TRAVEL THERAPY

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Heads up! Here’s a real TRAVEL THERAPY find. You can stay at an amazing resort in Bora Bora AND give back at the same time by helping to protect the native turtles.At Le Meridien Bora Bora, besides stunning bungalows you’ll also find a very special Turtle Sanctuary in the resort’s private lagoon and efforts are underway to help and protect green sea and hawksbill turtles, both are prized by poachers for their meat and egg production.

It’s hard to believe but three adult turtles buy a smuggler a boat so you can understand how hard the uphill battle is to try and educate locals about why these turtles need to be protected and not sold for profit.

Part of the program includes allowing guest to swim with the turtles they are helping with the majority of the program focusing on having people walk the beach during nesting season from October and February searching for turtle nests, tagging turtles and marking eggs.