Mabul, an islet off the Malaysian coast, is famous for its "muck dives". It is located a few kilometers from the famous Sipadan, the “uncontaminated masterpiece of art”. Go on your diving holiday in Borneo now!
Located directly on the white beach in a quiet corner of the island, the Resort has been specially designed for Divers. It has 30 local-style chalets equipped with every comfort. The PADI 5 Stars IDC Dive Center offers courses for all levels, has Scubapro equipment rental and cylinders with INT and DIN connections.
The dives that can be done in this area are very different from each other. In the Mabul area the sandier seabed allows encounters with small inhabitants of the sea and therefore satisfies lovers of macro photography, while just 20 minutes by boat you reach the Sipadan Marine Park, included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, home of some of the most amazing marine species on the planet. This small island, immersed in the Celebes Sea, has a rich and exciting marine life: the island is in fact the emerged part of an underwater volcanic cone and therefore has a vertical seabed that goes down to 800 meters deep, creating caves and cracks where a large amount of flora and fauna find their habitat. Wall diving, drift diving and beautiful canyons allow you not only to enjoy the beauty of its corals and small and colorful inhabitants but also to swim among schools of jack fish, barracudas, tuna and hundreds of turtles, or to meet some hammerhead, whitetip and leopard sharks. However, there is no shortage of moray eels, anemones with related clown fish, manta rays and rays that swim among colorful gorgonians and sponges. But one of the natural spectacles that made Sipadan famous is the silver carousel of thousands of barracudas swimming in circles: entering and swimming in the slow vortex is an incredible emotion!
Departure from Italy to Kuala Lumpur with Qatar Airways scheduled flight (via Doha). Dinner and overnight on board.
Arrive in Kuala Lumpur in the morning and continue by scheduled flight to Tawau. Meeting with the local assistant and transfer to the port of Semporna (about 1 hour and a half by car) from where we continue by boat (about 40 minutes) to the Borneo Divers Mabul Resort, located on the homonymous island off the south coast. east of Sabah, about 20 minutes by boat from the famous Sipadan. Full board accommodation. Overnight.
Free days to dive. Full board. The diver package includes 3 dives per day (excluding arrival and departure days) in the area of Mabul, Kapalai, Si Amil, Mantabuan Island and Sipadan * and unlimited dives with a partner from the beach.
* The resort has 14 daily permits to access Sipadan and can generally guarantee 1 day of diving in the park for all guests staying at least 4 nights in the resort and 2 days in the case of an 8 night stay. There is the possibility of obtaining an extra permit, which is issued on the spot to the first who request it (subject to availability), upon payment of RM 350 (in addition to the daily fee of RM 40).
Free days to dive. Full board.
Breakfast. In good time, transfer by boat and minvan to Tawau airport and scheduled flight to Kuala Lumpur. Continuation with Qatar Airways scheduled flight via Doha to Italy. Meals and overnight on board.
Arrival in Italy in the morning. End of services.
Tariff per person, starting from:
| Departure | Double |
|---|---|
| From 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021 | upon request |
Notes
Free departures with private services.
(B / L / D): B = breakfast; L = lunch; D = dinner
To participate in this trip you need a passport, with residual validity of at least 6 months and 1 free page.
Exchange rate 1 EUR = 4 RM
Exchange rate variations with fluctuations greater than 3% will lead to an adjustment of costs and will be communicated within 20 days of departure .
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Pulau Sipadan
Situato a circa 15/20 minuti di barca veloce da MabulSipadan è celebre in tutto il mondo per i suoi straordinari fondali pressoché intatti da quando nel 2005 l’area è stata dichiarata riserva integrale protetta e sono stati chiusi i resort situati sull’isola. Oggi solamente un numero limitato di fortunati sub può accedere alle bellezze che offrono questi fondali, punta emersa di un cono vulcanico le cui pareti verticali arrivano fino ad oltre 600 metri di profondità, habitat di una grande quantità di specie marine stanziali e pelagiche come tartarughe, banchi di barracuda, razze, aquile di mare e squali di varie specie. L’ingresso al parco è strettamente regolamentato dalle autorità locali e giornalmente vengono ammessi poco più di un centinaio di subacquei provenienti da Mabul e Kapalai. I pacchetti diver dei resort di Mabul e Kapalai sono fatti in modo da garantire almeno una giornata di immersione a Sipadan durante un soggiorno di un minimo di notti, ma a causa del numero limitato di ingressi al parco marino, specialmente nei periodi di alta stagione, la conferma della possibilità di immergersi a Sipadan verrà data solamente in loco. Il costo di ingresso al parco marino di Sipadan è di RM40 per persona al giorno da pagare in loco.
Pulau Mabul
Situato a circa 15 minuti di motoscafo da Sipadan e a 40 minuti da Semporna sulla terraferma, Mabul è riconosciuto come uno dei migliori siti di “muck-diving” del mondo (immersioni che non prevedono fondali particolarmente profondi). I suoi fondali sabbiosi e le barriere coralline, con la loro incredibile biodiversità sono il paradiso per gli appassionati di macro fotografia, offrendo un ampia varietà di piccole creature marine. La temperatura media dell’acqua è intorno ai 29°-30° con una visibilità dai varia dai 5 ai 30 m. I siti di immersione sono circa 17.
Pulau Kapalai
Come per la vicina Mabul, Kapalai offre alcune delle migliori muck dive al mondo. Tra le varie creature che si possono incontrare nei 13 siti di immersione che offre l’isola numerosi sono i pesci scorpione ed i pesci coccodrillo oltre a nudibranchi, gamberi, invertebrati, cefalopodi, serpenti di mare, murene, pesci scorpione, frog fish, pesci ago fantasma, pesci mandarino, ecc. I siti di immersione sono circa 17.
Premio Turismo responsabile Italiano 2011
