In the Celebes sea about one hour by boat south of Semporna lies the small island of Mabul. This has a slim oval shape and can be walked around in less than one hour. Following the Accommodation ban on Sipadan, the resorts on Sipadan resettled to Mabul island island which is very close to Sipadan. While these resorts are very expensive. there is cheap Accommodation (Uncle Chang for instance) on the western side of the island.
In addition to the resorts on Mabul there is a small fisherman village on the western side of the island. Here is where the sea gipsies have settled down. The village has an own school. Except for the beach of the Sipadan mabul resort, the island has no good beaches, because everywhere else the sea water is too shallow and you have to wade through the corals to reach the deep sea. In addition there are very strong currents around Mabul, especially west of Mabul, which make swimming an ardous task. Mabul is therefore only suitable as a basis for divers who want to explore the nearby diving sites. The seawater immediately surrounding Mabul has poor visibility.
01 Sabah coast 02 Island 03 Houses on stilts in fisherman village 04 Houses on stilts in fisherman village
05 House on stilts 06 Colourful boat 07 Houses on stilts in fisherman village 08 Palm trees and sky
09 House on stilts and beach 10 Beach and resort 11 Sipadan water village resort
12 Sipadan water village resort 13 Sipadan water village resort and beach 14 Sipadan water village resort and beach 15 Sipadan water village resort
16 Beach and Sipadan water village resort 17 Sipadan water village resort 18 Beach of Sipadan Mabul resort
19 Beach of Sipadan Mabul resort 20 Shallow seawater along northeast coast with corals 21 Panoramic view of Mabul
22 Shallow seawater along northeast coast with corals 23 Shallow seawater along northeast coast with corals 24 Sea Ventures hotel in former oil rig 25 Young girl running on beach
26 Flying sea eagle with white head 27 Sea eagle with white head 28 Sea eagles with white head 29 Sea eagles with white head 30 Moray eel
31 Mabul island
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