5 Days to Explore the Glass Sea Paradise

Come to Semporna and be a happy islander for a while🏝! This guide teaches you how to spend 5 days exploring this glass sea water paradise, while avoiding crowds and capturing stunning photos!

✨【Route Highlights✨
Day 1 First Encounter with Semporna
📍Arrive at Tawau Airport → Check in at a town hotel (recommended Seafest Hotel, very convenient location)
📍Dinner at Fat Mom Seafood Restaurant (next to the town pier, signature salted egg crab is a must-try)
❗Tips: It takes about 1.5 hours from the airport to the town, book airport transfer in advance

Day 2 Island Hopping First Experience
📍Mabul Island + Kapalai Island double island tour (meet at the pier at 8:30)
📍Visit the Bajau Laut water village (remember to bring candy to share with the children)
🔍Recommended dive spot: "Lobster Lair" at Mabul Island where you can see sea turtles

Day 3 Day for Diving Enthusiasts
📍Shipwreck Island + Mantabuan Island (suitable for beginner divers)
📸Photo spot: Shipwreck Island’s trailing sand beach (recommended to shoot before 10 AM)
🍴Dinner recommendation: Creamy tiger prawns at Tianwang Seafood Restaurant

Day 4 Sipadan Pilgrimage
⚠️Advance booking required (limited to 120 people per day)
🤿World-class dive sites: Turtle Tomb, Barracuda Point, South Reef
❗Note: Must have over 20 dives experience to go

【Accommodation Guide】
• Town hotels: cost-effective (recommended Pacific Hotel)
• Water villa experience: MWB water villas are the best for photos

【Avoid Pitfalls Guide】
✓ Bargain hard when buying seafood
✓ Choose a reputable travel agency for island hopping tours
✓ Use coral-friendly sunscreen

The beauty of Semporna is truly unforgettable, especially when sitting in a water villa watching the sunset in the evening, it’s so healing～ Hai Feng Grand Hotel Shipwreck Island Mabul Island