Turtle Island, Tanjung Benoa

Fantastic experience to see and hear about the wonderful volunteers who protect the endangered turtles. They feed them with money that visitors donate. They show you them from young babies to the bigger ones. They return them to the sea when their shells are hard and they have much more of a chance of surviving from predators. You can hold them and feed them. They eat seaweed which they can pay for with money in donation box. Also have other animals such as birds and a big python you can hold. You can purchase bintans and soft drinks The place is so worth visiting Boats take you to island only short 10 minute trip.

Good place to visit for the first time as tourist, you get to directly get close or hold the turtles. Watersport people include this in their packages the boat that takes you there is said to be of a glass floor bus it's not rather than a very small rectangular glass floor window which is mostly covered with algae and obstructing the sea bed view that you were promised while selling the ticket. The species kept here are taken well care of. You can hold almost most of the species there. In the end when the friendly animal care taker who will ask you to donate money!!! The place is only good if you are an animal lover nothing wow here.

This is must be the saddest place in Bali🥲 I should have searched for this place before I go. I didn’t have plans for today, only thinking to bring my kids out for a boat ride.. When we arrived, I found that this is just another corner of Nusa Dua, not at all an island for viewing wild turtles that roam freely! It’s more like a private zoo that a group of people trying to make fortunes through capturing those animals. Though my kids enjoy a lot (they love all kinds of animals of course), I hope those animals can be released soon. I didn’t donate much because I really don’t know whom I’m really helping with. I totally don’t know why they have to keep so many turtles inside their place. I will never ever come back again. What I can do is to write reviews and blogs to give alert to more people 😭.. What is worst, there are MORE this kind of places after I searching around this place with google map.. 😭😭😭

The place feels like animal abuse and there seems to not have any standart in taking care of the animal. If the animal will be moved to a bigger and much more healthier enviroment after display (of course the display time must be at standart) this review is wrong. And no maintenance

Ohhhh…. This is a tough one! The family debated some time if this was a tourist trap or just dedicated people with very little resources. One thing is sure, they have been hit hard by the ongoing recession. They seemed to have a plan for the turtles and the guide was really nice and easy to talk to. Therefore i choose to land on 4 stars being maybe a naive Norwegian, but at any rate this place will not bankrupt you, and it will also not blow you away. If you have soft spot for turtles (and birds, bats and lizards) this may be a place for you. If not, enjoy a couple of extra Bintangs and Pina Coladas.