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Climbing Mt. Kinabalu Special Offer

Saturday, March 19th, 2011 @ 11:45 News, Promotions

Kota Kinabalu, Sabah: For the casual climber, organising a trip to climb Mt. Kinabalu can be a daunting task.

With sometimes limited availability and trying to organise permits, sort out transport and accommodation, it’s easy to lose sight of the peak while trying to book it, never mind climb it.

Downbelow to the rescue!

Get in touch with us, up to 12 months before your climbing date, and we’ll book your Mt. Kinabalu climb for you.

Hotel door to hotel door from Kota Kinabalu, we’ll do the hard work with all the arrangements. All you have to do is show up and climb the 4,095m high Mt. Kinabalu. Easy, right?

Our 2 day 1 night package includes transport, meals, guides, permit fees and accommodation for just RM 1,050 per person sharing. Hassle free, all inclusive, no hidden charges.

But hang on, this is a Special Offer Post, so there has to be more to it, right?

There is! Add a night before your climb to acclimatize, or to just have a chill, unhurried start to your summit attempt, and throw in another dinner – all for an extra RM0. Yes, for nothing extra, we’ll give you a 3 days 2 nights Mt. Kinabalu climb package.

So, just to recap

2D1N Mt. Kinabalu Climb Package: RM 1,050 per person sharing.
3D2N Mt. Kinabalu Climb Package: also RM 1,050 per person sharing.

Check out our Climb Mt. Kinabalu page for full details of the package, and then contact us or email us directly to book and climb Mt. Kinabalu.

Borneo’s Extreme Adventure Experience with Downbelow

Wednesday, December 15th, 2010 @ 11:38 News, Promotions

SCUBA DIVING, WHITE WATER RAFTING & MOUNTAIN CLIMBING
9D8N PROGRAM

Coralscapes abound for divers in the TAR Park off Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo

This program is suited to the adrenaline junkie budget-conscious traveler in pursuit of an adventurous, “on the GO” experience in Borneo.

We take you on a journey of challenge & adventure with a program to experience three (3) of Borneo’s most popular adventure activities.

It includes scuba diving & interaction with our fascinating marine-life, to the raging rapids of the Padas River and to the top of one of South East Asia’s highest mountains – Mt Kinabalu.

DIVE DOWNBELOW

Our PADI 5 Star IDC Dive & Adventure center based on Gaya Island within the Tunku Abdul Rahman Park (TARP), Kota Kinabalu, Sabah provides a very special experience.

A resort like feel creates a fun place to spend a few days, enjoying the tropical surroundings and chatting about all the wonderful creatures you will have spotted.

When you choose to dive with us, we don’t just guide you. You embark on an adventure and you’ll see some of the most amazing underwater creatures.

Not a certified diver? don’t worry you won’t miss out !

Our program offers an added bonus where you can join our PADI Open Water Diver Course and come back from your holiday as a certified PADI Open Water Diver !!!

Whitewater Rafting on the Raging Padas River Rapids

THE RAGING RAPIDS

The Padas River’s 30km of white water rafting makes it the longest rafting journey in the whole of Borneo.

We will take you along wild Padas River, through seven rapid clusters graded III-IV, while you’re paddling through the middle of untouched nature.

Rafting the Padas River is fun, exciting and promises that you will experience the Borneo jungle in a way you will never forget!

CLIMB MT. KINABALU

Climing Mt. Kinabalu - yes, it's challenging

Rising to 4,095m, this great mountain is one of the highest peaks between the Himalayas and Irian Jaya on New Guinea.

This monolithic peak is an icon of natural history and successful conservation whilst maintaining its position as the most accessible of high mountains to climb.

The climb itself is more of a long, stair-filled walk that requires stamina and endurance, but is not a technically difficult climb.

The hike to Laban Rata takes between 4-6 hours, is 99% uphill, unrelenting and the trail is seemingly endless; you’ll be dreaming about steps and trails for days after.

If it’s a clear night, take a moment to look at the night sky as it’s simply stunning. The summit itself is……. well you have to go and find out, its worth it!

EXTREME ADVENTURE

This is a 9 Day / 8 Night adventure, there is NO peak season surcharge, single travelers may need to pay single supplements but we try to group likeminded people together to avoid this !!

Accommodation, meals, transfers, park, jetty, climbing permit fees, guides and equipment are all included but please contact us for rates and full details. International flights are excluded.

