Sabah - Turtle Island

Sabah - Turtle Island

Turtle Island

Turtle Island Park lies 40km north of SANDAKAN . The park comprises THREE ISLAND , SELINGAN , GULISAN and BAKUNGAN KECHIL . It covers an area of 1,740 hectares , includes the surrounding reefs and seas . TWO SPECIAL TURTLE - GREENS and HAWKSBILLS are special features of this park . Throughout the year , they lay their eggs at night . 

Pulau Selingan

From SANDAKAN HARBOUR , takes about 1 hour by speedboat . The driest months and calmest seas are between MARCH and JULY . The peak egg laying season is JULY to OCTOBER . The seas can get rough between OCTOBER and FEBRUARY.