Mr Erik and Mrs Charlize very kindly sponsored 2 turtle nests recently, a green turtle and a hawksbill turtle nest on behalf of their many nieces and newphews. They chose nests that were due to hatch quite shortly. We are pleased to report that both nests have successfully hatched. The first nest was a Green [...]
Mr and Mrs Fuji san have very kindly made a showcase of the underwater photos they have taken at Pom Pom Island Resort. Probably our most well known and loved guests, they have visited Pom Pom Island Resort many times before. They have made a website showing the macro creatures and corals that they have [...]
Wow, our divers had an amazing second dive today at Pandanan Island Reef. After their surface interval, they started the second dive as usual along the back wall at Pandanan, about half way during the dive, Ron, our Dive Master saw a Manta Ray approaching from the blue, he started rapping his tank to get [...]
Rayner Ignatius, one of our Dive Masters at Pom Pom Dive Centre has just returned from an intensive course to become qualified as an Honorary Wildlife Warden. This was held by Sabah Parks Wildlife Department and assisted by WWF. On the first day, he attended lectures regarding the Wildlife Conservation Act of 1977, conservation issues [...]
Congratulations to our first e-Learning Open Water Divers from China who have successfully completed their course yesterday! They opted to complete the theory section on line using the PADI e-Learning system, then come to Pom Pom to take the confined water lessons and open water dives. ポンポンリゾート初のe-ラーニングによるオープンウォーターコースを受講したのは中国からのゲスト。きのう無事に海洋実習も終了し、ダイバーデビュー。おめでとう！この４人組、旅行前に中国の自宅でＰＤＩのe-ラーニングを受講。そしてポンポン島で海洋レッスンを実施。 I asked them how they felt about the [...]
Recently, it seems to have been all baby Hawksbill Turtles hatching, so it was nice a couple of nights ago to have a nest of Green Turtles hatch. They look a little different from the Hawksbill Turtles, the shells are a little bigger and rounder plus they seem to be stronger when running down to [...]
We had a beautiful sunset last night which was enjoyed by our guests at the Sunset Bar yesterday evening. Our guests from New Zealand and Italy were lucky enough to witness this amazing sunset, very dramatic. They spent a pleasurable hour, relaxing with cocktails and watching the sea and sky changing colours. 昨晩、サンセットバーではとってもキレイなサンセットが見れたのよ。このとっても美しくてドラマチックなサンセットを楽しんだのはニュージーランドとイタリアからのゲスト。夕焼け色に染まり、変わり行く海と空を眺めながらのカクテルタイム。リラックスのひとときを楽しんだわ。
Phew, we have just finished a very busy 1 hour at the hatchery tonight! At 6pm, we noticed that there was some movement in one of our nests, as we started observing the sand moving, we saw the first baby Hawksbill turtle come up to the surface, after that it was very busy, as it [...]
As we have many beautiful sunsets at Pom Pom and we wanted our lovely guests to be able to relax whilst watching the sun go down over the sea and Bohadulong Island. We have designed a sunset bar on our jetty, where you can enjoy soft drinks, beers and cocktails while looking out and hopefully [...]
We found a very nice frog fish at Mantabuan today during the first dive, luckily today, I had my camera so I was able to take photo. He was hiding amongst the soft grey tube sponges. You can see his foot resting against one of them. The main problem now is everyone is arguing whether [...]