Two of the world's rarest sea creatures make their nests on the beaches of Barbados.....the Hawksbill and the Leatherback Turtles.
These turtles have always been locals on the island, but over the years have become an endangered species and were becoming very difficult to see.
In an effort to slow down, and possibly stop, the extinction process, a group of English university students came to Barbados to study the turtles.
They were able to mark a few of the turtles to be able to monitor their movements and habits, and were also able to contain them somewhat by regularly providing food in a specific area along the west coast of Barbados.
As their programme progressed, more turtles came to the area and soon started breeding and so the population multiplied. It's hard to say at this point how many turtles there are along our coast, but thanks to those students, there are a lot more than there used to be.
Not at all surprisingly, the turtles quickly became an extremely popular tourist "must-do" and even excited a great deal of locals.
Many of the local catamaran sailing cruises make daily visits to an area on the west coast of Barbados where visitors can swim and mingle with these gentle creatures.
The fact that there is hardly anywhere else in the world where you can see these turtles and interact with them in their natural environment is just another thing that makes Barbados very special.
This is an exciting Barbados attraction where Children, teenagers and adults all enjoy feeding and swimming with the turtles on the west coast of Barbados in the Caribbean sea.
In addition to swimming with the turtles you can also explore underwater ship wrecks where you can swim and interact with countless other types of fish which makes for a unique kind of petting zoo in Barbados. |
