Saturday 8 February 2014

Padang Kemunting Turtle Management Centre

It is quite surprising there is a sea turtle sanctuary in Malacca. It is far from the main route of Malacca main tourist attraction places.

The location is 2.307915,102.074801 or look for Ismah Beach Resort in you GPS, it is around there.

Now, does it have live sea turtle? Yes, there are 4 sea turtles in a small pool.

And the specimen too. There is also a documentary video explaining the sea turtle behavior and habitat.

The egg hatching place, it is not allowed to go in.

It is next to a beautiful beach too.


It is a nice place to visit and to tell the kid how a real sea turtle is compare to the one in Finding Nemo and to educate them on environment issue.

Unfortunately the center is poorly managed and maintained (refer to its condition when new here), I hope the authority can do something and turn it into a full scale information center to educate people the importance of environmental protection.