Every year, green sea turtles return to nest on beaches throughout the Con Dao archipelago. The waters around Con Dao provide a feeding habitat for green sea turtles and include protected marine areas managed by Con Dao National Park. The nesting season in Con Dao runs from mid-March until late-October. When a female turtle comes to nest on the private beach of Six Senses Con Dao, our hosts will guide you to the nest site where you can watch from a safe distance as she meticulously lays and covers her eggs.
In collaboration with Con Dao National Park, Six Senses Con Dao also has its own “Let’s Get Cracking” incubation center to relocate and protect eggs laid on the beach in front of the resort villas, as well as nests recovered from around the Con Dao Islands and delivered to the resort for custodianship. Here, our hosts shelter the turtle eggs from threats, both natural and otherwise, including flooding, predators and poachers.
From May through to December, the eggs laid by female green turtles in Con Dao start to hatch and baby turtles begin emerging from the sand, ready to make a dash towards the waiting waves. Our hosts carefully study and monitor incubation conditions throughout the Con Dao turtle nesting season. Running since 2018 under the guidance of Con Dao National Park, our “Let’s Get Cracking” incubation center has assisted with the hatching and release of over 300,000 baby turtles. In 2025, the program recorded a hatching success rate of 74 percent (46 nests and 3,893 hatchlings), with two clutches reaching a 100 percent success rate.
You are welcome to join our supervised baby turtle releases, a magical experience.