Diving Sabah? Dive Downbelow!

Another wave of Danish adventurers have hit the shores of our PADI 5 Star IDC Dive Centre on Gaya Island, for a week filled with sun, tropical jungle and diving.

The adventurers camp out at our beach house dive centre where they get to enjoy the beach and diving, which starts as close as our house reef, a giant stride from the jetty.

Learning to dive is the main focus of the week, so the adventurers will either learn how to dive, or they upgrade any diving qualifications they may already have.

Either way, under the watchful eye of resident PADI Course Director Richard Swann and his Go Pro team, the Danish adventure group will increase their skills and knowledge, as they are also exposed to Project AWARE’s Coral Reef and Shark Conservation modules.

The group will also give back to the environment when they participate in a Project AWARE Beach Clean Up to help remove whatever marine debris washes up on shore.

Check out what our Borneo Adventure can do for your group.

Our second group of adventurous Danes just returned to Kota Kinabalu after the east-coast Sabah leg of their Borneo Adventure with Downebelow.

The east-coast of Sabah is where the Borneo Adventure takes participants to experience Sabah’s wildlife, pure and unadulterated like nature intended.

Such is wildlife though, that sometimes you see a lot, and sometimes you don’t. Luck was on this group’s side though, as they saw pretty much all the wildlife the Kinabatangan River has to offer.

Not only did they see orang utan, proboscis monkeys and river crocodiles fairly up close, but they had multiple encounters with the shy Borneo pigmy elephant.

Once encounter in particular was quite exciting.

“We suddenly saw an elephant in the river”, recounted an excited Abby, Downbelow’s staff who accompanied the group, “so close, that I had to sit back to take pictures.”

They also encountered a small heard, as well as two elephants protecting an elephant calf, the highlight of their river cruises.

Downbelow frequently hosts groups to experience Sabah’s wildlife both below the ocean’s surface and in the Borneo jungles.

To get more information about our Borneo Adventure, whether or not you’re part of a group, just contact us and let us make all your arrangements.