Our international staff provide personal, premier service at our PADI 5 Star Instructor Development (IDC) Dive Centre, where we pride ourselves on small group tuition with extremely high safety standards & procedures.

Do visit us at our Dive Shop & Travel Centre where we offer free wireless Internet and refreshments.

Tel: +6 012 866 1935
Email: dive@divedownbelow.com

Visit our Facebook page to see what we get up to over here in paradise!

PROMOTION: Learn to Scuba Dive PADI Open Water Course & Advanced Diver with Accommodation

Sunday, November 14th, 2010 @ 10:19 Learn to Dive in Kota Kinabalu, News, Promotions

Learn to Scuba Dive in Sabah Borneo on a stunning tropical island !!

The fun does not stop here: if you are serious about not just learning to dive but also extending your skill level then complete the PADI Open Water Course & PADI Advanced Open Water Course with us on Gaya Island.

Get qualified as an Open Water Scuba Diver

Backpacker’s Scuba Diving Promotion

Outstanding Value Backpacker Promo RM 2,080 – all inclusive!

5 days PADI Open Water Course & Advance Open Water Course +
6 Nights Accommodation with daily breakfast at RM 2,080 per person

Package Includes: Return transfers from lodge, return boat transfers to Gaya Island, required PADI Materials (yours to keep), PADI qualification and registration fees, park and jetty fees, equipment (except dive computer) refreshments – free flow water / tea / coffee, freshly and cooked lunch.

Prices are NETT and include hotel government and service tax.
No single supplement. No peak season surcharge!

Facilities Includes:

Breakfast with free flow of filtered drinking water
Comfortable single bed with spring mattress
Dormitory with air conditioning
Shared Bathroom and Shower with Hot Water
Satelite TV ( ASTRO ) in the cozy Living Lounge
CCTV Security System
Free WIFI in the Lounge
Laundry Services
Pool Table in Lounge
IDD Telephone Line at reception

Gaya Island within the Tunku Abdul Rahman Park in Kota Kinabalu Sabah provides an ideal venue for both of the courses with confined shallow, sandy areas right in front of our PADI 5 Star Dive & Adventure Centre which are ideal for skill practice and we also have 49 dive sites accessible to us with Wreck, reefs and lots of critters to explore which is perfect for PADI Advance Open Water Course.

See amazing sights in the TAR Park

All the academic takes place on the island so you will get a real experience on the sea rather than stuck in the class room!! Enjoy our tropical surroundings chatting about all the wonderful creatures you will have spotted. We are the only operator here so our surrounds are non crowded.

PADI Open Water Course

The PADI Open Water Course is the first certification within the PADI system of education, you complete a Knowledge Development session (Home Study) with elaboration from your instructor throughout the academic portion of the course, quizzes and a final exam, 5 confined water dives – this is where you learn diving skills, plus 4 open water dives where you put your skills into practice.

You will also be asked to swim 200m and float / tread water for 10 minutes as part of the watermanship assessment. Our absolute maximum ratio is four people on a course with 1 instructor.

Our PADI Courses are performance based, so only once students have fully understood and mastered one section do you progress to the next.

PADI Advanced Open Water Course

PADI’s Advanced Open Water Diver program fine tunes your dive skills and allows you to explore some of diving’s top adventures. We find that this course attracts divers with varied amounts of experience from those who have just gained their Open Water Certification to those who have been diving for some years.

Every Advanced Course option includes the two required core dives, Deep Diver and Navigation Diver.

2 Day Program

2 x Core Dives: Deep Diver and Navigation Diver
3 x Elective Dives. Please choose any 3 from the list below which are ideally suited to our environment.
Search & Recovery
Fish Identification
Peak Performance Buoyancy
Underwater Photography (rental cameras available at MYR 150.00 or RM 225.00 per day (depending on model) if clients do not have their own)
Wreck Diver
Multi Level Diver (dive computer rental available if client does not have their own RM 50.00 per day)
Boat Diver

Contact us to book now!

Try the Fish ID Elective

Take the Master Scuba Diver Challenge with Downbelow on Gaya Island

Sunday, November 7th, 2010 @ 10:06 News, Promotions

Take the Master Scuba Diver Challenge!!

in the best of the best in recreational scuba diving. Do it by becoming a PADI Master Scuba Diver – a rating that puts you in a class of distinction.

