{"id":17663,"date":"2023-12-25T09:53:28","date_gmt":"2023-12-25T09:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thewanders.eu\/?p=17663"},"modified":"2023-12-25T09:54:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-25T09:54:32","slug":"sipadan-island-sabah-north-borneo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thewanders.eu\/sipadan-island-sabah-north-borneo\/","title":{"rendered":"Sipadan Island , Sabah, North Borneo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sipadan is an island in the Celebes Sea in the state of Sabah in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewanders.eu\/category\/countries\/malaysia\/\">Malaysia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sipadan is a tiny island (500 meters in diameter) which is the tip of an extinct volcano ,the island\u00a0 \u00a0located near the north-eastern part of the island of Borneo, just 35 km from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewanders.eu\/semporna\/\">Semporna<\/a>, the port city of Sabah. There are no restaurants or shops on the island. Only diving centers that bring breakfast and lunch with them have access to the island.<br \/>\nSipadan is one of the world&#8217;s best diving destinations. An excellent diving spot is the Barracuda Point, where there is often a huge swarm of barracudas. There are also a lot of turtles, white tip reef sharks and colorful coral gardens and coral fish to be found there. Underwater visibility is excellent from 20m to 50m.<br \/>\nSipadan has been declared a national park, so entry there is limited &#8211; only by requests from travel agencies and no more than 120 people per day. The fee for visiting for the day is 40 ringit (equivalent to $11).<\/p>\n<p>Access : Coordinates: .114683, 118.628756 \/<\/p>\n<p>Go next : The island of Kapalai, located just 15 kilometers off Sipadan \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewanders.eu\/mabul-island\/\">Mabul Island ,a small island near the southeastern coast of Sabah in Malaysia<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sipadan is an island in the Celebes Sea in the state of Sabah in Malaysia. Sipadan is a tiny island (500 meters in diameter) which is the tip of an extinct volcano ,the island\u00a0 \u00a0located near the north-eastern part of the island of Borneo, just 35 km from Semporna, the port city of Sabah. 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