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Turtle Nesting
Another Lifetime Memory

Just you and your partner, your family, or a small group you assemble no larger than 8 people – along with our expert guide – will discover a turtle coming out of the ocean.

You'll sit with her as she digs her nest, lays her eggs, and returns to the ocean. It's a fascinating part of her lifetime adventure.

Why your Private Turtle Nesting Expedition will be so unforgettable

Many years ago, she broke out of her egg, climbed up through the warm sand, and stumbled down to the ocean shore – through a gauntlet of predators. Perseverance was the first chapter of her life.

She is the one in 10,000 who survived.

She roamed for all those years through thousands of miles of ocean. Now she's big, protected by her big shell and a long life of adventures that made her strong and safe.

You too have been roaming the ocean of your life adventures. At this moment, you and she will meet and perhaps look into each others' eyes. Those who have had the privilege say they see a unique expression of safety, serenity, and wisdom. Others look in those wise old eyes and feel blessed. No one ever forgets the experience.

Amazingly, through her ability to sense the earth's magnetic field, she has returned to the very beach where she was born 30 years ago. She'll emerge from the ocean, dig her nest, lay her eggs, and return to the infinite ocean.

The cycle of life has begun anew. And you will be there.

For her species, it's been going on for 11 million years. 100s of thousands of generations of her relatives all had to survive to bring her to this place.

You will be there at the perfect time, at the perfect place, on that isolated beach, to meet her and grasp something about eternity.

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