2024

TURTLE WATCH REKAWA

Natural site to discover

Turtle Conservation Project (TCP) is a non-governmental organization that protects nesting sites, unlike local hatcheries that collect eggs and hatch them off the beach. The nearby Rekawa lagoon is a good place for sea turtles to lay their eggs. Here you can see five of the seven species present in Sri Lanka visiting the beach area. You have to be patient because, like any natural event, the arrival of the turtles does not take place at a fixed time. It is still rare not to see one.

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