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Dive Layang Layang With Black Manta in May

15th March 2010

Last updated: 19 Mar 10

Do you want to enjoy a rare liveaboard diving holiday in Malaysia?
MV Black Manta is offering you off season cruises to Layang Layang and Borneo Banks in May 2010.

The liveaboard Black Manta

MV Black Manta takes you cruising the exquisite dive sites of Layang Layang and Borneo Banks, where you will explore Ardarsier Shoal, Mariveles Reef, Investigator Shoal and Erica Reef. Get the chance to dive with hammerhead sharks where few liveaboards venture.

When not diving from her 40m² dive deck, you can enjoy a massage, tan on the roomy sundeck or feast on the Thai and western buffet spread.

Dive The World has the following special trips for you:

MV Black Manta – Off Season trips to Malaysia

Layang Layang/ Borneo Banks / Spratlys
7 Day 6 Night 15 Dives
11 – 17 May 10
19 – 25 May 10
27 May – 02 Jun 10

Price: USD 1,793 (SGD 2,500)

Incredibly spacious twin cabin on MV Black Manta in Similans, ThailandIncludes: Cabin accommodation with air-conditioning, breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, coffee, hot chocolate, tea and water, dives, tanks, weights and weightbelts, torches, experienced English-speaking divemaster(s), and port fee. Airport return transfer from Kota Kinabalu airport.

Excludes: Borneo Banks diving entry fee RM$300 payable onboard. Scuba equipment, nitrox tanks, dive insurance, soft drinks, alcoholic drinks.

Don’t miss the boat! You can enjoy a quick liveaboard diving holiday in Malaysia. Contact Dive The World right away to book the MV Black Manta on +66 (0)83 505 7794 or you could send us an email.

Note: All prices quoted are per diver sharing and subject to currency fluctuations.

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Honeymoon Bliss At Mataking in Malaysia

22nd December 2009

Update: 21 Dec 09

Are you looking for a secluded and romantic honeymoon getaway
Yet still want to dive as much as possible in Malaysia‘s cerulean waters? Mataking Reef Dive Resort offers you the best of both worlds.

Mataking Reef Dive Resort has years of experience at getting just the right mix of romance and diving pleasure to make your honeymoon unique and memorable.

Romance Honeymoon Package
Price:
US$ 374 (MYR 1,280) per couple
Package Includes:
1 Honeymooner cake and cocktails
Romantic Honeymoon room decoration
~ Lover fruit basket & chocolates
~ Traditional mosquito netting and bed decorated with flower petals on arrival day
1 Night of romantic candlelight dinner table setting for your buffet meal
1 Complimentary bottle of Champagne / Red Wine
1 x 90 minute Rejuvenating Islander massage for couple (value MYR 230 each)

Couple seals their wedding with a kiss under the sea at Mataking Reef Dive Resort, Malaysia

Mataking Reef Dive Resort also offers the following wedding packages. If you love scuba so much that you even want to dive on your wedding day, then you have the option of taking your vows to your loved one under the ocean.

Celebration of Love Beach Wedding Ceremony
Price:
US$ 841 (MYR 2,880) per couple
Package Includes:

Welcome drinks & woven coconut leaves garland upon arrival
Coconut leaves decoration
Exchange of rings (provided by couple) & exchange of vows ceremony conducted by Island Priest
Celebration of Love Sunset Cruise with cocktails, light refreshment and games for couple
Traditional planting of coconut to symbolize a new together for the newly weds
Romantic Wedding room decoration
~ Lover fruit basket & chocolates
~ Traditional mosquito netting with flower petals decoration on bed for arrival day
Wedding cake
Romantic candlelight dinner table setting for buffet meal
1 complimentary bottle of Red Wine on wedding night
Wedding gift for couple
Provision of a set of traditional Bajau costumes on hire

Dining at Mataking Dive Resort - photo courtesy of Kwan Fah Mun

Underwater Wedding Ceremony
Price:
US$ 146 (MYR 500) per couple
Undersea wedding arch and props

Other Optional Services
Fresh flower garland MYR 150 per couple
Videos taken at reasonable rates
Special order of cake (1-3 pound) MYR 60 per pound
Special Lobster ala carte dinner MYR 150-200 per person
Mataking Royal Spa Treatments MYR 350 – 380 per person
Additional order of Champagne / Red or White Wine MYR 100-300 per bottle

Note: Specific items are subject to availability and may be replaced with items of equal value.

Would you like to book your Malaysian diving holiday honeymoon at Mataking Reef Dive Resort? Contact Dive The World to discuss your options: send us an email or call us on +66 (0)83 505 7794.

