Help Save the Sea Turtle (or Find Out How It’s Done)
Guests and owners at Playa Las Tortugas are blessed with the rare opportunity to work alongside veterinarians and biologists in protecting endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles, which arrive on our beach between June and December to nest. Volunteers patrol the beach at night to harvest and protect turtle eggs and also release hatchlings, sometimes thousands at a time, back into the ocean. For many of our visitors, going on turtle patrol and releasing the newly-hatched baby turtles is the highlight of their stay.
Visit for an Educational Tour
Enjoy an educational tour of the Sea Turtle Conservation Camp, adjacent to our property, for the protection of the endangered sea turtles.
Participate in Turtle Patrol and Release of Hatchlings
From mid-late June through mid-late November you can participate in nighttime beach patrols, and from mid-August through mid-late December in the preparation of nests for release as wells as baby turtle release.
Turtle Camp Sponsors
The Sea Turtle Conservation Camp is regulated by the Mexican environmental department and sponsored in part by: the non-profit association “Selva Negra” of the musical group “Mana”; the property owners of “Playa Las Tortugas”; and, the developer of “Playa Las Tortugas”.
See Sea Turtle Conservation in our COMMUNITY section for more information.