We were really glad to have visited this conservation attraction and would thoroughly recommend it to anyone with the slightest interest in conservation. Although there was no one to explain what was going on there were a couple of young volunteers who were able to tell us something about the operation here. Entrance is free for Thais, but 60THB for foreigners irrespective as to whether you live in Thailand. The project consists of a series of holding tanks with turtles ranging from recently hatched to much larger types, some of which, I believe, had been rescued having been caught up in discarded fishing gear or who had tried to eat plastic carrier bags believing them to be jelly fish. They really are fascinating with amazing patterns on their shells. Some had been injured and were receiving “treatment” from one of the volunteers. Stroll down to the beach to see models of a turtle and a shark made out of plastic bottles washed up onto the beach. Also on site is a very good cafe which also sells turtle based souvenirs. Highly recommended.

Visited here during our honeymoon and found it to be really quite interesting to see all the work being put into this project by the navy and volunteers. To see all the saved turtles was great but sad at the same time when we learned about some of them and their injury stories etc. The place is only small with the turtle enclosures being very close to each other. If your just browsing quickly u can do it in 10 mins but you can extend the time by reading, and learning and questioning the volunteers who are happy to help . We arrived by taxi who kindly waited for our return journey back to our hotel. It foes have a cafe, souvenier shop and an army boat tsunami memorial just outside the venue. Its a great little visit if you like turtles and in the khao lak area. We enjoyed it.

We got a taxi from La Flora , Khao Lak and was not sure what to expect. First pleasant surprise is the cost to get in, cannot remember exactly how much , but it was "peanuts" Thoroughly enjoyed our visit looking at the different stages from very small up to 6 months when they are released. Some bigger ones were also to be seen, a few that were disabled and some for breeding , I think. Got to feed them which was lovely and marveled at their colourful shells which of course was their downfall in the past before the use of the shell was outlawed. Thank goodness for that. Great work being done here by the Thai Navy and well worth a visit.