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
Spinner dolphin washed ashore in Phuket is recovering
The spinner dolphin that washed ashore at Karon Beach on July 1 is recovering slowly after a full month at the Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC), where she was taken for treatment of a severe respiratory infection and other ailments. PMBC Biologist Kongkiat...
Announcement Raja Ampat Launches User Fee System
The Raja Ampat Regency Government in West Papua, Indonesia, is pleased to announce the launch of an annual tag system for visitors to their newly declared network of 7 Marine Protected Areas (MPA). The annual plastic tag, modified from the successful Bunaken Marine...
Scuba Diving Packages Exclusively for Dive the World Customers
Komodo Liveaboard Offer for YOU Our friends at the KLM Moana are offering only to you, the Dive The World customer, these 2 trips with a 10% discount. 21-28 October 2007 FLORES-KOMODO-BALI (8 days / 7 nights) Departs from Labuan Bajo, Flores and disembarks in Bali Was...
Sipadan in August – Spaces still available
Sipadan is more popular than ever this year and August is basically fully booked.But for those of you looking for a last minute escape, Seaventures Dive Rig still has places available for the first week of August.It's a unique resort and great value. And you get all...
Improvements at Nomads Resort, Lembeh
Your feedback told us you wanted to dive Lembeh – the world’s critter capital – but, you asked ‘Is there not somewhere inexpensive but still comfortable and with amazing diving?’ Well the answer is now a resounding ‘YES!’ New to Lembeh is the small, the cosy and ever...
Spinner Dolphins beached in Phuket
PHUKET: 2 gravely ill dolphins are being treated at the Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC) after washing ashore in separate incidents – the first at Karon Beach yesterday and the second in Phang Nga’s Tai Muang District this morning. PMBC biologist Kongkiat...
Phuket to have biggest aquarium in Southeast Asia
BANGKOK (The Nation): Ripley Entertainment, operator of Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum, plans to build and open a 2.1-billion-baht aquarium in Phuket within three years. The firm will enter into a joint venture with Thailand-based conglomerate Minor International...
Sipadan Island is calling YOU
Dive The World special discounts For a limited period only (book before end September) Dive The World are offering amazing deals in Malaysia's best dive resorts. Many of our prices are cheaper than what you pay if you were to book direct with the resorts, plus you get...
Dive The World Phuket Daytrip
When you contact Dive The World you know you will be communicating with an experienced diver who knows not only about diving but also about the various destinations and operators we recommend. We make sure our guys get to see these places first hand. However the rest...