This is not a course in itself, its a direct application to PADI through a Dive Centre and it means that you’ve acquired significant training and experience in a variety of dive environments.

With the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating, you’ve reached the highest non professional level in the PADI System of diver education.

Learn how to capture your magical moments underwater with Downbelow's Digital Underwater Photography course

So How Does This Work?

Participants can join us for a 1 month internship or for the amount of time required to complete your training.

It could be as little as 1 day, it all depends on what diver qualifications and how many dives you have completed at the time of beginning the program.

The price of the course varies depending on what and how many specialities you will be taking.

The Master Scuba Diver Challenge

You can decide to take the challenge at any point of your diving education, because we will tailor the course to your specific diving ability and interest.

It also makes it easier for you to achieve this rating and makes it fun and rewarding.

To qualify as a Master Scuba Diver you must be a PADI Rescue Diver with 50 logged dives and 5 speciality ratings.

Take a look at our PADI Speciality Course page to decide which specialities interest you. Note that if during your PADI Advanced Course you completed one of the dives that correspond to your chosen speciality, it can be credited towards your speciality course and reduce the time and cost of the course.

For a limited period we are giving the Master Scuba Diver application fee for FREE!

Please contact us, telling us your current diver level, how many dives you have completed, how much time you have to complete the challenge and what level of accommodation you require – we will put together a fantastic quotation for you!

PROMOTION – Begin your PADI Dive Course NOW via eLearning & get a FREE Scuba Dive

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010 @ 12:55 Learn to Dive in Kota Kinabalu, News, Promotions

It could not be easier to start your PADI Diving Course right now … in the comfort of you own home, office, garden or whilst travelling you can log onto our PADI eLearning portal and begin your diving adventure.

Start eLearning today and save your holiday for diving Once completed you are ready to join us on Gaya Island for the fun part of the course!

eLearning is now available for the following courses & programs:

Scuba Tune Up
PADI Open Water Diver ( English, Spanish, French, Dutch, Italian & Japanese)
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
PADI Rescue Diver
PADI Divemaster Theory

PADI Digital Underwater Photographer
PADI Enriched Air Diver

PADI Instructor Development Course

Why wait until you’re on holiday, sign up now and we will give you 1 extra dive for FREE at Gaya Island!

If diving isn’t for you – then why not buy a voucher for a friend or family member !

START eLearning NOW!

Project Aware – Beach & Underwater Clean Up on Gaya Island

Sunday, October 10th, 2010 @ 12:41 News, Promotions

Downbelow’s Project Aware – Beach & Underwater Clean Up Event in September was yet another fun filled day for a meaningful cause.

Downbelow invited participants from local businesses, schools, government, diving friends and our local dive club, there were 60 participants in total.

Project Aware in September on Gaya Island With Downbelow hosting the event providing organization, logistics, lunch and all day refreshments, volunteers collected 604KG of rubbish and raised RM 1,341 for The Project Aware Foundation.

We encouraged participants to enter our raffle to help raise money. Among the prizes were 1 free night at a local 5 star hotel and vouchers for discounted PADI Courses and Dive Equipment.

Affin Bank donated MYR 300.00 and smaller donations were made by individuals.

The day started with a choppy sea and a huge rainstorm however our group battled through. Richard would like to say a special thanks to the staff team for their hard work on this busy day & compliments particularly for the wonderful food.
All in all a fabulous day was had by all, fun but educational talks were given by some of the senior staff on marine and environmental conservation.

Thanks to everyone for their support and thank you to Sabah Parks who waived the diving permit fee and Sutera Harbour Marina for waiving the jetty fee.

Downbelow Marine & Wildlife Adventures heavily promotes the TAR Park’s diverse and vibrant underwater life and, when not on a mission to clean it, conducts daily diving and island activities to explore it.

Please take a look at our Facebook page to see more images of our Project Aware Clean Up Event !

Discover Scuba Diving DSD – Try Dive Lessons for Beginners

Monday, August 16th, 2010 @ 12:28 Learn to Dive in Kota Kinabalu, News, Promotions

Try Dive – Discover Scuba Diving, fondly known as the DSD is Scuba Diving Lessons for Beginners – An ideal day trip to the TARP Islands offshore Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Borneo.

It could not be easier to try Scuba Diving and within the same few hours see the beauty of the underwater world in a safe, warm paradise location.

