A few minutes by boat from the islands of Sipadan and Mabul
but a full world away from it lays the exhilarating Sipadan-Kapalai
Dive Resort, sitting on its sturdy stilts on the shallow sandbanks
of the Ligitan Reefs.
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Planned and built in full style as an airy, comfortable, sunny water
village with no land in sight, it boasts a mile-long sandbank of
powdery white sand where one can suntan at complete leisure
while gazing out to the miles of brilliant turquoise stretching into
the horizon offering the purest image of natural serenity.
 
Dive spots are extremely close and can be reached in just a few
minutes by speedboat and some of them, actually, just by swimming
from the dive center pier.
 
For those who are ready to venture more and aside from the tiny
marvels of the macro life of Kapalai can, in just a few minutes,
dive in Sipadan (where big fish and turtles abound) or in Mabul
(where silky and muddy bottoms offer different and equally pleasant
experience and opportunities to the lovers of "muck diving").
With a combination of sun and water in a unique and serene setting
with friendly staff, Sipadan-Kapalai is an ideal destination for diver
and non diver alike seeking a great holiday experience!
 
Diving around Kapalai is exceedingly easy and shallow but quite
spectacular: the sandy bottom and the spare coral heads host
an amazing array of small, often yet-to-be classified, shamelessly
colorful subjects, making the diving here an unforgettable experience.
 
Home to the weird and techno-colored flamboyant cuttlefish
rumbling on the bottom like a miniature tank rippling with
fluorescent waves of vermilion, purple, chocolate brown,
bright yellow and blinding white, all the time waving and flourishing
its paddle-shaped front tentacles like some samurai of yore, looking
more like a sensuous orchid than a predatory cephalopod ; it is the
domain of the invisible frogfish found in Kapalai in all sorts of shapes,
sizes and colors- which despite sometimes being as large as a melon
will often escape even from the most trained of wildlife spotters. 
Swimming, creeping, crawling or just simply lying still on the surrounding
sand bottoms, hiding among the branching colonies of the shallow
surrounding coral reef, ambushing their unwary prey from the hideouts
offered by the resort stilts and a few artificial reefs dotting the bottom,
an amazing number of rare and unbelievably colorful species play their
game of life and death, offering discrim nating visitor unsurpassed
opportunities for interesting observation and macro photography for
any discerning photographer.
 
Though diving is the highly commended activity in Kapalai, there
are other water activities one can indulge in such as swimming,
snorkeling as well as ocean kayaking while looking at the many
colorful fishes swimming freely just a few inches beneath.
PACKAGE RATE
| | Type (Days/Nights) | MYR$ | | | 3D/2N | 1,900 | | | 4D/3N | 2,480 | | Diver | 5D/4N | 3,280 | | | 6D/5N | 4,080 | | | 7D/6N | 4,880 | | | Extend (1 Night) | 800 |
| | Type (Days/Nights) | MYR$ | | | 3D/2N | 1,520 | | | 4D/3N | 1,984 | | Non-Diver | 5D/4N | 2,624 | | | 6D/5N | 3,264 | | | 7D/6N | 3,904 | | | Extend (1 Night) | 640 |
**Validity period: 1st April 2010 to 31st March 2011
MYR$ : Malaysian Ringgit
Diving Package Rate is included:
- Transportation from Tawau Airport or Any Hotel in Tawau to Kapalai Resort
- Full Board Meal at the resort; snacks and tea,coffee
- 3 Boat dives daily except on arrival and departure date
- Unlimited dives in front of Kapalai Dive center
- No extra charge for night dives in front of Kapalai Dive center for advanced diver
or diver with night dive experience - Tanks, Weight and Belt are provided
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