Mayan Palace Pacific Destination

Since 1995 the Mayan Palace Acapulco has conducted an on-going campaign to protect the sea turtles. It gives us great satisfaction to contribute to the preservation of species in danger of extinction. The turtle Camp based at the Hotel is registered among the 80 Turtle Camps that exist in Mexico.

Taking into consideration the number of protected eggs and baby turtles released, our camp is classified 1^st in our state.

The camp is active during a 7 month period, beginning in June and ending in January. During these months female turtles arrive at the beach to spawn and the eggs are collected and put inside of incubation pens where they will be protected until the hatching and release stage.  During this final stage our guests can participate in the marvelous experience of releasing baby turtles and helping them to go back to their natural habitat, the Ocean. The effort carried out to protect Sea Turtles must be completed without consuming their meat, eggs or products. Not throwing plastic bags into the sea also protects these animals. The chelonians mistake such bags for jellyfish, their favorite food, and ingest them. Unfortunately, plastic obstructs their digestive tract and usually proves fatal. These marvelous animals have inhabited this planet for millions of years, and we hope our efforts at protection will help insure that they continue to flourish.