Note: All prices quoted are per diver sharing and subject to currency fluctuations.

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Seaventures Savings on Sipadan Diving – Jan 10

3rd December 2009

Updated: 03 Jan 10

Save up to US$ 233 per diver!

Have you dived Sipadan this year? Escape to Seaventures Dive Resort this January and get huge savings.

Situated just north of Mabul, Seaventures Dive Resort is already great value-for-money. You have unlimited access to the vibrant macro diving under this converted oil rig with the fringing reefs of Kapalai and diving with hammerheads at Sipadan just a short boat trip away.

Dive The World has the following special package offers for you:

Seaventures Dive Resort
01 – 31 Jan 10*

4 days 3 Nights 8 Dives
was US$ 587 Now US$ 431 (MYR 1,500)
save US$ 312
per couple!
5 days 4 nights 11 Dives
was US$ 782 Now US$ 575 (MYR 2,000)
save US$ 414
per couple!
6 days 5 nights 14 Dives
was US$ 939 Now US$ 718 (MYR 2,500)
save US$ 442 per couple!
7 days 6 nights 17 Dives
was US$ 1,095 Now US$ 862 (MYR 3,000)
save US$ 466 per couple!

*This special offer applies to new bookings by non-Malaysian residents for a minimum of 2 divers.

You get unlimited macro diving from Seaventures' platform in Mabul, Malaysia - photo courtesy of www.scubazoo.comDiving includes: Dives, boat rides, unlimited but unguided platform diving, experienced English-speaking divemaster(s) (maximum 14 divers per boat), mineral water, tanks, weights and weightbelts.

Diving excludes: Marine park fees are payable on arrival. Dive equipment can be rented on arrival too.

Accommodation includes: Bed, breakfast, lunch and dinner, Tawau Airport – resort return transfers. If you are a single diver you can share with another diver or pay single supplement to get your own room.

Contact Dive The World to discuss your Sipadan diving holiday at Seaventures Dive Resort. E-mail us send us an email or call us on +66 (0)83 505 7794.

Note: All prices quoted are per diver sharing and subject to currency fluctuations.

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Sipadan Permits Guaranteed on Celebes!

19th November 2009

Updated: 07 Jan 10

Do you want to explore Sipadan by diving there 4 out of 7 days? Then we are delighted to offer you a NEW liveaboard option in Malaysia: the MV Celebes Explorer. The best news is that your Sipadan diving permits are guaranteed!

MV Celebes Explorer liveaboard in Sipadan MalaysiaCarrying a maximum of 16 guests and almost as many staff, the MV Celebes Explorer has not 1, but 2 motorised dive dinghies, assuring you of access to all the best diving spots Malaysia has to offer. You will be wall diving with pelagics like hammerhead sharks at Sipadan, and macro diving the fringing reefs at Kapalai and Mabul.

MV Celebes Explorer
Sipadan Safari
8 Days 7 Nights 20 Dives
Price: US$ 1,744 (MYR 5,915) per person sharing

One of the purpose-built tenders, used for diving around Sipadan IslandLiveaboard diving includes: Dives, boat rides, experienced English-speaking divemaster (maximum 8 divers per dive boat), hot drinks, drinking water, tanks, weights and weightbelts. Diving excludes: Marine park fees are payable on arrival. Dive equipment can be rented on arrival too with advance notice of sizes.

Liveaboard accommodation includes: Bed, breakfast, lunch and dinner, Tawau Airport – resort return transfers. If you are a single diver you can share with another diver or pay single supplement to get your own cabin.

Destinations: Sipadan Island, Mabul and Kapalai – permits guaranteed! There are 4 or 5 dives a day except for arrival and departure day. Normally 3 or 4 dives in Sipadan on Mon, Tues, Fri and Saturday, subject to surface interval before flying. After diving Sipadan on Saturday, cruise back to Semporna in the afternoon to overnight in Semporna. Note: All prices assume a morning boarding.

Do you want to experience guaranteed Sipadan diving like never before? Contact Dive The World to book your holiday on MV Celebes Explorer send us an email or call us on +66 (0)83 505 7794.

Note: All prices quoted are per diver sharing and subject to currency fluctuations.

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Dive For Up To $422 Less at Mabul Resort

19th November 2009

Last updated: 15 August 2010

Save up to US$ 422 per couple!

Do you want to escape your office tedium and dive into Malaysia‘s calm, azure oceans, where the water is warm all year round? Now Borneo Divers Mabul Island Resort ensures that your time in between dives is even better with their new beach gazebo massages, free wireless broadband and all their rooms have been upgraded to Deluxe.

