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Hotel Vistamar Olive Ridley Turtle Nursery

Species Fact Sheet: Olive Ridley Sea Turtle

As part of our interest to protect our natural resources, we Hotel Vistamar along with the Environmental Youth Club have started the first Artificial Incubation Turtle Egg project in Nicaragua.

The Olive Ridley Turtle is in danger of extinction worldwide because of the irrational consumption of its eggs or its killing to get them, and because of the destruction and reduction of its marine habitat. Therefore, this projects aims to contribute with nature by helping the turtle survive and multiply. Visitors have the opportunity to appreciate this emblematic creature of the sea in our facitlities.

For the season 2009-2010 the first artificial incubation of 200 nests will take place. Each nest will accomodate 100 eggs for a total of 20,000 baby turtles which will be released right in front of Hotel Vistamar.

Plan your trip down here! Come see, participate, help us and take care of the baby turtles!

Hatching of the baby turtles in Vistamar.

Olive Ridley Turtle eggs take from 45 to 50 days to hatch. Baby turtles leave the nests right after occlusion. They head for the ocean and swim towards the currents which take them away from their birth place. They become adults and live for many decades.

Below you can see the dates to see the hatching of the turtles. You can help us collect them and take care of their habitat.

Nest Numbers	Egg incubation Date	Birht Date	Numbers of nests hatched	Born and given to the ocean
Nest Numbers	Egg incubation Date	Birht Date	Numbers of nests hatched	Born and given to the ocean
1,2,3,4,5	24/09/2009	08/11/2009	2	75
6,7,8	25/09/2009	09/11/2009	8,2,6	72
9,10.11.12,13	27/09/2009	10/11/2009	1,7,3,4,5,8,2,6,8	256
14,15,16,17,18	28/09/2009	11/11/2009	8,2,6,11	108
19,20,21,22	01/10/2009	12/11/2009	8,7,12,13,14,15,17,18,9,10,16	500
23	02/10/2009	17/11/2009	1,4,9,10,12,13,15	16
24,25,26,27,28,29,30	03/10/2009	14/11/2009	3,1,4,18,9,8	18
31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42	07/10/2009	15/11/2009	22,19,12,23	157
43,44,45	13/10/2009	16/11/2009	24,21,14,23,22,15,9,5,10,11	136
46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57	14/10/2009	17/11/2009	27,28,23,18,29,25,24,30	297
58,59,60,61,62	15/10/2009	18/11/2009	30,19,29,24,26,21	117
63,64,65,66,67,68,69	17/10/2009	19/11/2009	24,26,16,21,29,30,25	26
70,71,72,73,74	18/10/2009	20/11/2009	14	5
75,76	22/10/2009	22/11/2009	34	29
77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86	24/10/2009	23/11/2009	31,34,37,38,39	210
87,88,89,90,91,92,93	27/10/2009	24/11/2009	25,31,32,34,36,37,38,39	148
94,95,96,97,98,99,100,101,102,103,104	05/11/2009	25/11/2009	35,37,38,41	144
105	13/11/2009	26/11/2009	31,35,36	23
106,107,108,109,110,111,112,113	18/11/2009	29/11/2009	35,41,55,58,60	105
		30/11/2009	45,46,48,49,50,53,54,55,57,60,62	461
		01/12/2009	43,52,56,57,58,59	310
		02/12/2009	44,45,46,48,49,50,51,56,57,58,61,62,74	181
		03/12/2009	49,54,56,59,61,62,65,69,73,74	201
		04/12/2009	45,50,59,61,64,65,66,67,68,70,72	325
		05/12/2009	52,57,59,63,64,65,67,69,70,72,73	141
		07/12/2009	63,64,65,77,79,81	262
		08/12/2009	77,79,81	21
		09/12/2009	78,79	70
		10/12/2009	61,67,78,80,82,83,84	302
		11/12/2009	81,84,85,86	238
		12/12/2009	64,86,87,88,89	70
		13/12/2009	81,85,87,88,89,90,91	106
		14/12/2009	87,89,90,91	12
		15/12/2009	90,91,92,93	85
		16/12/2009	90,91,92,93	13

Next year, you can see more hatchings. This chart will be continually updated.

As a guest, you can be part of this project by collecting eggs along the shore.

National Geographic Magazine article on the arrival of the Olive Ridley Turtle

Species Fact Sheet:

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle