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Turtle Release & Bioluminicence Tour

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This 15km-long beach, beginning about 30km east of Puerto Escondido, is one of the world's major nesting grounds for the olive ridley turtle (tortuga golfina to Mexicans). Up to a million female olive ridleys a year arrive at Escobilla to lay their eggs, with numbers peaking at night for a period of about a week around the full moons from May to February – a spectacular phenomenon known as an arribada or arribazón.

The Laguna de Manialtepec is a coastal lagoon about 18 km west of Puerto Escondido in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico(about 2 hours 30 from Huatulco). The name comes from Náhuatl "manial" (spring) and "tepec" (Hill), meaning (Hill where water is born). About four times a year, more or less, the lagoon becomes phosphorescent due to a type an alga that lives in the lagoon.

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Turtle Release + Bioluminicence Tour

Up to a million female olive ridleys a year arrive at Escobilla to lay their eggs, with numbers peaking at night for a period of about a week around the full moons from May to February, release the baby turtles and then, you will head to the exceptional beauty of the Manialtepec lagoon, surrounded by lush mangrove vegetation and filled with tiny organisms that glow!

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Turtle Release + Bioluminicence Tour

This 15km-long beach, beginning about 30km east of Puerto Escondido, is one of the world's major nesting grounds for the olive ridley turtle (tortuga golfina to Mexicans). Up to a million female olive ridleys a year arrive at Escobilla to lay their eggs, with numbers peaking at night for a period of about a week around the full moons from May to February – a spectacular phenomenon known as an arribada or arribazón.

The Laguna de Manialtepec is a coastal lagoon about 18 km west of Puerto Escondido in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico(about 2 hours 30 from Huatulco). The name comes from Náhuatl "manial" (spring) and "tepec" (Hill), meaning (Hill where water is born). About four times a year, more or less, the lagoon becomes phosphorescent due to a type an alga that lives in the lagoon.

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Turtle Release + Bioluminicence Tour
$190.00

Total:

** You have to consider 150 pesos/ person to enter the turtle sanctuary and 200 pesos/ person to take the small boat to cross the lagoon.

  • Duration of the tour = 8 H

**Pick up at 4:00 pm to return around mid-night.

Included:

Round transportation with pick up at the property English spoken & certified Guide

*** Do not forget: swimsuit, extra cash, sunscreen and insect repellant, change clothes