Waar u de Green Turtle in Zuid-Afrika ziet

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Green Turtle at stays in or beside Garden Route National Park and iSimangaliso Wetland Park. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.

The Green Turtle is most recorded in KwaZulu-Natal (70% of records), Western Cape (20% of records), Eastern Cape (10% of records), based on 105 iNaturalist observations. 2 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Green Turtle on site or nearby.

The Green Turtle is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. Garden Route National Park: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct; iSimangaliso Wetland Park: year-round, dry season May-Sep. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

The Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.

The green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), also known as the green turtle, black (sea) turtle or Pacific green turtle, is a large sea turtle of the family Cheloniidae. It is the only species in the genus Chelonia. Its range extends throughout tropical and subtropical seas around the world, with two distinct populations in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, but it is also found in the Indian Ocean.