Turtles, animals that have several species such as leatherback, loggerhead, hawksbill, kemps ridley, olive ridley, flatback, green turtle. Many people hunt them for meat and eggs as food ingredient, they are not aware of the dangers that make the turtle population decline to endangered. The government also took action by making protection regulations that were loaded in Law No. 5 of 1990 and Law No. 31 of 2004 as for international regulations such as KEPPRES No. 43 of 1978. The decline in the turtle population has made some communities begin to move to preserve turtles by making conservation.
Bali is a province surrounded by beaches and various marine animals, one of them is a turtle. After many turtle huntings, some Balinese started to develop and made a movement for conservation, there conservation in sanur named Sindu Dwarawati Konservasi Penyu or Sindu Dwarawati are two places in Serangan island and in sanur ( Sindu Beach ). The Turtles Conservation. This conservation began when I Made Winarta and his Starting in 2009 it continues until now. friend found 2 nests of turtle eggs. The eggs are maintained until they hatch.
Turtles Conservation Sindu Dwarawati is located in sanur, south Denpasar opens in the morning until afternoon. Over there you can see 2 species of turtle those are Olive Ridley Turtles, Green Turtles. Some of turtles are babies and some of them are 30 years old. Entering the turtle conservation area you need to pay, it’s free to see the turtle and take pictures with turtles. Dwarawati turtle conservation educate the visitor about turtle knowledge, how to take care of the turtles, how to treat turtles egg, the proses from breeding until the egg hatch, etc. In addition to see turtles or take photos with turtles, visitors can also do activities to release turtles on the beach. The baby turtles aged 40 - 45 days can be released to the sea. But if visitors want to release baby turtles (sea turtles) into the sea, then there is a replacement fee which is used for the survival of other sea turtles who are still in the pond. tourists were also given the opportunity to feed sea turtles from babies and those who were already big. These were fed with small shrimp.
This conservation is develop slowly with the income from tourist visits. For tourists who want to help turtle conservation or just want to try new experiences, there are several activities that can be done by tourists to help the conservation area by helping to clean and wash the turtle ponds and tourists can make donations to maintain the facilities and food of the turtles. these activities are carried out voluntarily.
If you are interested in seeing and want to get the experience to releasing turtles baby in the turtles conservation you can go to Sindu Beach, the conservation can be accessed by car and motorcycle, just 18 minutes from central Denpasar or 30 minutes from Kuta. For the entrance fee is free of charge and you are able to take picture with the turtle, for releasing the turtles baby you need to pay IDR 50.000 for replacement fee. You can contact us on 081237079919 or sindudwarawati@yahoo.com and you can find in facebook of sindu dwarawati. (Sandita Nugraha-MBP 5B-11)
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