tara reddin

5.0

Wow great privilege to see these wonderful creatures in their natural habitat. The volunteers at Rekawa Turtle centre do a fabulous job of looking after the turtles and controlling access by visitors to them. It is all carried out in a very respectful way. There is a shop and cafe on site. 2000lkr per person donation.

C Wick

5.0

Amazing experience. Highly recommend visiting this place during your trip to southern province. Per the guides the best time to visit is from January -March when around 40 turtles visit the shore to lay eggs (per day) we went during the last week of November. Only 2 turtles visited that day. And we were lucky to see her dig the hole, lay eggs, close the hole and go back to sea. Per guides the turtles will come to the same beach they were born to lay eggs. They will come to lay eggs around 6 times every 2 weeks during a egg laying season. They will issue tickets only after a turtles comes to the beach (make sure sure collect token where your group number is mentioned. Local ticket is 500LKR and foreigners ticket is 2, 000 LKR. Generally turtles come after 8.30 PM. They say we visited turtles visited around 9 PM and by the time we finally came to the parking lot it was 12.45 AM. The experience is so worth for the time and money spent. There is a small information center, souvenir shop, cafe and seats to sit while waiting for turtles. There is ample parking too. The beach is so beautiful ( recommend visiting these to at least see the sun set. ( Not safe for bathing though) There are places to have food around in the beginning of the lane. They call the restaurants and inform the customers when the turtles come, so you can go and have dinner without worrying.

Praneeth L Wijesundara

4.0

Rekawa Beach is a pristine, 10-kilometer stretch of coastline located near Tangalle on Sri Lanka's southern coast. It is celebrated as one of the world's most significant natural nesting sites for endangered sea turtles.

Cornel

5.0

Saw two very large green turtles laying eggs, 200kg plus. Stayed for about an hour till one of them entered the water. Super cheap price, 2000 per person. Be sure to come at arround 8, as they only go after a turtle starts laying eggs and they come on shore when it's dark.

Tom Kear

5.0

The guide was great he really cared about the turtles It was easy to get to but you must be there by 8pm to be sure you arent left behind. You MUST NOT use flash, people getting upset about being told off just cant follow the rules. Sadly tourists seem to want to get close to the turtles for photos even though it’s a huge problem for the turtle, the guides care so ofcourse they will bark orders at you if you dont listen.