Book a Sea Turtle Walk! Get a close look at the nesting beach and learn about sea turtles during a 45-minute walk with an ARCHELON volunteer.
This walk is part of ARCHELON's multi-sectoral environmental awareness program and aims to integrate environmental interpretation as a conservation tool to raise awareness about the nesting beaches, the sand dunes and proper human - sea turtle interactions.
Walk along a part of the nesting beach of Rethymno, where you will have the opportunity to learn about sea turtles, the threats they face, and our conservation work. You will start your walk by learning some interesting facts about sea turtles and their life cycle / biology. There will be stops along the beach, at specific points where we will share information about the fragile ecosystem of sand dunes, and to show you tracks of female sea turtles, hatchlings or sea turtle nests depending on the season. During our walk, you will receive information about the challenges that these incredible protected marine creatures face from human activity and what you can do to assist them.
Please note that you will not see a sea turtle during the tour.
Location
THE IMPORTANT BITS
- You need to reserve your place online.
- Participation in the tour requires that you adopt a hatchling as part of the reservation process .
- Each reservation is limited to 2 adults and 4 children. Multiple reservations may share the same time slot.
- Each child is required to be accompanied by a guardian.
- The tour is suitable for children over the age of 4 as it requires some walking on the beach (approximately 45 minutes).
- You will need a hat and some water.
- The walk is available in English and Greek.
MEETING POINT
The Sea Turtle Beach Walk on Rethymno beach starts at 8:00 am and at 7:00 pm, in front of the ARCHELON wooden sign at the Life Guard’s Observatory, a bit further from Pearl Beach Hotel. It ends 45 minutes later on the beach in front of the Taverna of Camping Elizabeth.
AVAILABILITY
Reservations are accepted up to 24 hours before the tour start time.
MORE ABOUT ARCHELON AND THE RETHYMNO PROJECT
- ARCHELON is a non-profit organization working to protect sea turtles and their nesting habitats in Greece since 1983. The Rethymno project was launched in 1990 and is the largest in terms of number of nests in Crete. The sea turtle nesting activity extends over 12 kilometers of coastline and has an average of 200 nests per year. The nests are monitored and protected by a team of ARCHELON volunteers from various countries.
- There are other important nesting sites for the Loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in Greece, where ARCHELON volunteers monitor and protect more than 4,000 sea turtle nests each summer: Laganas Bay on the island of Zakynthos, Kyparissia Bay in western Greece, and Lakonikos Bay in the Peloponnese.
How can you Book your tour:
Select your preferred dates and number of persons. In the next step confirm your tour package and fill your personal details. If your wish to reserve your tour immediately, select the «ΒΟΟΚ ON LINE” button and proceed with a full amount payment, using your credit card though “WORLD PAY” secure payment gateway.
Alternatively, if you require any further information and other payment methods, select the “MORE INFORMATION” button. In this case Odeon travel will reply within the next 24 Hours and will send you all the necessary information and details about your selected tour.
*** Please note. If you require a Tour with pick up date in less than 12 Hours, select only the “MORE INFORMATION” button, in any other case it will be declined, due to limited availability.
