South East Asia
Southeast Asia is a hugely popular tourist region due, for the most part, to its wide range of attractions and very affordable prices. It is also viewed as a very safe part of the world for travelers There are countless popular beach and island destinations such as Phuket, Koh Samui, and Boracay, stunning coastal scenery such as in Krabi, Phi Phi Islands, El Nino, and Halong Bay, nature and wildlife havens such as Borneo and Sumatra. The region has world famous cultural and religious attractions like at Siem Reap (Angkor Wat), Ayutthaya, Chiang Mai, Bagan, and Bali, and large metropolitan areas such as Jakarta, Manila, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore.
For active travelers, there is a whole host of adventure sports such as trekking, surfing, white water rafting, and of course scuba diving. Being located in the Coral Triangle, SE Asia can lay claim to be among the best, if not the best place to scuba dive in the entire world. Raja Ampat, Komodo, Sipadan, Tubbataha rank at the top of many experienced diver’s bucket list destinations. All of this just scratches the surface of what’s on offer for visitors to South East Asia…
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Recent South East Asia Articles
Bangkok Upheaval – Don’t sweat it!
Unless you've been doing surface interval to surface interval dives for the last week from a boat or island with no outside communications, you've probably heard of the political situation in Bangkok by now. There are anti-government protests going on. Nothing...
20% Discount on Andaman Safari
Scuba Explorer is one of the Andaman Sea's finest diving liveaboards and mixes great diving adventures with unique cultural experiences, the results of which are memorable liveaboad safaris. With Dive The World you know that wherever there's a great liveaboard, a...
Misool – A new Raja Ampat dive resort built for the future
The newly opened Misool Eco Resort promises to herald a new era in responsible dive tourism. The doors have just been opened a couple of weeks and, ever on-the-ball, Dive The World have already run the rule over the place just for you! This brand new Raja Ampat dive...
Extra Dive Day With Panunee to Similans in Jan
Do you have a group of 10 or a dive club thinking of diving the Similans in January? Fancy yourself a liveaboard? Do you want something for nothing?Dive The World, always securing the best deals for our clients, offers you the MV Panunee, arguably one of South East...
Diving Komodo with Seven Seas
Komodo. For some the word may conjure up fantastic images of dragons, rugged mountainous terrain and immaculate blue oceans. But any diver who has been there will be able to relay their thrilling diving experiences in Komodo with detailed accuracy, even years after a...
Diving in Manado Made Easy – from KL via Air Asia
Ah, Manado; deep water paradise, smack in the middle of the Coral Triangle, home to the highest levels of biodiversity in the world, oodles of fish varieties and top-shelf wall diving. And, Lembeh; muck diving capital of the world where you can be sure of spotting a...
Slow down with The Junk after the Singapore F1
The Singapore F1 Grand Prix, taking place on 28 September 2008, is going to be an unique experience – the first ever F1 Grand Prix held at night and for the first time ever hosted on the streets of Singapore. The region, nay the world, has its eyes fixed on this tiny...
Wreck Diving in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
At Dive The World we usually recommend only the very best dive sites and when it comes to diving in Sabah that means Sipadan, Mabul, Kapalai, Lankayan and Layang Layang. However, by popular demand, we've decided to include the wreck diving enthusiasts among you, as...
Seized Phuket Airport Re-opens
The Phuket Airport was under siege, reported the Phuket Gazette at 8.45am yesterday (31 Aug), but followed up at 3.13 pm stating that, despite protesters still being present, the airport was expected to re-open with flights landing shortly. The two day occupation by...