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Malaysia : Island and Beaches - Pulau Sipadan
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Above water, the island is a covered in lush jungle and home to tropical birds such as kingfishers, sea-eagles, sunbirds, starlings and wood pigeons. There are also fruit bats and monitor lizards and at nightfall a turtle may come to lay her eggs on the beach while coconut crabs scurry into the water at the slightest sound. It was declared a bird sanctuary as early as 1933 and in 2004, all accommodation facilities on Sipadan were closed to further protect this pristine natural treasure. Divers are still easily able to enjoy the magic of underwater Sipadan. It is within minutes of the islands of Mabul and Kapalai half an hour from Semporna on Malaysian Borneo and just over an hour from the islands of Mataking and Pompong. Resorts and dive operators in these locations bring divers to Sipadan’s dive sites by boat on a daily basis.
Kota Kinabalu's popular Tunku Abdul Rahman Park
Barely 20 minutes via speedboat from Kota Kinabalu, this marine park consists of a cluster of five islands ? Manukan, Gaya, Sapi, Mamutik and Sulug ? ...
