Serangan Island Turtle Conservation Center The Natural Tourist Attraction For Education

 17 Mei 2022   

Bali has a lot of Natural wealth. So widely used as a tourist attraction. Besides providing natural beauty, it also provides lessons on nature. The one destination become an education center of a various turtle. You can get all these things on Serangan Island Turtle Conservation Center. 

To get Serangan Island Turtle Conservation, we can take 30 minutes from Denpasar City. On Jalan Tukad Punggawa, Serangan town Denpasar. The place next to an artificial canal. Turtle Conservation in Serangan Island is open at 7 AM until 7 PM.

Serangan Island is a paradise of various ornamental fish and turtle. However, all this began to change when the construction of tourist facilities in the form of bridges that united the island along with Bali Island. This thing has led to the initiative of the resident to make turtle conservation to protect the turtle and provide a comfortable nesting place.

The place is managed by the Serangan village and functioned as a tourist attraction. This area is 1.2 hectares. But the conservation is only 6000 meters and the other area used as a camp. This conservation center has three main parts is hatching, hatchling, exhibitions.

Hatcheries in this place are made as closely as possible to their natural habitat. This place is in the form of bamboo and roofed huts with sand floors. Serangan Island Turtle Conservation there are hundreds of eggs from several types of turtle. All types of the turtle will mark by the small board that provides information about the type of turtle, amount, origin the turtle and estimated hatch time.

The hatchling shelter is a 50 centimeters depth basin. Each of shelter has dozens or hundreds of hatchling. Then, at the end of the conservation, there is a 4 x 6 meters of the pool. This pool contains adult turtles aged from 6 months until 2 years.

Many things should not do at Serangan Island Turtle Conservation Center that is do not hold or touch without permission of the staff conservation. Do not bring food and beverages that are considered dangerous to the turtle pool area. Also, don’t leave anything in the place. 

From Serangan Island Turtle Conservation Center we can learn about the life cycle of turtle from eggs to adults. The education is expected to be able to maintain the sustainability of turtles and their habitat. So, when you visit Denpasar City let’s take the time to learn about turtles in Serangan Island Turtle Conservation Center. The place is suitable for family and children.