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Pulau Kapalai, Sabah

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Kapalai is a small island on the southeastern coast of Sabah. It is a sandbar island located to the east of Pulau Mabul. It is now at sea level, having been eroded over time to nothing more than a sandbar. All the buildings at Kapalai are on stilts.

Getting there

You should use Semporna as your gateway to Kapalai. From Semporna, get in touch with the tour operators at the Semporna Ocean Tourism Centre which is located on stilts over the water at Jalan Kastam.

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Kapalai Location Map

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Please use the information on this page as guidance only. The author endeavours to update the information on this page from time to time, but regrets any inaccuracies if there be any.

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Dear visitor, thank you so much for reading this page. My name is Timothy Tye and my hobby is to find out about places, write about them and share the information with you on this website. I have been writing this site since 5 January 2003. Originally (from 2003 until 2009, the site was called AsiaExplorers. I changed the name to Penang Travel Tips in 2009, even though I describe more than just Penang but everywhere I go (I often need to tell people that "Penang Travel Tips" is not just information about Penang, but information written in Penang), especially places in Malaysia and Singapore, and in all the years since 2003, I have described over 20,000 places.

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