Komentar :
Biskutz Custom (27/05/2018 04:56)
Best of the best, being here every year without fail. Its a must, especially between april and may. Why, bcos during time the water was so clear like a crystal. But be sure to book your stay earlier. The staff was very friendly, home like feeling, jumping into the water from the deck, cheap fresh seafood.... Everything is here..
Duo Traveller (19/11/2017 16:11)
A place that i feel like home, friendly and very helpful staff
Nurul Ain Fatihah Ibrahim (12/09/2016 15:02)
Took a 5d4n full-board dive package with Seahorse Sipadan Scuba. Hospitality and the staff are superb, it almost feel like home. Food choice is limited but tasteful. Rooms are clean and comfortable. Dive equipments are well maintained too. They have this spacious deck which I really like to hangout in between dives and at night. Definitely will be back!
Matthias Simon (12/04/2016 19:12)
Seahorse provides full board accommodation and operates scuba dives and snorkel trips around Mabul. Like for half a dozen other operators, the facilities lie on the southwest side of the island and are made of wood, standing on poles above the water. And like most other operators, Seahorse offers dive trips to Sipadan, but doesn't go there. Instead they forward people to other operators who are actually allowed to go there.
Pros:
The facilities are very clean, with a standard better than simple (but certainly below luxury).
Food is served as well prepared buffet with choices - simple but tasty Malay meals.
The platform is a nice spot to hang around and to jump into the water.
They provide scuba equipment in a good condition.
Cons:
Big groups of chinese dive beginners are hosted here. This makes Seahorse an absolute no-no. Here is why:
Since only one boat is going out for diving/snorkeling, you stick to the group of beginners. Hence you are likely to visit only dive sites which are good for beginners (shallow sites without the need to see the exceptional stuff). For example, unlike others operators, Seahorse does not visit sites around the near by island Kapalai. My suggestion to go out with a second boat was declined.
And yes, these groups invade the space. They tend to be very loud, siege the facilities and are voracious at the buffet. No fun.
Some other facts which might distract you are paper-thin walls between the rooms, a shaky ground which lets you know someone steps by and what's going on in the next room, noisy compressor at daytime and salty tap water (rumor has it other places have salty water as well since they use groundwater).
On low tide all the water around the spot is gone, so no swimming is possible and the captain of the boat struggles to move out and in.
As confirmed by the staff, Hotlink/Maxis mobile network is working poor here, but it's great if you step out the gate. And WIFI? I think not...
Don't get trickd with Sipadan diving permits.
If you want to dive around Sipadad, you have to book one of the limited permits. When you arrive without a booked permit, they can tell you that there's a permit available, but only in a few days, so you have to stay here longer to wait for that day, when you book it. You better just come here and ask several operators around for a permit within the next days. It worked out for other travelers very well and they got there permit “surprisingly” for the next day, although I booked the “only available permit” earlier ahead.