Today I visited turtle beach on the island of Penang (Pantai kerachut). I took the bus from Georgetown and spend my day hiking trough the jungle and hang-out on the beach ánd we even saw baby turtles!
How to get to Turtlebeach in Penang (Pantai kerachut)
We took the bus from Georgetown to the last station. Thiss will costs you 4 RM and the ride will take arround 60 minutes. At the last busstation you can enter the national park on Penang. The name of the national park is “Taman Negera Pulau Pinang”. Important to do is write your name pasport number at the entrence of the park. When you get lost they will search for you.
Hiking in the national park Taman Negera Pulau Pinang
The hike from the entrance of the national park to turple beach will take 1 to 1.5 hour. It is a nice hike with some stairs and some real jungle tracks. The signs are quite good. But if you want to make sure you go the right way you can use an offline map.
Turtle beach in Penang – Pantai Kerachut
When you cross the last bridge you’re on turtle beach. A beautifull beach but also dangerous. In 2014 3 people drowned there. You can see the signs on the beach. We stayed at the beach a couple of hours. There are no shops or bar facilities at turtlebeach. There is a toilet.
Baby turtles at Penang Turtle Sanctuary
he Penang Turtle Sanctuary is located at the end of turtle beach and is set up to help protect and preserve the dwindling populations of Turtles in Malaysian waters.
Female Turtles come onto the beach at night to lay their eggs which are then protected from predators (including humans) until they hatch up to 60 days later.
Green Sea Turtles can be seen coming up on the beach at Pantai Kerachut to lay there eggs from April and August and the Olive Ridley Turtles come here during the months September to February.
The Turtle Sanctuary then keeps the young turtles in small ponds until they are old enough to have a good chance of survival in the wild before they are released
Penang Turtle Sanctuary is daily open from 10am to 4.30pm (closed at lunchtime between 1pm and 2pm).
Video of the baby turtles at turtle beach Penang
My tip for turtle beach
Bring enough water and soms snacks, go see the baby turtles at the end of turtle beach.(Pantai kerachut) ALWAYS take all your stuff back and put the rubbish in the bin.
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Thanks for the info. I’m retiring to Penang soon and didn’t know about the turtles. Will definitely visit this beach in February
Ohh Alan that is great to hear! Love your feedback, that is the reason I still put up the blogs. 😀