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.

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)

Includes: 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 email blog@dive-the-world.com.

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

♥ 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)

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

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 at blog@dive-the-world.com or call us on +66 (0)83 505 7794.

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

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.

Diving 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 at blog@dive-the-world.com or call us on +66 (0)83 505 7794.

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

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!

Carrying 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

Liveaboard 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 at blog@dive-the-world.com or call us on +66 (0)83 505 7794.

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

Save up to US$ 438 per couple!

Escape the winter chills and dive into Malaysia’s calm, azure oceans, where the water is warm all year round. Now Borneo Divers Mabul 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.

While 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 Resort
Jan – Feb 2010*

7 days 8 Nights 23 Dives was US$ 1,755 Now US$ 1,536
You only pay for 7 nights – save US$ 438 per couple!

8 days 7 nights 20 Dives was US$ 1,536 Now US$ 1,427
You only pay for 6½ nights – save US$ 218 per couple!

7 days 6 nights 17 Dives was US$ 1,316 Now US$ 1,207
You only pay for 5½ nights – save US$ 218 per couple!

6 days 5 nights 14 Dives was US$ 1,097 Now US$ 988
You only pay for 4½ nights – save US$ 218 per couple!

5 days 4 nights 11 Dives was US$ 878 Now US$ 767
You only pay for 3½ nights – save US$ 222 per couple!

*This special offer applies to new bookings and is not available for 12 – 18 Feb 10.

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 Resort. E-mail us at blog@dive-the-world.com or call us on +66 (0)83 505 7794.

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

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.

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

Diving 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.

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 at blog@dive-the-world.com or call us on +66 (0)83 505 7794.

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

Dive the World is offering you 10% off dive packages from 1 Nov – 15 Dec at Sipadan Kapalai Dive Resort and Lankayan Island Dive Resort.

Are you dreaming of a tropical island holiday in Malaysia, diving crystalline blue waters, in stunning weather, surrounded by an abundance of sea creatures?

Fancy diving with whale sharks and schools of barracuda, or exploring the protected coral reef and meeting clown fish and cuttlefish?

Then Kapalai and Lankayan are the perfect holiday destinations for you.

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

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.

Then at the end of the day you can wind down with a book while the marine life continues to swirl right beneath your Kapalai chalet. Or relax in a beach lounger watching the reef life clearly from the Lankayan jetty.

Lankayan Island Dive Resort *

3 Days 2 Nights: US$ 487 Was US$ 541 Save US$ 108 per couple
4 Days 3 Nights: US$ 617 Was US$ 685 Save US$ 136 per couple
5 Days 4 Nights: US$ 802 Was US$ 891 Save US$ 178 per couple

For more information on inclusions and exclusions, please visit:
Lankayan Island Dive Resort
* Please add US$ 5.78 per night towards the Conservation fee

Sipadan Kapalai Dive Resort

3 Days 2 Nights: US$ 495 Was US$ 550 Save US$ 110 per couple
4 Days 3 Nights: US$ 645 Was US$ 717 Save US$ 144 per couple
5 Days 4 Nights: US$ 854 Was US$ 948 Save US$ 188 per couple

For more information on inclusions and exclusions, please visit:
Sipadan Kapalai Dive Resort

Contact Dive The World right away to book your dream Sipadan diving holiday at blog@dive-the-world.com or call us on +66 (0)83 505 7794.

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

Mabul 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

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 at blog@dive-the-world.com 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.

Now you don’t just have to take our word for how beautiful our Malaysian dive resorts are – you can see for yourself!

Mataking Reef Dive Resort, Malaysia

Scuba Diving at Sipadan, Malaysia

Scuba Diving in Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia

Scuba Diving in Layang Layang, Malaysia

Sipadan Water Village Dive Resort, Malaysia

Scuba Diving in Lankayan, Malaysia

Seaventures Dive Resort, Mabul, Malaysia

Mabul Water Bungalows Resort, Malaysia

Sipadan Mabul Resort (SMART), Malaysia

Layang Layang Dive Resort, Malaysia

Borneo Divers Mabul Resort, Malaysia

Contact Dive The World to discuss your next diving holiday in Malaysia at one of our Malaysian dive resorts. E-mail us at blog@dive-the-world.com or call us on +66 (0)83 505 7794.