Turtle Beach
Turtle Beach
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Anas
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia3 contributions
Jul 2022 • Family
Nice experience to visit one of the biggest turtles reserve with variety of animal . Clean beach with beautiful rocks formation.
Written August 1, 2022
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Lin & Steve
11 contributions
Mar 2022
This is a stunning beach. It costs 2 OR entrance & is open until 4:30 pm. The rock formations backing the beach are beautiful, but the sea was very rough & I was knocked down by the first wave. Still a lovely, quiet beach to relax on with beautiful sand & plenty of shade provided by the rocks. There were some marked walks but it was too hot for those - perhaps these are used by turtle watching groups at night.
Written April 1, 2022
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Alok Singh
2 contributions
Dec 2020
There were only turtles on the beach, and while interesting to see, and walk in the moonlight to the beach, I wouldn't go out of my way for it
Written January 3, 2021
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Amal A
Hawalli, Kuwait327 contributions
Jan 2021
The price of the ticket was fair only 3 rial
The Atmosphere was great
We are lucky we sow snug turtle 🐢
And new baby
You should go
And stay more than one night so you can get pictures in the early morning
The Atmosphere was great
We are lucky we sow snug turtle 🐢
And new baby
You should go
And stay more than one night so you can get pictures in the early morning
Written January 2, 2021
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Tomo
148 contributions
Oct 2019 • Friends
This was one of my highlights during my trip in Oman. We woke up around 4:00 am to go to the beach. There was one guide who took us around. His English wasn't that good but it was still understandable. We were very lucky and saw more than one turtle laying eggs as well as little baby turtles running towards the ocean. We also saw some bioluminescent plankton that made the ocean sparkle!
A truly unforgettable experience!
A truly unforgettable experience!
Written March 31, 2020
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DannyB84
Zemst, Belgium12 contributions
Feb 2020 • Couples
Ras Al Hadd is an amazing beach which is far less touristic and much more respectfully for the turtles than Ras Al Jins. If you’re in the area and want to sleep in your tent on the beach, which is normally forbidden, this is your man: Mr Fayal (00 968 9955 6257). He’s a fisherman witch a license so you can stay on his area on the beach. More than that, you can do a trip on his boat to see dolphins, turtles and even fish tuna witch him! Fayal is a super kind guy, he’s just amazing. He has chill out wooden banks on the beach and if you want to, he’ll grill you some fish in the evening. All this for really reasonable prices, a 2 hours boat trip with boat in the morning + dinner in the evening + accommodation where you can put your tent will cost you around 25 OMR per person. We also spotted turtles at night and Fayal treated them respectfully and you’ll see them all alone, not with a bunch of disrespectful tourists chasing turtle witch their flashlights like they do in Ras Al Jins. Highly recommended!!
Written February 15, 2020
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Thomas
Vienna, Austria139 contributions
Dec 2019 • Family
Oman is not yet prepared for mass tourism. We waited 2 hours for the tour to the turtles although we had a reservation. Pure chaos! Then you have to walk for 30 minutes to the beach in a group of 25 people. I dont want to know on how many small turtles the entire group stamped. Pure mass tourism with all bad consequences: people egoistically just want to shot a pic of the turtles. It is horrible to see how the pure animals are suffering from the flash light of the smartphones of the fat tourists in flipflops. Well spare yourself this experience if you are a friend of nature.
Written February 8, 2020
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ging466
Sydney, Australia531 contributions
Oct 2019
We went before sunrise and walked down to the beach and saw one sea turtle that had laid her eggs and was then going back to the ocean. What an incredible struggle it was for her but after 30 minutes she got from her nest to the ocean. We also saw some babies that had hatched and the guides helped them down to the ocean. It's an awesome place to see these wonderful creatures.
Written December 25, 2019
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Rajesh K
Muscat, Oman155 contributions
Oct 2019
Go there with the help of local guides. You can see the large turtles coming for laying eggs during end of summer and large number of small turtles getting hatched and returning to sea after 2-3 months.. one of the unique places in earth
Written November 17, 2019
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R.EG
Dubai, United Arab Emirates3 contributions
Sep 2019
Amazing Experience of seeing the baby turtles but the area is a bit dirty.
Have to bring your camping stuff.
Have to bring your camping stuff.
Written October 28, 2019
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Alaa Sagaa
2 contributions
Hello, Is there a way that we can swim? is t5here any area were wan do so without affecting the turtles nest?
R.EG
Dubai, United Arab Emirates3 contributions
Yes you can swim there if the fishing boats don’t bother you.
Basically the turtles come mostly night time to lay there eggs and the egg hatches night time. But might be some exceptions from time to time.
Nada C
Sardinia, Italy5 contributions
Hi! I wonder what time of day (morning, evening?) is the best to see turtles? I am going to Oman in February. THX
i have already book the hotel at sur but wanted to know how to book to watch turtlr reserve?
Halima2020
9 contributions
The viewing starts from 0830 pm. You can call this no to book your slot 00968 2554 4900. I think it’s OMR 3/- per adult.
i need phone number to book turtle watch tomorrow.
rmatis2002
Sohar, Oman25 contributions
I went to both the evening and early morning watches. The evening watch was very organized and heavily limited the interruption of the turtles laying their eggs. The morning session was a free for all, and I too felt the visitors totally disrespected the turtles. Tough for the guide to control.
Cal560
Dubai, United Arab Emirates134 contributions
What is the best time of year to see the turtles and the hatchlings?
rmatis2002
Sohar, Oman25 contributions
The beaches are closed to tourists after dark so as to protect the turtles when I went. The peak time is from June to Sept. If you go to Al Hadd you may find locals that will specifically assist you in achieving all your goals for your visit.
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- We recommend booking Turtle Beach tours ahead of time to secure your spot. If you book with Tripadvisor, you can cancel up to 24 hours before your tour starts for a full refund. See all 1 Turtle Beach tours on Tripadvisor
- Hotels near Turtle Beach:
- (0.35 mi) Turtle Guest House
- (0.64 mi) Ras al-Jinz Turtle Reserve
- (2.15 mi) Sama Ras Al Jinz Eco Lodge
- (8.46 mi) Turtle Beach Resort
- (7.80 mi) OYO 110 Ras Al Hadd Guest House