Just take a look at some of our recent guests, pictured left with their PADI Instructor Strike, they all chose to take their first breaths underwater with us, gaining our “Dived and Survived with Downbelow Stamp !!!!

Discover Scuba Diving Our Island based PADI 5 Star Instructor Development & Dive Centre in the The Tunku Abdul Rahman Park is ideally suited to beginner divers providing shallow, sandy confined water environments which slope to slightly deeper coral reef habitats.

The PADI Discover Scuba Diving program introduces people to scuba diving in a highly supervised and relaxed manner.

Under the guidance of a PADI professional, new divers learn basic safety concepts, put on equipment and swim around underwater in a closely supervised environment.

Our half day program competes before lunch time so you can spend the rest of the afternoon relaxing on the tropical beaches, snorkeling, trekking or sea kayaking.

Alternatively we can take you on an additional pleasure dive to a maximum depth of 12m with and instructor in the afternoon as part of the full day program.

You don’t have to book the afternoon dive, “try before you buy” if you get the dive bug you can decide on the day.

Daily Program

08:00 – 08:20 Hotel pickup (KK City) transfer to Sutera Harbour Marina
08:30 Meet Downbelow Staff and Transfer to Downbelow’s The Beach House – Gaya Island
08:45 Registration & Equipment Selection
09:00 Dive Theory, Equipment Orientation and Dive Briefing, Confined Water Dive & Skill Practice, Open Water Scuba Dive
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Optional Scuba Dive or Relax on the Beach or go Trekking.
16:00 Boat Transfer to Mainland Jetty
16:15 Return to Hotel

Shangri La Rasa Ria Resort SCUBA Diving/Snorkeling Package

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010 @ 11:22 News, Promotions

Rasa Ria Ocean Wing Room Stay at the Shangri La Rasa Ria Resort for 4 nights, Scuba Dive for 2 days (6 Dives).

What a perfect way to spend your holiday in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah !!!

Promotional Rate – based on 2 people sharing NETT

Garden Wing
Garden View: MYR 1,950.00 per person

Ocean Wing
Ocean View: MYR 2,735.00 per person

Includes:

4 Nights Room with Buffet Breakfast for Two People
2 Days Scuba Diving in Tunku Abdul Rahman Park from Gaya Island with Downbelow Marine & Wildlife Adventures.
Hotel – Island return transfers, all park fees, jetty fees, refreshments, lunch, equipment rental included. Qualified Divers enjoy 6 boat dives, non qualified divers enjoy first morning Discover Scuba Diving Program followed by 4 Boat dives.
Non divers enjoy fully guided snorkeling or relaxing on the beach or trekking the rainforest trails of Gaya Island.

NO HIDDEN CHARGES

Only – additional peak season surcharges apply to accommodation during:
From 15th July to 31st August 2010 (Summer Holidays)
From 21nd December 2010 to 4th January 2011 (Christmas, New Year)
From 1 – 7 February 2011 (Chinese New Year 2011)
Please contact us for peak season rates !

For more information and to see images of the Shangri La Rasa Ria Resort please peruse the website.

Feel free to contact us with your enquiry.

Promotion Shangri La Rasa Ria Resort & Scuba Diving or Snorkeling Package

Promotion Shangri La Rasa Ria Resort & Scuba Diving or Snorkeling Package

Promotion Shangri La Rasa Ria Resort & Scuba Diving or Snorkeling Pacakge

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010 @ 12:29 News, Promotions

Shangri La Rasa Ria & Scuba Diving Promotional Package

Stay at the Shangri La Rasa Ria Resort for 4 nights, Scuba Dive for 2 days (6 Dives).

What a perfect way to spend your holiday in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah !!!

Promotional Rate – based on 2 people sharing NETT .

Garden Wing
Garden View: RM 1,950.00 per person

Ocean Wing
Ocean View: RM 2,735.00 per person
Save more $$$ with extra days & nights !

Includes:
4 Nights Room with Buffet Breakfast for Two People
2 Days Scuba Diving in Tunku Abdul Rahman Park from Gaya Island with Downbelow Marine & Wildlife Adventures.
Hotel – Island return transfers, all park fees, jetty fees, refreshments, lunch, equipment rental included. Qualified Divers enjoy 6 boat dives, non qualified divers enjoy first morning Discover Scuba Diving Program followed by 4 Boat dives.
Non divers enjoy fully guided snorkeling or relaxing on the beach or trekking the rainforest trails of Gaya Island.
Pre-payment is required.

