Sipadan-kapalai Great Diving Adventure Anyone?

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ADAN-KALAPAI ADVENTURE
MAY 21 – 25 2005

A few minutes by boat from Sipadan but a full world away it lies the exhilarating Sipadan-Kapalai Dive Resort , sitting on its sturdy stilts on the shallow sandbanks of the Ligitan Reefs. Planned and built in full style as an airy, comfortable, sunny water village with no land in sight, it boats a mile-long sandbank of powdery blindingly white sand where one can suntan at complete leisure.
The resort offers great food, surprisingly roomy ad elegant twin-sharing wooden chalets with huge private balconies and attached bathrooms and a couple of miles of walkways for those who like to take their morning jog while looking at thousands of fish just a few inches beneath their feet. Meals are served in the terraced, open central structure, while a big western sundeck allows divers to have an evening drink or an after-dive chat with a background of fabulous tropical sunsets.
Diving around Kapalai is exceedingly easy and shallow but quiet spectacular: the sandy bottom and the spare coral heads host an amazing array of small, often yet-to-be-classified, shamelessly colorful subjects, making the diving here and unforgettable experience for any discerning photographer. The resort offers three dives a day plus, if requested, day trips at Sipadan.










ITENIRARY:

May 21 Saturday: 10:00am Arrive Clark Airport for Departure proceedures
11:40am Depart Manila for Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia via Asian Air at
Clark
1:35pm Arrive Kota Kinabalu
3:20pm Depart for Tawau via Malaysian Airlines
4:00pm Arrive Tawau airport
5:00pm Depart for Sem****a via land transfer
6:30pm Arrive Sem****a
7:00pm Depart for Kapalai resort via sea transfer
7:45pm Arrive Kapalai resort
8:00pm Check-In / Dinner / Relax / Party

May 22 Sunday: DIVE! DIVE! DIVE! (3 boat dives at Sipadan island, unlimited diving
around Kapalai resort)

May 23 Monday: DIVE! DIVE! DIVE! (3 boat dives at Sipadan island, unlimited diving
around Kapalai resort)

May 24 Tuesday: AM: DIVE! DIVE! DIVE!
1:00pm All divers out of the water in preparation for 24 hour no-fly-
after-diving safety guidline
PM: Relax / Party (Good conversations with good company)

May 25 Wednesday: AM: Breakfast / Pack up gear
6:00am Depart for Sem****a via sea transfer
7:00am Arrive at Sem****a
7:30am Depart for Tawau via land transfer
9:00am Arrive Tawau airport
9:30am Check In bags and complete Departure Proceedures
10:40am Depart for Kota Kinabalu via Malaysian Airlines
11:30am Arrive in Kota Kinabalu
12:00pm Lunch somewhere in Kota Kinabalu
1:00pm Check in Bags and complete Departure Proceedures
2:05pm Depart for Clark, Philippines via Asian Air
4:05pm Arrive Clark Airport, Philippines

May 26 to 27: Recover from vacation / Digest diving experience / Day dream about
Wonderful Sipadan_Kapalai experience / Print or develop pictures / Show
off perfect tan to office mates.

May 28 Saturday: Dinner time onwards: Get together somewhere in Makati to show off
pictures and reminisce about the Great Sipadan-Kalapai Adventure!

** Please note that the schedules may change without prior notice depending on flight schedules. Also we might have to move schedule a day earlier or later as I am still finalizing schedules with airlines. But the above itinerary is what the trip will look like.






Tour Costs:

Air fare via Asian Air : Clark - Kota Kinabalu - Clark (roundtrip) Php 1,818
Air fare via Malaysian Airlines: Kota Kinabalu – Tawau –
Kota Kinabali (roundtrip) Php 3,050

Kapalai Resot: inclusive of: All (11) buffet meals (Chinese/Western
/Malaysian) and afternoon tea (3)
Coffee/Tea/Water Php38,095
Twin/Triple Sharing Chalets
All dives (3 boat dives on Sipadan / Mabul
Unlimited dives off Kapalai resort)
Night Dives off Kapalai Resort
Permit Fee to enter Sipadan Island
Tanks
Weights/Belt
Services of Dive Master
Land Transfers from Tawau to Sem****a
Boat Transfer from Sem****a to Kapalai

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Sub-Total: Php 42,963.00

** Please note that Sub-Total does not include the following:
Airport / Travel Taxes
Excess Luggage Fees (Asian Air only allows 15kg free)
Drinks and side orders other than what is free at resort
Meals during transit from Manila to Resort
Transportation from Manila to Clark







For more information on Kapalai resort and Sipadan Diving, please visit the following website: www.sipadan-kapalai.com

Booking: As this trip is only 5 weeks away, slots are going fast. If you want to come, I need you to contact us immediately via email or SMS or phone call. Below are my contact information:

Daniel Abelarde
PADI OWSI
dan1*pldtdsl.net
09189211169

Eggie Estrera
09178504238

I need your confirmations by April 18 Monday 5:00pm the latest as I need to forward this information to the resort and I need to firm up bookings with airlines. As you can see, this is a logistical endeavor that needs to be done so that we can all go to Kapalai together. After all, what is diving if not diving with good friends? So please help me finalize details sooner by confirming your bookings on time.

Thank you and hope to dive with you in Sipadan next month!

Dive Safe. Always.
Daniel Abelarde

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Non-Diver package is Php 30,910.00 plus airfare.