Mantanani Island Introduction(美人鱼岛介绍)

Mantanani Islands are a group of three isolated islands located northwest of Kota Belud, about an hour’s drive from the state capital of Sabah, Kota Kinabalu. These islands are approximately 45 minutes boat ride by speedboat from the mainland Kuala Abai Jetty. Pulau Mantanani Besar, shaped-like a knife, has a beach that stretches up to 2.500 metres. The fact, that this thin island has never been commercialized, secures its hidden secrets from great number of divers and thus giving you a private but full enjoyment to the tropical island. Unfairly blessed with age-old shipwrecks and critters inhabiting in and around it. The island promises the most diverse marine life with visibility up to 40 metres. Many species of rays flutter around like blue spotted ray and marbled sting ray amongst large schools of fish. Besides that muck diving is excellent with the quiet existence of imperial shrimps, jaw fish ribbon eels, seahorses, pink-eyed gobbles and the jaw-dropping blue ringed octopus, amidst nudibranch of all sorts.
美人鱼岛是由3个孤立的小岛组成的，坐落于 Kota Belud 的西南边，从沙巴州首府 Kota Kinabalu 开车过去的话，需时约1个小时车程。然后，从 Kuala Abai 码头乘坐快艇出发的话，大约需要45分钟船程。天公作美，把上好的福分都放在这个小小的热带海岛上，包括历史悠久的沉船和一切在这一带栖息的生物。在这一带深潜还会有许多海洋生物静静的陪伴着您，包括 Imperial Shrimp，后頜鱼，ribbon eels (丝带鳗)，海马，pin eyed gobbles 和蓝环章鱼，加上各色各样的 Nudibranch 也在其中。美人鱼岛备受本地游客和外地游客的爱戴，其中一个最主要的原因是它如画般的优美，清爽的海风和平静的环境。一个理想的海滨假期，不可缺少当然就是优美又有特色的茅屋。在 Mari-Mari 背包客苑，有特色和优美的茅屋，当地称它为 'sulap’, 卡达山族语意思是茅屋或小屋。每一间 'sulap’都设有电灯，插座和电风扇。我们也会为客人提供床褥，被单和枕头。在这里，您可以随意地探索整个海岛。您可以在这里短住几天，经历一次得意又满足的海岛生活。不妨到附近的渔村参观一下，看看当地渔夫的生活。跳上一艘独木舟，尝试在海上玩独木舟的乐趣，或者单单就赖在海边，泡泡日光浴，古铜肤色就是属于您的啦！随手拿本书，找个吊床，荡着荡着，倾听着柔和的海潮声，多逍遥自在。傍晚时分，还可以来一场沙滩排球友谊赛。日落时，乘坐我们的大木船来一趟日落环岛游。观赏一场色彩华丽的日落，目睹着太阳公公在水平线消失。