Gayana
Island EcoResort in Pulau Gaya, near
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah is the brainchild
of Datuk Joseph Ambrose Lee, a
well-known businessman in Malaysia who
also owns a fast food chain, Sugar Bun
in Borneo.
The desire
to rehabilitate marine life, his main
wish to see people love the nature and
his overwhelming dream to see tourists
coming in are temptations that he could
not resist for so long. He developed
Pulau Gaya into a resort area for people
to come and rest, for scuba divers to
swim and see with their own eyes the
beauty of coral reefs as well for marine
researchers to initiate research on
marine life.
"I came to
the island one day to see with my own
eyes and looked at the problems
associated with the island. I saw marine
life and corals were destroyed by greedy
fishermen who used bomb to catch the
fish. I saw pollution all over the
island and I saw squatters and illegal
immigrants there.
"I came back
to Kota Kinabalu and said to myself that
I will develop the island into a
beautiful place for people of all life
to flock to the island for a number of
reasons," he told Sunday Bulletin in
Sabah last month.
That was
many years ago and today, Pulau Gaya has
a resort hotel as well as plenty of
activities for the visitors, not only
from foreign countries like Brunei,
Middle East and Europe but more
importantly the island has now become a
favourite get-away for the people of
Sabah too. Even the Malaysian Prime
Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad
prefers to stay there if he comes to
Sabah for a visit.
The hotel,
Gayana Island EcoResort is actually
nested into the lush tropical wildness
of the National Park of Tunku Abdul
Rahman. The island is famous for its
ancient, dense Dipterocarp forest and it
offers a rare glimpse into a primordial
jungle. Caressed by the gently, lapping
of the South China Sea, visitors will
come to an understanding of the
fragility of perfection.
Pulau Gaya
is just a leisurely 30 minutes ferry
ride from the vibrant, modern and hectic
city of Kota Kinabalu and the island
presents an overture of majestic
rainforest as well as the watery glory
of the South China Sea. It has a horde
of activities for the visitors to linger
away their time such as multi-day
kayaking, hiking, scuba diving trips,
snorkelling in the turquoise sea or even
splashing in the natural water pool.
In the
evening visitors can request for
environmental lectures by the resort's
marine biologist or forest ecologist.
Your evening can be a colourful and
authentic cultural dances from the
multi-variety people of Sabah including
the Brunei Malays. Or you can just sit
back and relax, have a tropical drink
and ponder the setting sun
reconstructing the forest into a
kaleidoscope of shadows and colours.
Gayana
Island EcoResort has 44 quaint chalets,
seafood restaurant, reef rehabilitation
research centre, environmental
interpretation centre and a beachside
bar. It also offers the visitors the
unspoiled ambience of island life in
such splendid, tantalising and
enlightening style.
For all that
matters, you can also sit on your
private deck and listen to the squacking
of the hornbill, watch the soaring of
the magnificent sea hawk or scrutiny the
flurry life of marine animals swimming
beneath you.
"People
always asked me how I can get rid of the
refugees and illegal immigrants on the
island. Yes, the Sabah Government
managed to do that. Then people again
asked me how could I get rid of the
rubbish that had become a part of their
culture.
"Well, we
advise, educate and lecture them that if
the island is kept clean, visitors will
not mind coming to your house. Then they
say why would they visit their houses.
We tell them you can start a roving
handicraft business or you can show them
your ability and we will charge the
visitors and give you the money.
"It takes a
long time to do it but we will achieve
that in three months time," said a
smiling Datuk Ambrose.
It is
definitely not easy to change the way of
life of the island people. Over the
years the island had accumulated enough
rubbish as well as pollution by raw
sewage released into the natural
habitat.
The
surrounding sea had been for years the
natural garbage disposal area, which saw
immense destruction of marine life such
as the corals. Shifting cultivation had
also showed its destructiveness and so
was illegal logging that flattened the
primary jungle of the island. The river
was polluted and filled with plastic
bags and rubbish.
"In a way we
were lucky because the river is not
polluted with chemicals and toxic
materials."
