Lats night we found 77 green turtle hatchlings walking around the beach bar area. They were coming out of a nest in front of beach villa 1! All the hatchlings were collected and released by beach villa 22 where the light from the hotel is less. We are monitoring the nest waiting for more hatchlings [...]
Switching off the lights for Earth Hour 2014 on 29th March 2014 (Saturday), showing Pom Pom Island Resort commitment to action on climate change. As our catch phrase for Earth Hour "One Person can Make a Difference!", we believed that even in a small community, we able to reduce the climate change. The event started [...]
A friendly family from Kazakhstan, Mr.Shamsudin Bulekbayev and Mrs.Aizhan and their lovely daughter Madina stayed their long vacation here at Pom Po m Island Resort. Mr.Shamsudin is very kind to understand our conservation efforts and offered a sponsor to our conservation program. In appreciation to his kind support, we reserve the coming first nest of [...]
We were very excited to have the first underwater clean-up of the year, we cleaned the house reef to the right side of the jetty. A group of 10 formed by the marine biologists, dive centre staff and guests suited up and went for a free dive. In pairs we wondered around looking for any [...]
The frame been deployed last 1st July 2012. We started to plant the coral on the 1st of August 2012, and after 19 months they have grown very well, although a few of them didn't make it . Even Also some of the sponsors tags I can't see it anymore since the corals have started to [...]
It’s time to go for beach cleaning. This activity is very interesting and good for an awareness to maintain the cleanliness of the Island. Removing the trash from the beach helps mother turtles come up easier to lay eggs during their nesting process. This activity was started 3.30pm until 5.00pm, and this activity is involved [...]
With the start of the nesting season we have started the turtle walk. Marine biologist, local patrollers, police and guests come together every night at 9pm for a 10min briefing on the turtles and then a 40min/1hour walk around the island hoping to find a nesting green or hawksbill turtle! If the turtle nests the [...]
The guests were very interested about the Marine Talk yesterday. The purpose of this talk is to share the knowledge with our guests on the importance of maintaining, protecting and sustaining the marine life. The topic on today focuses on delicate marine creature such as invertebrate and vertebrate. In pompom island resort, our resident marine [...]
On the 31st January, our resort celebrated Chinese New Year with our fellow guest. The activities on that night include our famous local dance and games that our fellow staff has organized. It was an unforgettable night as our guests enjoyed the local dance & also dance along with the performers. As we moved on [...]
A Surprised Birthday!!!! During Chinese New Year Eve, we celebrated a birthday for our guest Mr Liang. He was so surprised when we sent the cake to him with a birthday song. He is happy to know that this secret party was arranged by his wife and staffs from office, restaurant, and Spa. [...]
