Baby Sea Turtle Releasing Tour: Detailed Insight into Mexican Turtle Lifecycle

Experience the incredible journey of baby sea turtles in Mexico. Learn about their life cycle, characteristics, and the challenges they face. Includes transport, informative guide, and a coconut macaroon tasting.

Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Petatlan - We will travel through town to get to the rural community of Juluchuca which famous for the production of coconut macarons and has the longest and most secluded beach which makes it the best place for the mama turtles to come and lay the eggs away from the noise of the tourist towns.
  • Juluchuca - In Juluchuca beach we will explain…
What's Included
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • All fees and/or taxes
  • Tour guide service
What's Not Included
  • Dinner
Additional Information

Embark on an exciting 3.5-hour journey where you will be educated on the life cycle of sea turtles, traits of the various turtles that frequent this part of Mexico, the incubation duration, survival prospects, and all the hardships these tiny creatures endure from the time they hatch and scramble towards the sea till the time they return to the beach…

Location
Petatlan
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Ansley_braverman
Oct 25, 2024
Wonderful family experience! - Our family had a wonderful experience! We rode quads out to a secluded beach where we learned about sea turtles. We were then given an opportunity to help the newly hatched baby sea turtles to the beach and watched as they all entered the sea. Magical experience for young and old.
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Ortheresac
Oct 23, 2024
Fun, adventurous, and great experience overall! - This was a highlight of a great vacation. Once in a lifetime experience and a chance to make a difference for sea turtles. W had so much fun. Luis is a great guide—safe driver, communicative, punctual, informative. This was a super trip. Highly recommend.
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Daniellew69
Oct 20, 2024
Magical Experience of a Lifetime!! - This experience was the highlight of our family trip to Ixtapa! Our guide, Francisco, was friendly and very knowledgeable. The volunteers who manage the turtle nests were also very kind and took time to answer all of our questions. This is truly a magical (and educational) experience for all ages! We highly recommend!!!
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Sonya_h
Sep 11, 2024
Don’t miss this experience! - Memorable experience releasing newly hatched baby turtles into the ocean. We learned so much from the dedicated turtle rescue team of Balta and Freddy, with the translation from our amazing tour guide Luiz, about the life cycle of the sea turtles and the extremely low odds of the baby sea turtles’ survival without human intervention. It was such a touching experience to see the baby turtles scramble into the sea, as we protected them from predators on the beach and gave them a headstart in just the first step in their journey.
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Taral144
Aug 9, 2024
Incredible!! Highly recommend!! - This tour exceeded my expectations! Luis is so knowledgeable and Freddy and Balta are absolute Angels for the work they do! Every night they are out on the beach saving baby turtles. The turtles are so tiny and cute, this was a dream come true for me! There were four of us in total and we all loved it! Luis has many other tours that sound amazing and we will do next time we’re here!
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Jason_b
Jun 29, 2024
Turtle Conservation Bucket List Family Experience - Luis and his local Zihua tour company have been exceptional guides for this region. This was our 3rd tour in the week (two with Luis and one with Francisco who led an amazing food tour). The baby sea turtle release was a bucket-list type opportunity for our family. Luis arranged the experience with a local coalition (now just two amazing guys) called “La Tortuga Feliz” or Happy Turtle who work to protect the adult turtles, nests, and baby turtles as they hatch on a 30 km stretch of deserted beach that is prime turtle nesting grounds. You take a van approx. one hour south of Zihuatanejo/Ixtapa to reach the secluded area where the turtle reserve is. Once you arrive, you get a lesson on the sea turtles that nest in this region and the plight to help save them from poachers and predators. Each day, turtles hatch that were collected earlier in the year and each person gets to release some by hand on their journey from the beach into the ocean. My daughters said it was one of the most amazing experiences in their lives and mom and dad agree! Thanks to Luis and the hard-working staff at La Tortuga Feliz in creating an opportunity for families to take part in conservation efforts for sea turtles; a once in a lifetime tour!
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Marybeth_c
Jun 27, 2024
Simple but a lot of fun... - Simple but a lot of fun and so interesting to hear what these 2 men are doing to save the turtle population. Knowledgeable guide and a great bucket list experience. If you’re looking for a fancy trip this is not it but it was what we were looking for
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Jodig
May 6, 2024
I loved it but maybe not for everyone - I loved the experience. Some might not be impressed because it was simple. You drive an hour south, but I like seeing all the small towns and farming community, while talking the entire time to our guide Francisco. I appreciated seeing the two men that take care of all the turtles completely by volunteer, working every night and then farming and fishing their normal jobs during the days. You spend about a half hour learning about the turtles, then you get to gather up some babies in a basket and release them. I loved it. If you like to learn and it’s very educational and once in a lifetime experience. Then you drive the hour back, but again I enjoyed asking all my questions and seeing the people in the various villages. Francisco accommodated our strong request to stop for a cup of fresh sliced mango! Delicious.
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Paige
Mar 28, 2024
Not to be missed. Worth every minute! - This was a great experience for us. Frank aka Paco was a great entertaining tour guide and amazing driver! 5 of us went out to a long stretch of protected beach and met with brothers Freddy and Baltazar of Juluchuca, Guererro. After some education on the government sponsored turtle protection program we were each given a basket to collect and release a couple dozen baby turtles. So amazing to watch them make their way!
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Pattim1016
Feb 28, 2024
Added to our Zihua experience. - Luis was an excellant tour guide. Well versed in all the area has to offer. This was only on of our tours with Luis. Fluent in English, live in area, able to offer insight to the towns and the people.
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