous and try everything.
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#4 Alive Not Dead
Took a week off with one of my best friends from the States whose been on a diving/photography kick for the last few years. We originally thought about going to dive Australia’s GBR, bounced around the idea of New Caledonia, but then ended up on the much closer (and cheaper!) islands of Mabul and Sipadan in Malaysian Borneo. Overall, I got in 11 regular dives, 1 night dive, and 4 dives in Sipadan over the 6 nights I was there.
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#5 Judd81
Sampai Semporna.. check in dekat Dragon Inn.. lawa gile siot resort dia..!! konsep sgt tidur atas air..!! murah lak tu rate dia..Arrived Sipadan.. mak aii.. semua yg kat Sipadan ni semuanya foreigners – mat2 salleh & org2 Korea / Jepun.. the rest are armies & penjaga pulau tu.. cun siot ok pulau dia..!! air dia jernih gile..!!!!
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Dragon Inn’s an affordable place to stay
oh so sipadan is filled with koreans and japanese… interesting :p
thanks for dropping by…