Entrance to Mataking Island Reef Dive Resort Mataking is one of the islands located in Semporna. I have been lucky enough to get the opportunity to visit the island twice, first time on November 2015 for 3 days 2 nights, and we make another visit on 26th July 2017 for another 3 days 2 nights trip. If you book a package with the resort, their service will include return land and boat transfer. From Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA), the flight to Tawau will take approximately 50 minutes. The best seat on the plane? Of course on the left side, because the plane will fly by Mount Kinabalu and you can see how majestic and beautiful it is. For Mataking Resort, there are 3 boat transfer daily, the last one will be around 4.30 pm in the evening. There is no boat transfer later than that due to the ESSCOM dust-to-dawn curfew in order to curb cross-border kidnapping and other crimes. If you reach Tawau Airport before or by 2 pm, you can still catch the last boat transfe...
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