Segari Turtle Hatchery

This is one of the place i visit when i am on my trip to Lumut.Its a nice place to visit and know more about turtle here.Its was actually located at Pasir Panjang beach.






The Pasir Panjang beach here used to be the favorite place for sea turtles to come and lay their eggs before going back to the sea. However, due to human intervention and pollution, there are not many occasion where one can see this happening.

In the effort to ensure the survival of these turtles, the government has taken the initiative to breed the green sea turtle here and released them to the sea. According to some source , turtles that visit this beach are the Green Turtle (Chelania mydas) and Olive Ridley (Epidochelys olivaecea). They land at any time during the year, but are said to be seen more during January to July. From the statistic , we actually can see the turtle which come visit here is decreasing from year to year.




The Segari Turtle Hatchery is actually devide onto two part.One of it is the visiting area where we can walk around to visit the turtle. Another area is the hatching area where we are not allowed to go in.

Hatching area






Little baby turtle



Turtles













The centre is open everday and visiting hours are:

Mondays to Sundays except Fridays
10:00am to 12:30pm
2:00pm to 5:00pm

Fridays
10:00am to 12:00pm
2:30pm to 5:00pm

Entrance is FREE


Overall Rating : 7.5/10