Photos of Turtle Islands National Park

Turtle Island National Park consists of several islands located in the Sulu Sea off the east coast of Sabah. As an important spawning and hatching ground for sea turtles in Southeast Asia, it is a breeding paradise for the endangered green and hawksbill sea turtles. Among them, PulauSelingan, PulauBakunganKecil and PulauGulisan are good places to watch sea turtles. Turtle Island may not be the most beautiful scenery in Sabah, but it is a very moving place. At night, turtles will climb up from the sea to lay eggs on the beach, which is the reason for the mother turtles to go ashore. Hatching baby turtles break out of their shells and try to crawl into the sea late at night until dawn, and you can watch it all in silence from the beach. Usually turtles lay their eggs seasonally, but in Turtle Island National Park, turtles come here to lay eggs every day, and July-October is the peak period for turtles to lay eggs. All the turtle eggs laid will be collected, hatched and released by the staff to protect the reproduction of the turtles.