Borneo Divers Mabul Island Resort |
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Owned and managed by Borneo Divers, the Mabul Island Resort offers you world class macro diving opportunities in addition to the wonders of Sipadan.
Rooms: 30
Diving in: Mabul, Sipadan Island and Kapalai
Dive type: Boat and beach dives
Divers: Max. 60 (but can be 90 with extra beds)
• Read our Trip Report
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The resort has only 30 rooms so it's quite small and personal compared to most of the others in the area. And it's only 25 minutes from Pulau Sipadan, a top notch wall diving destination where Borneo Divers pioneered the diving. You can dive in Sipadan Island every day (subject to park concessions), as well as the macro-worlds of Mabul Island and Kapalai. This is the place to go to for quiet, white sand beaches and diving within a world of pelagic and macro-life diversity.
The Borneo Divers Mabul Resort just seems to keep getting better - the rooms have been renovated, and now there's a swimming pool and 3 bars for your relaxation. For those that just can't leave the real world behind, the resort also has wi-fi internet facilities. Perhaps the best feature though is that the resort remains one of the best value and lowest priced options around, so it's ever popular with the young and fun crowd.
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The bungalows have been recently upgraded and are set around a delightful and neat tropical lawn. All the rooms in this resort come with twin or double beds and private verandas that overlook the lawn, pool or azure waters of the Celebes Sea.
All the rooms have:
- Air conditioning with individual controls
- Ceiling fan
- Private bathroom with hot water shower
- Toiletries, towels & hairdryer
- Coffee & tea making facilities
- Private veranda
- Dressing table
- Reading lamps
- Wardrobe
- Desk and chair
- 220V power points with adaptor
- Fire extinguisher
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When Sipadan Entry Permit numbers allow, Borneo Divers have a 4 dive trip to Sipadan (including packed lunch). Alternatively it will be a 3 dive day around Mabul or Kapalai.
Dive facilities include:
- 7 custom built fibreglass speedboats
- Nitrox facilities at the resort
- Boats are equipped with skipper, GPS, cellphone, compass, and steel ladders
- Emergency oxygen on board all boats
- Maximum 10 divers per boat
- Self-guided sunset dive on the house reef
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Divemasters are provided on all diving day trips as well as snacks, drinking water, coffee, tea and juices.
Back at the resort, there are equipment stations for guests' diving gear, and rinse tanks for both dive kit and underwater cameras. The dive centre staff will help carry your gear to and from the boat.
Borneo Divers is a PADI 5 Star IDC Center, so this is probably the best place in Mabul to continue your dive education. Why not become an Advanced Open Water Diver in Sipadan?
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| Testimonial: |
"The Borneo Divers staff were courteous, friendly and professional at all times and they really made sure my stay combined some breathtaking diving with plenty of fun! ... Very comfortable a/c rooms, fantastic service and there was a great choice of food on offer, and importantly, plenty of it! ... Thanks to Dive The World for your advice and help in booking my trip. Your guys were very responsive and efficient with my numerous requests; I really felt like I was getting a wide choice of options tailored for my needs - it was unbiased advice rather than a 'hard sell' and it was plain that your advice was based on local knowledge." - Peter McCaughan, Ireland ...
"Lovely resort. Great chalets. Very friendly staff." - Robert Bertram, United Kingdom ...
"The staff all knew my name and made me feel like at home. The staff were young, enthusiatic and vibrant." - Daniel Leong, Australia ...
"Staff were great from dive guides to helpers and equipment people at the jetty - very friendly and informative. Our equipment and tanks were always ready on time when we wanted to go for a dive, including for unguided afternoon and evening dives. Diving around Mabul, including the dive straight off the jetty was really very good. We enjoyed the boat dives, and unguided afternoon and night dives from there. Hotel rooms were nice and kept clean by staff. Our bathroom had an ant infestation, but was otherwise satisfactory." - Rachel Dolling, UK ...
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