South East Asia
Southeast Asia is a hugely popular tourist region due, for the most part, to its wide range of attractions and very affordable prices. It is also viewed as a very safe part of the world for travelers There are countless popular beach and island destinations such as Phuket, Koh Samui, and Boracay, stunning coastal scenery such as in Krabi, Phi Phi Islands, El Nino, and Halong Bay, nature and wildlife havens such as Borneo and Sumatra. The region has world famous cultural and religious attractions like at Siem Reap (Angkor Wat), Ayutthaya, Chiang Mai, Bagan, and Bali, and large metropolitan areas such as Jakarta, Manila, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore.
For active travelers, there is a whole host of adventure sports such as trekking, surfing, white water rafting, and of course scuba diving. Being located in the Coral Triangle, SE Asia can lay claim to be among the best, if not the best place to scuba dive in the entire world. Raja Ampat, Komodo, Sipadan, Tubbataha rank at the top of many experienced diver’s bucket list destinations. All of this just scratches the surface of what’s on offer for visitors to South East Asia…
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Recent South East Asia Articles
New Requirements for Diving in Thailand
New industry requirements for the use of Thailand's marine national parks are currently being implemented. Following consultation with industry players last November, the National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department of Thailand (DNP) set out measures,...
North Sulawesi’s MY Liburan
In our quest to bring you the best the dive industry has to offer, Dive The World has unearthed the MY Liburan, a liveaboard gem in Indonesia, operating out of Manado, North Sulawesi. Liburan offers you the opportunity of searching for bizarre and unusual marine...
The Best Island in the World
Bali has been the Best Island in the World for at least the last 6 years running. But, says the world's largest travel magazine, the number one has slipped to the second rung. However, the new heir to the throne is the Galapagos Islands, which is costly to get to with...
Thailand Liveaboard – July and August 08
The MV Scuba Adventure is a year-round liveaboard with a popular low season schedule, which means you don't have to wait until high season to see some of Thailand’s best dive sites. Depart from Chalong Bay, Phuket to the choice dive destinations that are Hin Daeng,...
False Killer Whales beach off Phuket
A pod of false killer whales caused a stir near Phuket last Friday when around 20 of the animals beached on Koh Racha Yai. In the incident that occurred 25 km south of Phuket, the pod apparently got disorientated while navigating a narrow channel near Ao Paktok....
Our new Indo destination – The Banda Sea
Introducing the Banda On drums...Not wanting to miss a beat we decided that it was not fair to only offer liveaboard trips in North Sulawesi, Komodo and Raja Ampat. As a result of our continuous fact-finding missions, we concluded that Banda was not just another place...
Fighting chance: green turtle has flipper amputated
CAPE PANWA: A green sea turtle rescued from a fishing net in Satun last week had a badly inflected flipper amputated at the Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC) this afternoon. PMBC veterinarians led by Sontaya Manawattana said that the “flipperectomy” was the only...
Orangutans go fishing in Borneo
In a sight never previously witnessed an orangutan uses a sharpened stick to try and spear fish. Orangutan translates from the Indonesian language into "Man of the Forest". The beguiling creatures are great imitators and having seen local people fishing with sticks...
Relief starts to get through to cyclone victims
As stocks of relief supplies reach the victims of the recent cyclone in Burma we are pleased to pass on to you the latest news courtesy of the Phuket Gazette: CAPE PANWA: Stocks of donated food and emergency-shelter supplies today finally began their journey from the...