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New Dugong Calf And Turtle Hatching At Club Paradise In Palawan

By Matt J. Weiss, March 30, 2009 @ 01:00 AM (EST)

Palawan is one of my favorite places to dive because of the diversity of its diving. Also, because Club Paradise and Dugong Dive Center makes diving as luxurious and enjoyable as possible. It's easy to see what draws me and many others to this place when you hear of news like what Gunther Deichmann had recently gotten from Dugong Dive Center manager Dirk Fahrenbach: New turtle hatchlings and a dugong calf.

Here is an excerpt from the blog

"Our ecotourism program is “Dugong watching”. Dugongs can be seen in the general area even if they are not at the House Reef at the time. In the last two-month resort guests have seen them several times, a mother dugong and its baby..."

For the full blog and pictures of both the dugong calf and the turtle hatchlings, visit the alliance diving blog here.

 

Comments
margo sanchez
Mar 30, 2009 11:23 PM
margo sanchez wrote:
There is no better site than this! New Turtle Hatch lings!!! thanks for sharing this!
Scuba Diver Girls Margo and Stephanie
Matt J. Weiss
Mar 31, 2009 3:22 PM
Matt J. Weiss wrote:
Hi Margo and Stephanie. Palawan is a great place to see this stuff. Also while there I saw some really exciting topside surprises...but I wont ruin them. My comprehensive article on Club Paradise and Palawan is coming out this week!
Wendy Heller
Apr 1, 2009 1:23 PM
Wendy Heller wrote:
I can't wait to get out there to visit my beautiful turtles!!!
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