7th Marine Turtle Festival, Tulum 2009

Finally the day has arrived, what we've been waiting for..The 7th Marine Turtle Festival 2009, which is happening in Tulum from Friday 16th to Sunday 18th. This Festival was created to conmemorate the fact that 4 of the 7 world species of Turtles come to Quintana Roo, Mexico, to nest every year, which are the loggearhead, the hawskbill, green and sometimes the leatherback.

GVI, with their many volunteers and staff members from both bases (Pez Maya and Punta Gruesa) are participating in this Festival helping with all the organization and logistics...

So why are we so excited about this Festival? We are having a bunch of different activities throughout this weekend.. Some of them are beach cleans, paiting contest in Casa de la Cultura, sand castles contest, kite contest, performance and live music, fire spectacle, drums concert, and the most expected one: The Turtle Release!

But not only that!..We are going to be working with kids as well, teaching them about the conservation of our natural habitats not only in Quintana Roo or Mexico, but in the whole world.

Beside this activities, the volunteers are going to have the opportunity to go to Playa Pescadores, Turtle Camp Xcacel and Akumal beach, where these activities are taking place.Everyone is really excited and looking forward to this Festival.. So hopefully we will have a good response from all the people not only from Tulum but from all the Gulf of Mexico.

If you want to check out this event, you can see it online. Riviera Maya TV is going to broadcast it alive. So click here to watch it and be part of this event!

7th Marine Turtle Festival, Tulum 2009