The history of Bajau Clan

The Bajau are nomadic, seafaring people often referred to as sea gypsies. They live in the triangle of the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia particularly the waters of the Sulu Seas. They are a very gentle and shy indigenous people. From old to young, the Bajau are a colorful, festive and musical people. They believe they are descended from royalty.

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49 islands in Semporna

Semporna is located at the Southeast of Sabah, Malaysia. There are many unnamed beautiful islands in the surrounding area. These almost untouched islands not even found in Google Earth. Semporna is home to fresh seafood and the gateway to the world's best dive sites.

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Island No.1 " Mabul Island " awesome!

Mabul Island first became popular due to its close proximity to Sipadan Island. However, in the last few years it has gained its own recognition as one of the best “muck-diving” sites in the world.

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Posted by Bajau Sea Gypsy aka Orang Laut - - 0 comments

Mention Mabul Island and visions of swaying coconut trees and idyllic water villages come to mind. And that’s just above the water. Located only about 15 minutes by speedboat from the famous Sipadan Island, Mabul has gained its own recognition as one of the best muck-diving (a term used to describe limited visibility dives at shallow sites with usually sandy bottoms) sites in the world.

Mabul Island first became popular due to its close proximity to Sipadan Island. However, in the last few years it has gained its own recognition as one of the best “muck-diving” sites in the world. Mabul Island is a small oval shaped island surrounded by sandy beaches and perched on the northwest corner of a larger 200-hectare reef. The reef is on the edge of the continental shelf and the seabed surrounding the reef slopes out to 25m – 30m deep. There are a few homestays in mabul and one of them is ARUNG HAYAT MABUL HOMESTAY. Mabul is arguably one of the richest single destinations for exotic small marine life anywhere in the world. Open any book on tropical fish and invertebrate marine life and you'll see practically everything you're going to see in Mabul.

Mabul is also renowned for its amazing array of macrolife, making it an underwater photographer’s dream location to capture some of the rarest ecological species on film. Flamboyant cuttlefish, blue-ringed octopus, mimic octopus and bobtail squids are just a few of the numerous types of cephalopods to be found on Mabul’s reef. The sight of harlequin shrimp feeding on sea stars and boxer crabs waving their tiny anemone pom-poms are just a small example of the endless species of crustaceans. Many types of gobies can be found including the spike-fin goby, black sail-fin goby and metallic shrimp goby. Frogfish are everywhere giant, painted and clown frogfish are all regularly seen. Moray eels and snake eels of many types can be seen along with almost the whole scorpion fish family. It would be quicker to list the species not found at Mabul crazy critters are in abundance at this magical macro site.






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