NO HIDDEN CHARGES !!!!

For more information and to see images, check out the page about Shangri La Rasa Ria Resort.

Feel free to call us on +6 012 866 1935 or email us with your inquiry.

Scuba Diving with Turtles

Holiday Promo: Sipadan Kapalai & Lankayan Dive Resort Special Rates, Sabah Malaysia

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 @ 08:38 News, Promotions

We are very pleased to offer a special holiday promotion with additional discounts for bookings at Sipadan Kapalai Dive Resort and Lankayan island Resort from 1st November to 15th December 2010.

Further discounts are available if you book TWO Centre Packages with us at Gaya Island !!!

We are taking bookings NOW for these dates.

Kapalai Dive Resort aHoliday Promo: Sipadan Kapalai & Lankayan Dive Resort Special Rates, Sabah Malaysia

We are offering an additional 10% discount to our already discounted rates which make staying at these beautiful resorts a must when visiting Sabah !!

Refer to our travel centre’s accommodation section as well as the Lankayan Island page to learn more about these tropical destinations and see some stunning images.

Both resorts are protected under our Price Promise.

Please email us for more information and to check availability.

Why not start begin your holiday in Kota Kinabalu with a leisure and fun SCUBA Dive, Snorkelling or jungle trekking with us on Gaya Island in the Tunku Abdul Rahman Park.

Our PADI 5 Star IDC Dive Centre offers marine & wildlife lovers an unforgettable day trip in paradise.

Holiday Promo: Sipadan Kapalai & Lankayan Dive Resort Special Rates, Sabah Malaysia

Diving Sabah? Dive Downbelow!

Climbing Mt. Kinabalu Special Offer

Downbelow to the rescue!

So, just to recap

Borneo’s Extreme Adventure Experience with Downbelow

SCUBA DIVING, WHITE WATER RAFTING & MOUNTAIN CLIMBING
9D8N PROGRAM

DIVE DOWNBELOW

THE RAGING RAPIDS

CLIMB MT. KINABALU

EXTREME ADVENTURE

PROMOTION: Learn to Scuba Dive PADI Open Water Course & Advanced Diver with Accommodation

Backpacker’s Scuba Diving Promotion

PADI Open Water Course

PADI Advanced Open Water Course

2 Day Program

Contact us to book now!

Take the Master Scuba Diver Challenge with Downbelow on Gaya Island

Take the Master Scuba Diver Challenge!!

So How Does This Work?

PROMOTION – Begin your PADI Dive Course NOW via eLearning & get a FREE Scuba Dive

Project Aware – Beach & Underwater Clean Up on Gaya Island

Discover Scuba Diving DSD – Try Dive Lessons for Beginners

Daily Program

Shangri La Rasa Ria Resort SCUBA Diving/Snorkeling Package

Promotional Rate – based on 2 people sharing NETT

Includes:

NO HIDDEN CHARGES

Promotion Shangri La Rasa Ria Resort & Scuba Diving or Snorkeling Pacakge

Holiday Promo: Sipadan Kapalai & Lankayan Dive Resort Special Rates, Sabah Malaysia

Dive Downbelow

SCUBA Diving Kota Kinabalu

SCUBA Diving Borneo

Sabah Tavel Centre

Marine Biology

Categories

Archives

Downbelow to the rescue!

So, just to recap

SCUBA DIVING, WHITE WATER RAFTING & MOUNTAIN CLIMBING 9D8N PROGRAM

DIVE DOWNBELOW

THE RAGING RAPIDS

CLIMB MT. KINABALU

EXTREME ADVENTURE

Backpacker’s Scuba Diving Promotion

PADI Open Water Course

PADI Advanced Open Water Course

2 Day Program

Contact us to book now!

Take the Master Scuba Diver Challenge!!

So How Does This Work?

Daily Program

Promotional Rate – based on 2 people sharing NETT

Includes:

NO HIDDEN CHARGES

Dive Downbelow

SCUBA Diving Kota Kinabalu

SCUBA Diving Borneo

Sabah Tavel Centre

Marine Biology

Categories

Archives

SCUBA DIVING, WHITE WATER RAFTING & MOUNTAIN CLIMBING
9D8N PROGRAM