If you prefer to get your action under the water, Sipadan Island is the spot for you.Sipadan Island is not only Malaysia's only oceanic island, it's regularly voted one of the top places in the world for scuba diving. Here you can dive with swirling schools of barracuda, graceful turtles, white tip reef sharks and bumphead parrotfish amongst many other species that frequent the island.Accommodation is no longer available on Sipadan Island, but divers can be ferried from the mainland or a nearby island such as Mabul or Kapalai, in a short boat ride. How to get there: From Kota Kinabalu, take a 55-minute flight to Tawau and enjoy an hour's drive to Semporna. From Semporna, Sipadan is another 40 minutes by speedboat.