Celebes Explorer 9 - Liveaboard & Dive In Sipadan


TOUR INFORMATION

TOUR CODE: ABK-CE01
DESCRIPTION: CELEBES EXPLORER 9 - LIVEABOARD & DIVE IN SIPADAN
REGION: Sabah
DURATION: 4 Days 3 Nights / 5 Days 4 Nights
MINIMUM: 1 Pax
AVAILABILITY: Tuesdays & Fridays
PICK UP POINT: Tawau Airport
DROP OFF POINT: Tawau Airport
* All timings are estimated and for reference purposes only. Actual timing will be provided prior to your departure.

Tour highlights

  • Sail with Semporna’s only liveaboard
  • Daily dives to world renowned dive site at Sipadan Island 
  • Dive at world’s top muck diving spot (Mabul Island) 
  • Delicious Asian and local buffet spread 
  • Relax on the sun deck  
  • Amazing sunrise and sunset view of Celebes Sea 

Sample itinerary

Day 1 - Arrive at Tawau Airport / Transfer to Semporna & Celebes Explorer 9 (Pick Up: Tawau Airport)

  • Pick-up at Tawau airport and car transfer to Semporna. Free at own leisure until boat departure time. 
  • Depart from Semporna to Celebes Explorer 9 from 1530hrs onwards. 
  • Check-in to Celebes Explorer 9 and attend briefing. 
  • Free and easy. 
  • Note: No diving on the first day 
Meals : Dinner Accommodation : Celebes Explorer 9

Day 2 - Sipadan Island / Mabul Island

  • Daily dive at Sipadan Island. Once done, you will have the option for another diving session at Mabul Island. 
Meals : Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner Accommodation : Celebes Explorer 9

Day 3 - Sipadan Island / Mabul Island

  • Daily dive at Sipadan Island. Once done, you will have the option for another diving session at Mabul Island. 
Meals : Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner Accommodation : Celebes Explorer 9

Day 4 - Sipadan Island / Mabul Island

  • Daily dive at Sipadan Island. Once done, you will have the option for another diving session at Mabul Island. 
Meals : Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner Accommodation : Celebes Explorer 9

Day 5 - Return to Semporna / Transfer to Tawau Airport (Drop Off: Tawau Airport)

  • Check-out at 0600hrs (if Celebes Explorer 9 is in Mabul) or 0830hrs (if Celebes Explorer 9 is in Semporna) and boat transfer to Semporna. 
  • Free and easy at own leisure before car transfer to Tawau Airport. 
Meals : Breakfast

Set sail to Sipadan Island with the only liveaboard in Semporna! Come onboard Celebes Explorer 9 for a once-in-a-lifetime experience cruising across the crystal-clear waters of the Celebes Sea, home to some of the rarest aquatic life you can find in Borneo. With exceptional onboard facilities available, it has everything you need for an incredible diving adventure at spots not easily reachable by normal day boats. 

Start your day waking up with the tropical sun over the horizon before heading towards Sipadan for some of the world’s top diving spots with amazing underwater seascapes. If that is not enough, continue your dive at Mabul Island, a world-class muck diving destination. Once you are done, lounge around the ship decks and enjoy the sweeping vistas of the surrounding ocean and let Celebes Explorer 9 be your floating resort throughout your adventure vacation, with the captain and crew always ready at your service. At night, treat yourself to tantalizing buffet before getting your good night’s sleep and repeat all again the next day! 

Celebes Explorer 9 will take you on an adventurous journey across the ocean to some of Borneo’s most astonishing diving spots that you can dream of. This liveaboard is the best way to experience diving at Sipadan Island, Mabul Island, and other nearby spots as it allows you to reach areas that you normally cannot get from a land-based dive resort.  

Daily dives to Sipadan Island are available through Celebes Explorer 9 so you can explore the world-famous dive site and get sightings of unique marine life, including the green turtles, bump parrotfish, and barracudas. For those who enjoy muck diving, Mabul Island is one of the world’s top destinations for it, offering sightings of exceptionally unique and diverse sea creatures.  

  • Food is served for breakfast, lunch, and dinner 
  • Food served is buffet style and predominantly Asian and local cuisine 
  • Pork dishes are not served onboard, and there will be no cooking of pork in the kitchen 
  • Tank-filling station 
  • Lounge with mini bar 
  • Dining area
  • Audio-visual room 
  • Sun deck 
  • Internet access 
  • Camera charging station 
  • Changing and shower area 
  • Filling station 
  • Dive gear storage 

Twin Share Cabin 
There are a total of 8 twin share cabins, each equipped with air-conditioning and ensuite bathrooms. The rooms come with either double beds or twin beds that are extremely comfortable. 

  • Car transfer from Tawau Airport to Semporna 
  • Boat transfer from Semporna to Celebes Explorer 9 
Meals 04 Breakfasts, 03 Lunches, 04 Dinners 
Inclusion

Meals as Stated, 03 Nights Accommodation, Return Boat Transfer, Daily Dives to Sipadan Island (except for embarkation & disembarkation day), Diving Equipment (Excluding dive computer & torch light), Semporna Jetty Fee, Sipadan Diving Permit, Pick Up/Drop Off from Tawau Airport

Exclusion Airfares, Alcoholic Drinks, Land Transfer, Personal Travel Insurance, and Any Items Not Mentioned
  • All confirmed bookings must be accompanied by the name, nationality, gender, passport number, contact address and flight details of guests. 
  • Unused portions of tour packages are not refundable once tour commences.
  • Amazing Borneo Tours will not be responsible for any additional expenses incurred by the tour members as a result of the foregoing causes and over which it has no control, such as war, civil disturbance, fire, floods, unusually severe weather, acts of God or Government, broken machinery or equipment required as part of the tour member’s itinerary, or unavoidable events that caused the tour member’s itinerary unenforceable. 
  • Amazing Borneo Tours reserves the right to alter the itineraries and/or substitute services with or without prior notice as a result of circumstances beyond the company’s control or if found to be in the best interests of all concerned parties.
  • Amazing Borneo Tours suggests all tour members to be adequately insured.