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Sipadan, Malaysia. Turtle Island

Name: Sipadan, Malaysia. Turtle Island
Price: 3460 USD
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Diving at Sipadan, Malaysia: 11 days — three days in Kuala Lumpur and 6 days of diving from a resort on Mabul Island, with turtles, barracuda tornadoes and macro life. $3,460 per person, flights extra. The 1–11 May 2026 departure has passed; the next one is 29 April – 8 May 2027.

★ 4.9 · 11 days / 10 nights · Diving · 1–11 May 2026

11 days / 10 nights

1–11 May 2026

10–12 divers

Not recommended for children under 12

Comfort ★★★★

5★ Hotel + 4★ Dive Resort

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What awaits you

Diving at Sipadan Island — one of the best dive destinations in the world. Turtles, sharks, barracuda schools, and an incredible macro world.

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Sipadan Island

One of the world's best dive sites — walls, currents, large marine life

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6 days of diving

3–4 dives per day at Sipadan, Mabul, Kapalai, and Siamil islands

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Large marine life

Mantas, rays, whale sharks, hammerhead sharks, barracuda schools

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Macro world

Seahorses, nudibranchs, mandarin fish, scorpionfish

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Kuala Lumpur

3 days of excursions: Petronas Towers, Batu Caves, fireflies, oceanarium

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Silvered langurs

Friendly silvered langurs at an old Portuguese fort

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Mabul resort

Stand-alone chalets, pool, white-sand beaches, house reef

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Professional instructor

Dive instructor and guide from Tour Leader Club

Day-by-Day Programme

Arrival in Kuala Lumpur, meet the guide, check-in, rest. Afternoon excursion to the former capital of Selangor state. An old Portuguese fort with friendly silvered langurs — you can hold them on your shoulders and feed them by hand. Evening river cruise to the world's largest colony of synchronously blinking fireflies.

Hotel Maya Kuala Lumpur 5★

Bird Park — the world's largest covered bird park, 20 acres, over 3,000 birds of 200 species. Parrots, peacocks, flamingos, ibises. Oceanarium with one of the world's longest underwater tunnels — 20,000 marine creatures, from arapaimas to tiger sharks. Sightseeing tour with a Russian-speaking guide: Chinese and Indian quarters, Sultan's Palace, National Mosque.

Hotel Maya Kuala Lumpur 5★

Batu Caves — the center of Hindu culture in Malaysia. A network of limestone caves with temples inside. The statue of Lord Murugan standing 42.7 meters tall — one of the tallest Hindu statues in the world. Petronas Twin Towers — the symbol of Kuala Lumpur, ascent to the observation deck. Lunch at the Menara telecommunications tower at 276 m with panoramic city views.

Hotel Maya Kuala Lumpur 5★

Flight to Tawau, transfer to Mabul Island (bus + boat, about 2 hours). Check-in at Sipadan and Mabul Resort 4★. Gear assembly, briefing, optional check dive from shore. Rest before the diving program begins.

Sipadan and Mabul Resort 4★

6 days of diving at Sipadan, Mabul, Kapalai, Siamil, and Mataking islands. 2–3 boat dives per day + complimentary shore dive. Sipadan rises from the very ocean floor — vertical walls covered in corals, turtles, sharks, barracuda schools, bumphead parrotfish, trevallies. The Malaysian government has imposed quotas — trips to Sipadan average once every 2–3 days. The other islands are equally impressive: macro world, seahorses, nudibranchs, mandarin fish. Sipadan is called Turtle Island for good reason — there are so many turtles that after a few days they become part of the scenery.

Sipadan and Mabul Resort 4★

Check-out, transfer to Tawau airport (2–3 hours). Flight to Kuala Lumpur, overnight flight to Moscow.

Tour Leader

Evgeniya Kulish

Guide since the late 80s · PADI Instructor · Tech diver · Photographer

Accommodation

Hotel Maya Kuala Lumpur 5★ — Kuala Lumpur, 3 nights.

Sipadan & Mabul Resort 4★ — a dive resort 15 minutes by boat from Sipadan. Twin stand-alone chalets. Pool, hot tub, white-sand beaches, and a house reef for diving and snorkeling.

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To join the program, you must arrive in Kuala Lumpur no later than May 1. Plan your return flight no earlier than May 12.