Anjarle Turtle Festival — Attraction in Maharashtra

Great experience watching the sucessfully hatched turtles crawl into the sea. Learning about the conservation efforts from the management team and organizers, along with volunteers from diverse walks of life all united for one cause is very inspiring. Turtles are released for tourists once in the morning at 7am and in the evening at 6pm. The festival is subject to turtle nesting periods and hatching, but it is almost promising to visit between March to April. The management also accepts volunteers during nesting season and are very approachable for the same. The festival also includes a short documentary and interactive talk by the resource persons after every morning and evening release session. Also, As part of the festival there are a few boat rides to Suvi fort, where if your lucky you can see dolphins and otters. Conservation efforts strive to make the beach scenic and...

There are many resorts in the area that are practising unethical tourism. One such resort is Ketaki resort. The halogen lights that hamper turtle nesting are displayed and there is no consideration for surrounding wildlife and environment by the resort owner. People are allowed to set up campfires on the beach and beer is served on the beach. As an ethical tourist please avoid visiting this place, which sets out halogen lights and destroys the environment in the name of tourism.

At the entrance of Anjarle beach, there is a turtle hatchery and a resident named Abhinay Kelaskar is working towards the protection of turtles. He owns a small place and has a lot of knowledge of the place and the surrounding...

A good place to watch olive riddley turtles. Just a few things to note if you contact them and they take you they charge 100rs ticket(official cost) you can visit on your own for free since its on public beach. but i would still suggest you donate some money to them if you are visiting. The guys managing this are very professional. The aproach road to this beach is very narrow and the parking is also limited so i would suggest you reach here before 6am to catch the turtles as they you can also see how they find hached eggs...