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3 Semporna Islands Tour with Snorkel or Diving Experience

4.9(12)Rated 4.9 out of 5 from 12 reviews8 hBy Wadi Rum Fire Camp
3 Semporna Islands Tour with Snorkel or Diving Experience

About this activity

Explore Timba-timba, Mataking, and Pandanan's stunning coastline and islets. Discover the island's secret marine life in gorgeous blue seas by swimming, snorkeling, or DSD diving.

A speedboat will take the group from the Semporna jetty to Timba Timba site. Ideal for exploration with calm waters that everyone can enjoy, explore the many nearby reefs. Before entering the water, you'll get safety instructions. Put on your gear and practise in shallow water to gain confidence. Swimming with rare tropical fish is also possible.

After that, have a lovely home-cooked lunch. Take it easy and enjoy the trip. Mataking Island is the second stop. It has a lovely beach where you can swim or dive into the clear blue water. Pandanan Bay is the third and last destination. Enjoy a swim or unwind in the beautiful blue sea, and take some time to explore the beach. The boat journey and free time may last longer depending on weather and sea currents. We'll return to the dock after the third island.

What's included

  • ✓Dock Taxes
  • ✓1 Bottled water (1.5 litre)
  • ✓1 Lunch box
  • ✓Multilingual instructors on how to snorkel or dive
  • ✓Life jacket
  • ✓Jetty Fee
  • ✓Scuba diving gears, Fins, BCD regulator, Gauge and Oxygen Tank or Cylinder (for diver only)
  • ✓2 DSD diving for 20 minute each and 1 snorkelling for whole stop duration (if selected only)
  • ✓3 Snorkelling trip for whole stop duration (if selected only)
  • ✓Mask, Snorkel, Towel (both snorkelling and diving)
  • ✓Taxes
  • ✓Swim stops all along the day
  • ✓Day boat tour
  • ✓Instructor

Not included

  • ✕Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • ✕Personal expense
  • ✕Pandanan Island conservation and entry fee
  • ✕Mataking entry fee

Meeting and pickup

  • Your crew will meet at the Jetty Pelancongan Semporna and search for Sea Gypsies Travel shop. Kindly head to this maps before the tour commencement time, from there, we will notify you via whatsApp or reservation message a day before arrival. A valid reservation is required, not possible walk in.

Good to know

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • The itinerary may be modified at the discretion of the weather, government and sea condition.
  • Timba timba island beach has been closed by government instructions until further notice.
  • Seeing sea turtles is possible by luck, but by no means guaranteed, as it is wild environment.
  • No scuba diving certificate is required (for DSD diving)
  • We dive in shallow water with an average depth of 2,5 meters, max 6meters only.
  • Please advise the weather, sea & government approval may hinder the tour starting and ending time, the sea current is something we cant control.
  • Please wear wetsuit if you have it.
  • The tour run in rain or shine unless government instructions.

Cancellation policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

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