Guests at Kosi Forest Lodge can witness the incredible act of Giant Leatherback and Loggerhead turtles laying their eggs. Turtle tracking is offered from mid-November to mid-February in the evenings, these excursions (including transfers to and from the beach) can last up to 3 to 4 hours and may return very late.
These magnificent creatures return to the Maputuland coastline every year, having swum the length of the African continent, and return to the beach where they hatched. Research has shown that the mother returns to the same beach and that eggs are laid within metres of where the mother emerged as a hatchling years previously.
There are a number of different turtles found off the coast of Maputuland, but only two of these lay their eggs on the Maputuland coast: the Leatherback and Loggerhead turtles.
Guests can view the turtles as they are laying and every precaution is taken to ensure the turtles are not disturbed.
