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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INDONESIA
THAILAND
MALAYSIA
PHILIPPINES
MYANMAR
Recent South East Asia Articles
Selected Scuba Trips at Season’s End?
Hi Guys, This month sees a change of season throughout the major dive destinations in South East Asia. Thailand's west coast gets ready to wind down for their low season while Malaysia and Indonesia have put their monsoons behind them and the seas have settled down to...
Similan Islands following the Tsunami?
Hope all is well with you. Judging from your responses to our last email, it seems you guys are keen to hear of the best deals and best diving around so we will do our best to keep you up-to-date. This is just a quickie to let you know about a couple of wonderful...
Sipadan and Komodo island diving
Hi Guys, Wow! What an incredible response to our Tsunami update. Judging from all the enquiries received, the diving community will be very quick to show their support and return to the areas effected. Thailand and Burma liveaboardtrips are, almost all, running as...
Tsunami in Thailand, December 2004
Dear all, We would like to thank all well wishers from the bottom of our hearts for your kind words of support and concern in the wake of this disaster. These are the times which demonstrate how small and close knit the dive community is. We know many of you are...