The Borneo Divers bungalows, view across the swimming pool and sunken barWhile wall diving in Sipadan you could meet up to 50 turtles each dive and be surrounded by gentle leopard sharks.

Your dives at the fringing reefs of Mabul will offer you sightings of vibrantly coloured nudibranchs and cuttlefish, so remember to take your camera.

Dive The World has the following special package offers for you:

Borneo Divers Mabul Island Resort
01 August – 22 December 2010
04 January 2011 – 10 March 2011

6 days 5 nights 14 Dives – You only pay for 4½ Nights
Was US$ 3,825
Now US$ 3,443 save US$ 764 per couple!

7 days 6 nights 17 Dives – 5th Night & 6th Night For Less
Was US$ 4,590 Now US$ 4,168 save US$ 844 per couple!

Sipadan diving with Borneo Divers in Malaysia

Diving Includes: Dives, boat rides, experienced English-speaking divemaster(s) for max 6 divers (max 12 divers per boat), 1 free self-guided sunset dive per day on the house reef, tea / coffee, juice, drinking water, tanks, weights and weightbelts.

Diving excludes: Marine park fees are payable on arrival. Dive equipment can also be rented on arrival.

Accommodation includes: Bed, breakfast, lunch and dinner, Tawau Airport – resort return transfers.

Destinations: Sipadan, Mabul and Kapalai. There are 3 dives a day. When park guest permit numbers allow, this will mean a 2 dive trip to Sipadan and a third dive around Mabul or Kapalai. Alternatively it will be a 3 dive day around Mabul or Kapalai. No diving on day of departure.

Contact Dive The World to discuss your next Malaysia diving holiday at Borneo Divers Mabul Island Resort. E-mail us send us an email or call us on +66 (0)83 505 7794.

Note: All prices quoted are per diver sharing and subject to currency fluctuations.

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6th Night Free at Mabul Sipadan Nov-Dec 09

23rd October 2009

Update: 23 October 2009

Looking for somewhere peaceful to escape the rat race? Then the place to be is  Borneo Divers Mabul Island Resort for tranquil, pearly white beaches.  Diving in Sipadan will take you into an underwater world teeming with pelagic and macro-life sea creatures.  You could be finning with turtles, be surrounded by bumpheads as they scrounge the coral reefs for food and meet gentle leopard sharks.

Chilling in the pool at Borneo Divers Mabul Resort

To help you get there, Dive The World is offering you 1 night free when you book 6 at Borneo Divers Mabul Island Resort. As an added bonus on any night, you get
1 free night dive
.

Borneo Divers Mabul Island Resort
Nov – Dec 09
7 days 6 Nights
Price: was US$ 1,316 Now US$ 1,097
You only pay for 5 nights
Save US$ 438 per couple!
Bonus: 1 free night dive

Even non-divers can have loads of fun on the water at Mabul, MalaysiaDiving Includes: Dives, boat rides, experienced English-speaking divemaster(s) for maximum 6 divers (maximum 12 divers per boat), 1 free self-guided sunset dive per day on the house reef, tea / coffee, juice, drinking water, tanks, weights and weightbelts.

Diving excludes: Marine park fees are payable on arrival. Dive equipment can also be rented on arrival.

Accommodation includes: Bed, breakfast, lunch and dinner, Tawau Airport – resort return transfers.

Loads of crazy fun stuff for divers to do at Borneo Divers Mabul Resort, Malaysia

Destinations: Sipadan, Mabul and Kapalai. There are 3 dives a day. When park guest permit numbers allow, this will mean a 2 dive trip to Sipadan and a third dive around Mabul or Kapalai.

Alternatively it will be a 3 dive day around Mabul or Kapalai. No diving on day of departure.

You could be diving in Sipadan as soon as next month! Contact Dive The World to discuss your holiday at Borneo Divers Mabul Island Resort. E-mail us send us an email or call us on +66 (0)83 505 7794.

Note: All prices quoted are per diver sharing and subject to currency fluctuations.

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Save 10% On Your Kapalai & Lankayan Diving

23rd October 2009

Last updated: 05 May 2010

Save up to US$ 174 per diver!

Does your best kind of holiday include a fair size helping of Sipadan diving?

Sipadan Island Diving at Kapalai, Malaysia

Escape to Sipadan Kapalai Dive Resort or Lankayan Island Dive Resort from 01 Nov – 15 Dec 2010 and in addition to sublime diving and exquisite accommodation, you get 10% off!

Fancy diving with whale sharks and schools of barracudas, or exploring the protected coral reef and meeting clown fish and cuttlefish? Then Kapalai and Lankayan are the perfect holiday destinations for you.

