Activities – Turtle Tours @ Sibaya – Sodwana Bay

Turtle Tours – iSimangaliso Wetland Park

If you are planning a trip to Sodwana Bay during the months November through to March, be sure to find out about this exciting activity.

Every year from early November mommy Leather Back and Loggerhead turtles come to lay and nest their eggs. She will will lay between 80 -100 eggs in a single nest. After that it can take up to 70 days for the babies to hatch. Meaning hatching time can start anywhere between January and March. After that the baby turtles will have to make their tedious journey back the ocean, battling ghost crabs, jackals, etc.

The Wetland Park have been working to conserve and help the turtle population grow again for almost 50 years as most of us know most Turtle species are endangered,  due to habitat loss and by accident been caught in fisher nets.