Saving the Sea Turtles

The Loggerhead Sea Turtle has long made our island and its beautiful beaches one of its favorite nesting spots along the Atlantic Coast. The Loggerhead is a threatened species and is federally protected.

It is at nighttime when the female turtle makes her way to our beaches and lays up to 100 eggs: carefully covering the nest with sand before returning to sea. After a two month incubation period the hatchlings arrive and begin their journey to the safety of the ocean. It is believed that only 1 in approximately 100 hatchlings will survive to adulthood.

The town of Hilton Head recognizing the need to protect the Loggerhead has enacted an ordinance requiring that all outdoor lights on oceanfront properties be turned off after 10 pm between May 1^st and October 31^st.

Sea Turtle Getaways has adopted the Loggerhead Sea Turtle as a symbol of our unique environment and will be making a donation to the Charleston Aquarium in an effort to protect this endangered species.

In place of the traditional "booking fee" Sea Turtles Getaways will be asking for a $5.00 contribution from each reservation in an effort to save these majestic creatures.

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