With a mix of dives: boat, shore, wreck, jetty, macro and night dives, all just 5 minutes away, you’ll easily fit 3 dives into your day. Good visibility and abundant marine life make this Marine Protected Area a must on your diving to-do list.

Imagine yourself there right now, by watching our videos of these exquisite resorts right here in our Malaysian video gallery.

Dive The World offers you 10% off your Sipadan diving:

Lankayan Island Dive Resort

6 Days 5 Nights: was US$ 1,160 Now US$ 1,044 Save US$ 232 per couple
7 Days 6 Nights: was US$ 1,377 Now US$ 1,239 Save US$ 276 per couple
8 Days 7 Nights
: was US$ 1,595 Now US$ 1,436 Save US$ 318 per couple
For more information on inclusions and exclusions, please visit:
Lankayan Island Packages and Prices

Sipadan Kapalai Dive Resort

6 Days 5 Nights: was US$ 1,249 Now US$ 1,124 Save US$ 250 per couple
7 Days 6 Nights:was US$ 1,494 Now US$ 1,345 Save US$ 298 per couple
8 Days 7 Nights: was US$ 1,739 Now US$ 1,565 Save US$ 348 per couple
For more information on inclusions and exclusions, please visit:
Sipadan Kapalai Packages and Prices

PLUS Group Discounts for your Sipadan diving

Book 8 divers and the 9th diver goes FREE!
for example on 8 Day 7 Night package special price
Lankayan Island Dive Resort: was US$ 12,924 Now US$ 11,488
Sipadan Kapalai Dive Resort: was US$ 14,085 Now US$ 12,520
save up to US$ 173 each with 9 divers!

Are you dreaming of your next Sipadan diving holiday? Contact Dive The World for more information about Lankayan Island Dive Resort or Sipadan Kapalai Dive Resort you could send us an email or call us on +66 (0)83 505 7794.

Note: All prices quoted are per diver sharing and subject to currency fluctuations.

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Borneo Divers Shootout Mabul, Malaysia Nov 09

19th October 2009

Are you the kind of diver that just has to share your amazing undersea photos – even if you say so yourself? Why not take part in Scuba Diver AustralAsia’s next exciting photographic competition from 18-23 Nov 09 at Borneo Divers Mabul Island Resort?

Close-up of mantis shrimp, Mabul Island - photo courtesy of Silent SymphonyMabul Island diving abounds with photo opportunities and is the perfect venue for this shootout. You will be spoilt for choice with all the pelagic action and diverse macro-life at Mabul Island and Kapalai, or travel to the nearby Sipadan Island for excellent wall diving.

Win 1 of these fantastic prizes:
Wide Angle

1st Canon EOS 450D
2nd TUSA Conquest BCJ-7000
3rd
TUSA RB8 Roller Dive Bag + TUSA X-Pert II Titanium Knife
Macro

1st Canon EOS 450D
2nd TUSA RS530 Balanced Adjustable Regulator + SS-20 Octopus
3rd TUSA Backpack Roller Bag + TUSA TUL-300 Compact Ultra Bright LED Torch
Compact Camera

1st Canon D10 + His & Hers TUSA Powerview Crystal Silicone Masks
2nd TUSA Element IQ-650 Wrist Computer
3rd TUSA X-Pert Z-3 Fins
Portfolio
1st 5D/4N Stay with Borneo Divers

The Borneo Divers Mabul Island Resort has only 30 rooms, making it peaceful and personal.  But more importantly, your chances of winning the prizes are even better.  So don’t delay, places are limited and selling quickly.

8 Days 7 Nights Borneo Divers Mabul Resort
Price: US$ 1,536
per person sharing
Borneo Divers Mabul Island Resort, Malayasia
Diving Includes: Dives, boat rides, experienced English-speaking divemaster(s) for maximum 6 divers (max. 12 divers per boat), one free self-guided sunset dive per day on the house reef, tea / coffee, juice, drinking water, tanks, weights and weightbelts.

Diving excludes: Marine park fees are payable on arrival. Dive equipment can also be rented on arrival.

Accommodation includes: Bed, breakfast, lunch and dinner, Tawau Airport – resort return transfers.

Destinations:Sipadan Island, Mabul and Kapalai. There are 3 dives a day. When park guest permit numbers allow, this will mean a 2 dive trip to Sipadan and a third dive around Mabul or Kapalai. Alternatively it will be a 3 dive day around Mabul or Kapalai. No diving on day of departure.

Book your Mabul Island diving experience with us right away. E-mail us send us an email or call us on +66 (0)83 505 7794.

To enter the shootout mail Scuba Diver

Note: All prices quoted are per diver sharing and subject to currency fluctuations.

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