Borneo Global Sipadan Backpackers is superbly located in front of the jetty to all Islands and all parts of the Semporna Town.
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Type of Rooms with Attached Bathrooms & Prices:
- Air Condition Family Room (1 Queen Bed & 3 Single Beds )
- Air Condition Triple Room (1 Queen Bed & 1 Single Bed )
- Air Condition 8 Beds Bunker Room (Mixed Dorm )
All rooms (bed with Linen & Blanket provided) are Air-Conditioned with ensuite bathrooms equipped with Hot & Cold Pressure Water Heater.
Cleanliness, spacious and amenities is our objective to provide you with a pleasant and comfortable stay with us.
We provide 24 hours Reception Service, Digital Access Door with No Curfew / Lockout, CCTV, Simple Local Breakfast, Living and Dining Area.
We offer many services including Convenient Store, Laundry Services, Personal Locker, Luggage Storage Area, Satellite TV & DVD Movies, Internet Access – FREE Broadband WiFi, Refrigerator, Microwave Oven, Drinking Water Pot, Tour / Information and Reservation.
Borneo Global Sipadan Backpackers & Dive Centre is located in Semporna, situated in the east coast of Sabah, Malaysia on the island of Borneo. We are within walking distance to Banks, Seafood Restaurant and Entertainment Outlets. Just a stone throw away from the jetty to all Islands.
Sipadan Diving Centre
Borneo Global Sipadan Backpackers & Dive Centre is located in Semporna, situated in the east coast of Sabah, Malaysia on the island of Borneo. We are within walking distance to Banks, Seafood Restaurant and Entertainment Outlets. Just a stone throw away from the jetty to all Islands.
We offer daily Scuba Diving and Snorkeling trips to Sipadan, Mabul, Kapalai Islands or Tun Sakaran Marine Park within the Celebes Sea to explore the macro and pelagic underwater marine life.
Our professional dive guide and dedicated staffs will ensure our guest have a safe and wonderful diving holiday with us.
There is a whole range of diving equipments at our Sipadan Diving Centre available for rentals if our guests preferred not to travel with heavy luggage.
We also offer scuba diving courses from beginner level to professional level. Our courses are conducted mainly around the reefs near Semporna, Kapalai Island, Mabul Island or Tun Sakaran Marine Park in the Celebes Sea.
How to find us and get there?
You can either fly or catch bus from Kota Kinabalu bus terminal, Air Asia and Malaysian Airlines offers multiple flights daily to Tawau Airport, where you’re just 1 hour & 15 mins (99km) drive away to Semporna. If you’re on the backpackers circuit (did you climb Mt Kinabalu), buses leave daily for Semporna at 7.30am – 7.30pm from the Kota Kinabalu Bus Terminal (Inanam Terminal). It takes about 8 – 9 hours to reach Semporna by bus.
Open Water Fun Dive
Sabah is a perfect destination for fun dive activities. Divers can explore from west coast to east coast with clear crystal water, rich marine life is found everywhere to explore.
What’s included in these Fun Dive Package:
- Provide packed lunch on boat
- Full set diving and snorkeling equipment’s
- Experienced Dive Master
- Sabah Park Conservation and Jetty park fees
Open Water Diver Course
We are a licensed diving operator based in Semporna. Our dive centre provides Open Water Courses, chartered scuba diving boats, and daily diving and snorkeling activities to Mabul, Kapalai, Timbun Mata islands and Tun Sakaran Marine Park.
We also guarantee a Sipadan entry with permit (subject to availability during peak season); advance booking is required to secure a Sipadan Permit.
What’s included in these Sipadan package:
- Sipadan Sabah Park Permit
- 3 daily boat dives (Except arrival & departure day)
- Breakfast, Packed Lunch and 2 days Seafood Dinner
- Air-conditioned dormitory room with attached bathroom (May request upgrade to private room)
- Full set snorkeling gear
- Dive Equipments ( BCD, Regulators, Wetsuit, Weights, Weight Belts, Fins, Mask, Tank )
- Free use of in house wireless broadband services
Schedule for Divers and Snorkelers:
Day 1 with BBQ Seafood Dinner
- Check in and Free & Easy.
Day 2 with Breakfast and Lunch
- 3 boat dives or snorkeling at Sipadan Island (Dive point subject to Dive-master)
Day 3 with Breakfast and Lunch
- 2 boat dives or snorkeling at Mabul Island or Timbun Mata Island.
Day 4 with Breakfast
Check out ! and transfer land from Semporna to Tawau Airport.
PADI Open Water Course
Our certified English or Chinese speaking dive instructors are qualified and well trained to conduct diving courses. Rest assured our diving equipment and diving boats are well maintained, with regular services carried out.
