Mr Erik and Mrs Charlize very kindly sponsored 2 turtle nests recently, a green turtle and a hawksbill turtle nest on behalf of their many nieces and newphews. They chose nests that were due to hatch quite shortly. We are pleased to report that both nests have successfully hatched. The first nest was a Green [...]
Phew, we have just finished a very busy 1 hour at the hatchery tonight! At 6pm, we noticed that there was some movement in one of our nests, as we started observing the sand moving, we saw the first baby Hawksbill turtle come up to the surface, after that it was very busy, as it [...]
Our very friendly English family are the latest turtle nest sponsors in our hatchery. Nikki, Sam, Freddie, Chloe, Alex, Jojo, Harry and last but not least, Poppy went with the Turtle Patrol and found the eggs 2 nights ago, and wanted to support our efforts to protect the turtles. They have been diving with us [...]
Baby Turtles were born on 1.April & 4.April , 2 times in this week ! One time from our hatchery which we bury eggs in 16.Feb....the another time from around our guest room Beach Villa 3 , this was unexpected fantastic happening, because nobody realized that the nest of turtle eggs was there ! 海亀の赤ちゃんが卵からかえりました。4/1と4/4、なんと今週は２回！１回は２月１６日に埋めた卵の保護センターから、もう１回はなんとビーチヴィラの３号室付近。ここに海亀が以前産卵に来ていたなんて誰も気づかなかったので、予想外のハプニングにみんなビックリ。 We [...]
~Sally's Diary~ On the 23rd of February, we hosted the WWF Adessium meeting on behalf of Gavin Jolis, the meeting was attended by Dato Panglima and his daugher, Nino Ho, WWF, Jan Versteegh WWF Netherlands, Ken Kassem, (WWF),Dr Arun Venkataraman, WWF Malaysia, Sharon Ng Lay Har, WWF Malaysia, Angela Lim Lee Hee, WWF Malaysia , [...]
~Sally's Diary~ Sally has been very happy this week, as my parents have been able to travel to Sipadan Pom Pom Island and see where I work on our lovely island. The weather has been really good, nice sunny days with a soft sea breeze, we went snorkelling to Mantabuan and saw many types of [...]
~Michelle's Diary~ Congratulations to Ms.Desiree from Austria, she is now a " PADI SCUBA DIVER " . First open water dive we see an ornate ghost pipe fish. Second open water dive, 5 turtles....that's Pom Pom (^ ^)☆ ～ミッシェルの日記～ オーストリアからのゲスト、ディジリーさん。リゾートでパディ・スクーバダイバーコースを取得されました。取得後、初めてのダイビングではニシキフウライウオ、２回目のダイビングではなんと海亀5匹に遭遇。。。これぞポンポンダイブ～ってカンジ☆
This week the World Wildlife Fund have come to inspect our new hatchery at Pom Pom Island. Gavin Jollis, the new turtle specialist looked around our new hatchery, remarking how attractive but functional it was, fitting into the Pom Pom Island design. During the visit over coffee Sally and Marco asked Nina Ho and Gavin [...]
Pom Pom William is working for..... うちのウィリアム氏。。。何をしているかといいますと・・・ New Turtle Hatchery protected area has been reformed. 海亀の卵の保護施設、リフォーム工事完成！ Turtle eggs will be hatched around early November which buried on 20.september. ９月２０日に埋めた卵が１１月の上旬ごろには孵化する予定。。 If you are lucky, you may have a chance to see the scene that baby turtles are born from the eggs during you stay in [...]
Baby Turtles are born in the afternoon today ! ! at our turtle hatchery. We released the baby turtles to the sea at sunset time... It's interesting that turtles walk to the sea as if they already have known they have to go back to the sea.... Guest release last two turtles...