With 32 different indigenous groups in Sabah, the State has long been a cultural potpourri with inhabitants settling on its island, shores, hills and plains for as long as 500 years ago. It is branded for its virgin rainforest, beautiful idyllic islands and for the World Class Conservation and Wildlife Sanctuaries. It is an eco treasures from mountain high to ocean deep as you certainly enjoy various activities such as diving, golfing, jungle trekking, bird watching, night drive spot wildlife, waterfall swimming, and recreation among others.
Sabah has several dive sites rated to be amongst the top ten in the world and many more yet to be truly explored. It is not only known for it's reef's larger inhabitants but also for its 'Muck Diving' paradise with such rarities as the mimic octopus, flamboyant cuttlefish mandarin fish, harlequin ghost pipefish plus many types of weird and wonderful frogfish and nudibranchs. The internationally famous Sipadan Island is an oceanic isle that was formed by living corals growing on top of an extinct undersea volcano. The Turtle tomb, an underwater limestone cave with labyrinth of tunnels and chambers and contains many skeletal remains of turtles is really a unique feature for divers visiting the Sipadan!
Sabah's wealth of natural beauty makes golfing here once-in-a-lifetime experience not to be missed. From picturesque courses in tranquil settings to the most challenging terrains, Sabah's golf clubs offer a spectrum of experiences for the avid golfers. It boasts numerous golf clubs located in all corners of the State with some courses set among breath-taking scenery and offering interesting and challenging play, whatever your handicap and levels of challenge may be. You can choose to play in the city, by the sea, high above the sea level or closer to earth at the fringe of lush vegetation.
Visit the 3rd International VIS-MIN Travel, Tours Leisure and Lifestyle Exposition on March 16 - 18 at the SM Cebu City Trade Hall and see for yourself what Sabah Tourism has to offer. For more information, please contact Global-Link Marketing and Management Services, Inc. at (632) 750-8588/ 887-1304 or email jing.lagandaon@globallinkph.com
It is truly traveler's haven for nature adventure or just "relax-do-nothing" leisure holiday and pamper your body, relax your mind as the Sabah spas pride itself in using traditional methods to soothe your body. It offers a myriad of stress-relieving treatments from relaxing milk baths to soothing massages by skillful professional, friendly and efficient therapists. There are various packages to suit your needs, be it a foot reflexology treatment or a complete spa from head to toe. Pamper yourself with a total spa experience as the unmistakable scent of lemongrass lingers amidst the swaying coconut trees and blue-green waters of the Celebes Sea!
Recreate yourself as the marine museum that focuses on marine life, wrecks, corals and mangrove with life specimens of marine animals exhibits a variety of fishes, mollusks, crustacean and corals. Sabah's beaches can take you to the fringe of fine sands, where you might get a ringside seat to the greatest sunset on earth every evening when the crimson sun dips slowly into the horizon, living brilliant red vast skies! The sprawling tea plantation surrounded by pristine rainforests in the cool mountain air, beckons you to indulge in its beautiful surroundings, away from the hustle and bustle of the city life.