Duli Beach is one of the beaches in Palawan where marine turtles lay the eggs. “Duli” means female turtle in the Sanskrit language, so a perfect name for the place. From November until February Duli Beach is a nesting ground for marine turtles.
There are three different species nesting on Duli Beach, namely the Hawksbill turtle (named for their narrow, pointed beak), the Green turtle (named for the usually green fat found beneath its carapace) and the Olive Ridley turtle (which gets its name from the olive green color of its heart shaped shell).
All three species migrate long distances between feeding grounds and hatching beaches. Mature turtles return to the same area from which they hatched. Of the three species the most nests found on Duli Beach are those from the Olive Ridley turtle.
The female turtle crawls out of the water onto the beach and digs a nest. They lay their eggs mostly during the night and above the high tide line.
At Duli Beach Resort we do everything in our power to protect these nests from poachers and animals.
Among others we have trained patrollers that go around in the night to locate the nests on the beaches. We have built hatcheries to provide the best safety for the eggs. To read more about this, please have a look at the shared WAIF-project we did with WWF in 2023-2024.
When we relocate the nest to our hatchery carefully and in the first hours after they were put into the ground by the mother, survival rate is best. After approximately 60 days the eggs hatch and we will release the hatchlings that same day.
Whenever there is a nest hatching our guests can witness the release and we then try to give as much information as possible. At the resort we offer the option for people to adopt a nest as well and in this way they help us with our conservation efforts. If you want to know more about this, please contact us through our contact form.
Over the years we are doing the conservation work, we cofounded the El Nido Marine Turtle Conservation Network (#ENMTCN). An initiative with a few other businesses in El Nido to help and protect the marine turtles in the area. Members of the network help each other out and share knowledge and data among. The network is approved and backed by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD).
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