Events Highlights

Palm Beach - Fantactic new beach at Mantanani Island!

‘Bigger, better and beautiful set-up’…Yes! That is what our guests are raving about, our new place called ‘PALM BEACH’ on Mantanani Island! PALM BEACH is surrounded by 300 metres of powdery white sandy shoreline, crystal clear blue waters and fringed by swaying coconut trees.

We’ve named our new place ‘PALM BEACH’ due to its significant geographical shoreline in the shape of a ‘palm’ as well as the many coconut palm trees surrounding the beach. PALM BEACH offers more space for you to relax and enjoy the scenery and natural beauty of the island. Our concept is simple, laidback and is in-tuned more to nature, minimizing use of non-recyclable building materials and maximizing use of natural resources such as nipah and lalang leaves driftwood, coconut husks, coconut leaves and dried shells and corals to beautify ‘PALM BEACH’ naturally. As you will soon see for yourself, even the main building structures on the beach are well hidden amongst the coconut trees to blend in with the natural environment.

Our beach is equipped with hammocks, lounging chairs, washroom and showers with fresh water from an underground well. At ‘PALM BEACH’ you can opt to just sit back and relax or have fun with the numerous activities available such as scuba diving, snorkeling, canoeing in a wooden boat, volleyball, blow-pipe, kite flying, board games or request for a ‘local village tour.’ A delicious array of barbecued grills awaits you after your adventure.

We look forward to welcome you soon to PALM BEACH!

New wreck diving package in Usukan Bay

We are pleased to introduce our new and exciting wreck diving package at Usukan Bay in Kota Belud! Usukan Bay is located 20 to 30 minutes away by speedboat from the mainland district of Kota Belud. Kota Belud is located 1½ hours drive from Kota Kinabalu City, state capital of Sabah in East Malaysia.

The Usukan wrecks consist of three Japanese World War II ships that were torpedoed by the USS DASE, a US submarine on October 14, 1944. These three wrecks are called the ‘Rice Bowl Wreck’, the ‘Upside Down Wreck’ and the ‘Usukan Bay Wreck.’ Their coral encrusted hulls attract a variety of schooling fishes and large stingrays. The wrecks, located 20 - 40 metres below surface, are covered in shades of red, purple, yellow and black corals and clouded by shores of cardinal, batfish, jacks, tuna and yellow-tailed barracuda.

Aside from the wreck, Usukan bay also offers a dive site called ‘white rock’ which boasts, fantastic colourful soft corals, nurse sharks, schools of barracuda and more.

For more information on our Usukan diving package, please refer to the ‘packages’ section in our main webpage.

‘Jetset’ winners visit Mantanani Island

Lucky ‘Jetset’ winners, Nick Ghosh and Gillian Gaffon won a holiday of a lifetime with a one-week all expenses paid luxury holiday to Sabah. ‘Jetset’ is BBC’s top-rated travel entertainment show which is viewed by over 10 million viewers in UK. The highlight of the couple’s well-earned trip included a romantic lunch set-up on the exclusive white sandy beaches of Mantanani Island. They were whisked to the location via helicopter from Kota Kinabalu.

After their luxurious lunch, Nick and Gillian were treated to a cultural show on the beach. They took a dip in the crystal clear blue waters of Mantanani to cool off and were jetted back to Kota Kinabalu by a luxury cruiser.

“This is one holiday trip we will always cherish” said Nick while Gillian commented on the beauty and serenity of Mantanani Island. “We will definitely come back here for a holiday!” she added