Sad to see all the rubbish washed up on the shores. Every single morning at 7:00 am, our maintenance team clean not only the resort beach, but also the sea turtle nesting area, located nearby the resort compound! POM POM ISLAND RESORT However, sometimes we feel necessary to show you how it [...]
A few years ago, we started a coral reef restoration project to help our gorgeous housereef to recover from the past events of fish bombing practice. Pom Pom Island reef was full of macrolife, sea turtles and soft corals, but still lacking in hard corals formations. Our marine biologist, with the help of the [...]
Hello Pom Pom Lovers, Our marine biologist Oriana and Cecilia, one of our guests, had the opportunity to observe a rare and amazing event, around the Island: green turtles mating! Sea turtle mating is a very unusual sight to observe in the wild. Most sea turtles species are solitary creatures and only come together [...]
Hello Pom Pom Lovers! It’s time to celebrate here in Pom Pom! At the end of Semporna Hari Penyu (Semporna Turtle Day), we renew our Memorandum of Understanding with the amazing Sabah Wildlife Department for Pom Pom Island Turtle Hatchery! A huge thank you go to WWF-Malaysia for the (almost) daily help!! Our marine biologist Oriana and reservation [...]
Yesterday afternoon, a green turtle nest adopted by Anuska, finally hatched!! More than 60 hatchlings have been released to the sea during high tide. As always, was a spectacular event for all the guests who joined the release... I am very much happy to share these precious moments with you all. Keep supporting conservation [...]
Hello Pom Pom Lovers! I have great news for you: the reef surveys in Pom Pom Island start again! Our eco-divers Oriana and Rayner conducted the first survey of the year in Cliff Hanger, one of the excellent dive site of Pom Pom Island. They collected data about fish, invertebrates, type of substrate, as [...]
If you enjoy snorkelling or diving, you absolutely have to graduate from fish to sea turtles! Observing these amazing creatures in their natural habitat is a magical experience... While diving or snorkelling you will have the unique opportunity to see Layla, one of our resident green turtle, taking a nap or Arlenita, resting on [...]
Here in Pom Pom Island Resort, we celebrated the “Earth Day” in a very special way! During the morning, 47 green turtle hatchlings made their own way to the great blue! It was completely amazing to see how fast baby turtles can run when they feel the sea and we all love it! Later, [...]
Rayner, our Dive Master at Pom Pom Island Resort, has been officially recognized after passing his exam earlier, as a Wildlife Warden. This gives him the power of arrest and he is able to make reports of harm to wildlife to the authorities. In conjunction with WWF, the Sabah Wildlife Department arranged a special presentation [...]