- Open Water Course ( 3 Days Duration )
- Advance Open Water ( 3 Days Duration )
- Discover Scuba Diving ~ 2 Scuba Dives
- Leisure Scuba Diving ~ 2 Scuba Dives
- Dive Master Course in Mabul island
- EFR Course
- Leisure Scuba Diving ~ 3 Scuba Dives
- Discover Scuba Diving ~ 2 Scuba Dives
Diving course included:
- Certified Diving Instructor
- Authentic log book for PADI, SDI, TDI, SSI and Certification Card
- Diving boat transfer and land transfer
- Jetty Fee – Permits – Light Snack – Lunch – Drinks – PADI Materials
- Full set diving equipments
- And lots of smile !!
PADI Specialty Courses
Night Diver ( 2 Days ) Includes
- Qualified Instructor
- Boat Transfer and Dive Equipments
- Knowledge development to understand basic principles of scuba diving
- Jetty Fee – Permits – Light Snack – Drinks – PADI Materials
- Duration course with 2 Full Days for Semporna
Wreak Diver ( 2 Days ) Includes
- Qualified Instructor
- Boat Transfer and Dive Equipments
- Knowledge development to understand basic principles of scuba diving
- Jetty Fee – Permits – Light Snack – Lunch – Drinks – PADI Materials
- Duration course with 2 Full Days for Semporna
Side Mount Diver ( 2 Days ) Includes
- Qualified Instructor
- Boat Transfer and Dive Equipments
- Jetty Fee – Permits – Light Snack – Lunch – Drinks – PADI Materials
- Knowledge development to understand basic principles of scuba diving
Deep Diver ( 2 Days ) Includes
- Qualified Instructor
- Jetty Fee – Permits – Light Snack – Lunch – Drinks – PADI Materials
- Boat Transfer and Dive Equipments
Nitrox Diver ( 4 hours ) Includes
- Qualified Instructor
- Jetty Fee – Permits – Light Snack – Lunch – Drinks – PADI Materials
- Boat Transfer and Dive Equipments
E.F.R Rescue Diver Includes
- Qualified Instructor
- Jetty Fee – Permits – Light Snack – Lunch – Drinks – PADI Materials
- Boat Transfer and Dive Equipments
Sipadan Diving 4D/3N
Sipadan / Mabul Scuba Dive or Snorkeling Package
Guaranteed Sipadan Diving
Day 1: Arrival
By flight from Kota Kinabalu to Tawau. Upon arrival at Tawau Airport, pick up and transfer to by land journey, which will take 1 hour drive passing through villages and oil palm plantation. Arrive at accommodation Semporna, Check in – Free & Easy
Day 2: (Breakfast – Lunch)
3 boat dives or snorkeling at Sipadan / Mabul / Kapalai Islands or Tun Sakaran Marine Park
Day 3: (Breakfast – Lunch)
3 boat dives or snorkeling at Sipadan / Mabul / Kapalai Islands or Tun Sakaran Marine Park
- Please bear in mind of requirement for the surface interval before flight the next day
Day 4: Departure (Breakfast – Lunch)
After Breakfast – check out !! – Transfer from Semporna to Tawau Airport.
Package Includes:
- Land transfer Twu Airport – Semporna – Twu Airport
- SIPADAN Sabah Park Permit
- 3 daily boat dives (EXCEPT arrival & departure day)
- Breakfast & Lunch (EXCEPT alcoholic & carbonated soft drinks)
- Air-conditioned Bunker Room with attached bathroom / hot water
- Snorkeling gear
- Dive Equipments ( BCD, Regulators, Wetsuit, Weights, Weight Belts, Fins, Mask, Tank )
- Free use of Wireless broadband services
- FREE Borneo Semporna Proboscis River Cruise with Seafood Dinner
Package Excludes:
- Return airfare KK – TWU Airport – KK
- Items not mentioned
Semporna Proboscis Monkey
River Cruise has become an increasingly popular way of exploring and appreciating a fascinating aspect of the beauty of Sabah nature, especially the wildlife in the biodiversity-rich mangrove ecosystems and also the very rare species Proboscis Monkeys which can be found only in Borneo.
If the idea of cruising along a meandering river and catching glimpses of Proboscis Monkeys, Fruit Bats (a kind of bats which consume fruits and nectars). Crocodile scores of fireflies and other creatures sound exciting to you, then you should not miss the maiden Borneo Semporna Proboscis River Cruise.
Itinerary:
3.30pm: Depart Semporna town using land transfer to Kg. Tunggulangan. Enjoy the Semporna local village scenery during the transfer (transfer start from Borneo Global Sipadan Backpackers).
- 4.00pm: Arrive at Borneo Semporna Proboscis River Cruise and enjoy the long tail macaque feeding.
- 4.15pm: 4.45pm: Enjoy Malaysian local cuisine during afternoon tea break.
- 4.45pm: Start the river cruise looking for the only found in Borneo, the Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis Larvatus).
- 6.00pm: Return to the Borneo Semporna Proboscis River Cruise jetty and enjoy the seafood BBQ Dinner and the beauty of fireflies flying in mangrove area.
- 7.30pm: Return to Semporna town
- 8.00pm: Reach Semporna town.
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