Source:
Borneo Bulletin Sunday
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Ganaya Resort 加雅島水上屋渡假村 |
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．飯店簡介 |
屬於東姑阿都拉曼國家公國的保護海島之一加雅島，島上的水上屋渡假村，是沙巴唯一擁有41個水上屋渡假村。渡假村採傳統的馬來式建築，建於湛藍的海上，魚群的環繞、熱帶雨林的舒暢，讓您倘佯在如魚兒般地自在悠揚於碧海藍天間。 |
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位於加雅島上的渡假村，以快艇從哥打京那峇魯出發，只需10至25分鐘便可到達加雅島。 |
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水上餐廳、水上泳池、婆羅洲最大的貝類養殖場、紅樹林棧道保護區、BAR、卡拉OK、浪漫水上餐廳等，海天一色的美景，是渡假遠離塵囂的天堂。 |
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珊瑚爭艷‧翠綠環抱佳雅娜婀娜多姿
updated:2001-05-07 17:15:50 MYT
群居在這水晶宮中珊瑚礁各形各狀爭豔奪麗，把整個海底世界點綴得更加多姿多彩。
藍天白雲庇護下，在長滿了熱帶雨林獨有植物的海島漫步，令人樂逍遙。 |
一看到七彩繽紛、形形色色的珊瑚，遊客都樂開了懷，興奮不已。
有一位甚至高興得忘我忘形，看著看著，越游越近，然後就一腳踩在珊瑚上。
教導遊小王心痛極了。
遊客對沙巴州岸外離島加雅島（Pulau Gaya）海底繽紛世界鍾愛有加，教小王欣慰之餘、又感痛心，心情矛盾極了。
加雅島美麗的珊瑚有人欣賞，當然是好事一件，可魯莽的遊客愛珊瑚愛得過火反而傷害了她，的確又令人感到痛心。
不為甚麼，只因為這種保護珊瑚、愛珊瑚的心，在加雅島上的佳雅娜生態度假村（Gayana Island Eco Resort）是更加熾熱。
水晶宮好熱鬧
在加雅島水域深處，群居的珊瑚礁在這水晶宮中自由呼吸，她們隨意生長，有狀如玫瑰、蘑菇、包心菜，更有像頭腦的，各形各狀爭豔奪麗，把南中國海的水晶宮點綴得更加多姿多彩。
披著彩衣，光彩奪目的小丑魚、蝴蝶魚、吸塵魚等都愛和珊瑚相依相偎，既可以自由生活，又可以享受珊瑚的保護而不受敵人傷害，一舉兩得，聰明的小魚兒當然可以安心嬉戲了。
加雅島是小魚兒的安全天堂，也是日本遊客、特別是上了年紀的遊客悠閒度日的樂園，他們都愛到這兒來享受陽光、美景，以及最重要的悠閒。
這個樂園，是一個在藍天白雲庇護下長滿了熱帶雨林獨有植物的海島，亭亭玉立在平靜無波的碧海綠水中央，島上築起了一排排深褐色的馬來高腳亞答屋，傳統得教人只看一眼就會馬上愛上了。
這就是散發看自然、清新和熱情的佳雅娜生態度假村（Gayana Island Eco Resort）了。
佳雅娜一如其名，是位優雅、婀娜多姿的佳人。對許多人來說，不到島上親眼印證的話，是不會想像得到，距離亞庇僅30分鐘船程的佳雅娜竟然得天獨厚地保有了清澈見底的海水，及豐富的海洋生態。
她宛如一朵出污泥而不染的蓮花，對她而言，那只有一海之隔的對面城市的煩囂，彷彿是絕緣的。
外國遊客風聞而至
佳雅娜這份清幽，遠至日本、台灣和香港的遊客都風聞了。每當他們乘著船，遠遠望著這個依山傍水的度假村時，只覺得她純樸可愛，等到越來越靠近時，不禁驚呼連連──唷！在綠得透明的海水中，成群的魚兒直在眼前兜兜轉轉，熱情地歡迎客人。
下了船，站在碼頭上，心情又產生了另一種變化，讓人相信，在這個度假村內，自己會喚回內心迷失已久的、與大自然融為一體的感覺。
從設計簡朴、但不失風雅的接待處望去，一座長長的木橋把視線索引去，潔白無瑕的小沙灘、馬來風格餐廳、卡拉OK，以及用椰樹葉子製成的亞答葉舖蓋的傳統馬來式度假屋立即映入眼簾。
這時，心兒開始按捺不住，直想看看這度假村內究竟還有甚麼──沿著橋，經過旅舍，一個圍起的天然泳池赫然在望，池內除了有活潑的魚兒，還有珊瑚、海星和海參呢！
把那顆蠢蠢欲動的心稍加安頓，再往前走，就是一個絕佳的海洋生態水族館了。
水上度假屋旁的木橋或走道最好客，隨時歡迎客人坐下來欣賞群魚動態。這些魚兒真有趣，時而轉圈、時而往前悠游，時而來個花式游，時而集體快速往左或向右衝，有時甚至靜止不動，隨波漂流，甚至樣兒都有。
魚兒有的青得纖長、有的在艷藍的身上帶著黃色條紋、有的長著著一張尖而細長的咀、有的是身披含蓄的灰、有的透明見骨得教人詫異、有的頑皮得躍出水面表演出水功。
更教人驚喜的是海星、海膽及海參！有的海星是藍而有較細長的“手”、有的是橙色帶黑斑、有的獨自居海底、有的合家聚居大團圓。
那永遠帶著滿身黑刺的怪物，就是海膽了。雖然一副神聖不可侵犯的樣子，卻也是合群動物；至於肥胖得圓圓滾滾的海參，讓人不期然地想起桌上佳餚。
入夜了，度假村走道依然燈火通明，希望照出夜晚和白天的魚兒的不同處。海面平靜，小小浪花拍打著細細的沙灘；涼風習習、蟲聲啾啾，抬望眼，遠處的亞庇市霓虹燈不甘寂寞地綻放五顏六色。
這時的佳雅娜，是更撩人了！ （星洲日報／休閒天地‧報導：彭欣韻／攝影：李麗倩‧2001/04/10）
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佳雅娜渡假村 :
佳雅娜渡假村位於加雅島的瑪羅紅灣，從哥打京那峇魯國際機場前往先乘15分鐘的車程到市區，然後在海邊的碼頭乘船30分鐘便可到達。
住在佳雅娜島生態渡假村，可遙望城市，可享有海島的寧靜，和那令人身心舒暢的青山綠水。
渡假村設備應有盡有。44間以熱帶風情作為設計主題的傳統馬來高腳亞答渡假屋內有空調，冰箱、電視、寬敞的露台及大理石的歐式浴室，有面海的，也有向著青山的，要山要水任君選擇。
熱帶風情迎客的佳雅娜島生態度假村以環保為理念，活動都以保護環境為出發點，包括灌輸游客正確對待海洋生物及山上動物的觀念。
渡假村聯絡電話：088-301131、301132，傳真：088-302316。
亞庇營業辦事處電話：088-245158、245168，傳真：088-264460。
網址：http://www.gayana-ecoresort.com
電子郵址：info＠gayana-ecoresort.com |
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