This is the first weekend at Kemaman, Terengganu. People at here didnt work on Friday & Saturday. Same goes to Kelantan. So It could be a very boring weekend If you don't have anything to do at here.
Here I go, get the car key & start the journey and today's destination is....
The Turtle Sanctuary, Cherating.
The Journey tooks around 15mins to 20mins from Kemaman. If you are from Kemaman to Kuantan, you will found the Sanctuary Park is somewhere at your Left Side. And the Asia's First Clud Med Cherating, Pahang is located just beside there.
Establish in 1972 as a Turtle protecting center in an effort to protect the endanger species the particular Leatherback Turtle, It was then opened to the public in 1998 as a centre to educate the public about turtles and the need to protect them.
My initial plan was to spend a night at Cherating, so that could observe the Turtle nesting activities. However, was quite disappointed me when the officer told me that turtles will land here to lay eggs between April to August only...Which mean I'm not in the right time to see that..Sien-ness.
The center is not as big as I thought. In fact, you can finish the visit less than 30mins.
Turtle hatchlings will be kept at here until they are old enough to be released into the sea during night time.
Besides that, you will be able to see many exotic and nice seashells
as well as others underwater species, such as Dugong
are displayed at the main exhibition hall.
The center visiting hours:
Daytime Visiting Hours
Tuesdays to Sundays : 9am to 1pm, 2pm to 5:30pm
(The lunch break is from 1pm to 2pm. The centre is closed on Mondays.)(The centre is closed from 12pm to 3pm for Friday prayer)
Fridays: 9am to 12:00pm, 3pm to 5:30pm
Night Visiting Hours
Mondays to Sundays : 7:30pm to 7:30am
The programme during the night include turtle watching, releasing the hatchlings to the sea and the turtle hatching programme.
Visiting the centre is Free of Charge.
For more information, you can call the centre at +6 09 581 9087
So next, I'm heading to
The Holiday Villa Beach Resort & Spa, Cherating =)..What a wonderful weekend.
Well, what I can say is, It looks just 70% or less like what you can see from it website..
Next week, will heading to Rantau Abang...So, stay tunned!
1 comment:
i went to the turtle sanctuary last weekend. but i think it no longer opens during the night. i did enjoy releasing the baby turtles back to the ocean, with just a small donation of RM5 each.
i miss those little adorable baby turtles already...
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