 Sipadan
Island, Sabah
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 Lying
just off the north-east coast of Borneo is Sipadan, Malaysia's
only oceanic island. Shaped by volcanic activity aeons ago,
this 35-acre island rises about 700m from the sea floor, attracting
diverse marine life from the blackness of the open sea.
The spectacular diving, unrivalled anywhere else in the country,
has made Malaysia one of the top diving destinations in the
region, and the world.
Encounters with turtles, resident schools of jacks and barracudas
are almost assured around this tiny coral island.
A popular feature of this island is the precipitous reef
wall: Just 8m from the beach, the wall plunges to about 680m!
Many divers have remarked that staying and diving on the island
is similar to doing so from a live-aboard ship. You enjoy
the ease of multiple shore and boat dives, with up to 5 dives
per day.
Sipadan Island, formerly declared a bird sanctuary, is also
home to monitor lizards, fruit bats, the unique coconut crabs,
and a luxuriant rainforest.
About 47 known species of birds frolic and feed about the
natural vegetation, providing yet another attraction for the
visitor.
Read more about Sipadan
Island in Sabah.
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