We were intrigued at chance to dive Sipadan, and so booked a week at Sipadan Water Village - a serious trek to get to - 3 hour flight from Kuala Lumpur, hour drive from Tawau airport and then hour boat ride to the property. Once you are there, that's it. There is literally nowhere else to go. We had paid... More

excellent. This review has been made after my 4th time visit ~ Every 1 and half year. This resort is definitely 90 percent for divers, but if you are non diver, you still can enjoy the beauty of celebes sea, do some activities such as snorkeling, canoeing and sunbathing. My last visit, I noticed that there already had special area... More

This was not our first trip here and sadly the service and food have gone down. Some rooms have been renovated which are nice and they come and close the windows/turn down the bed every night. What we didn't enjoy was the large tour groups, especially at meal times when they have no manners and leave lots of food on... More

It was our first holiday together as we were spending our honeymoon and decided to take the 3 days diving course while we are staying at here. But we went to Sipadan.com Dive Centre for our diving course. All I can say is, I will definitely come back & stay at SWV. Not only do they offer great & welcoming... More

I went to Sipadan Water Village (SWV) last year, and came back again this year. Mainly for the awesome dive sites and excellent service the dive centre provided. This trip is equally if not better than last year as I saw the huge vortex of barracuda at Sipadan, flamboyant cuttlefish, huge frogfishes, family of crocodile fish, black tip shark, white... More

Stayed in June 2012. Overall an average resort with good dive center and house reef, but weak value for the money paid. The + : Scenic resort, all above-water accommodation, friendly staff. The - : Good food but lacks in quality at times, very aged room, uncomfortable bed, restaurant with a canteen-look.

We are a couple who spent 3 days there on a diving package. We paid around $2,700 for the whole stay, which, in our opinion is EXTREMELY expensive. We were therefore really expecting the world, however were greatly disappointed. Here is a rough summary of our stay. -Pick up in a decent air-conditioned van from the airport -Carry your own... More

We were here on our 4th day of our honeymoon on Feb 2013. Actually, we accidentally book this resort after having a really bad experience in ScubaJeff & luckily SWV still have 2 chalet available on this date. The boat from SWV invited us from ScubaJeff as early as 7am (we requested that). Arrived SWV, we checked in first &... More

The Mabul Island is just as beautiful as in the photos, but for the price you are paying - about $200 pp per DAY (for the diving package), being $400 per room per DAY, you would expect the service and the quality of the food and accommodation provided by Sipadan Water Village to be a little better. We stayed for... More