Turtle season is in full swing here at Rosalie Bay Eco Resort on the Nature Island of Dominica. There have already been many nests laid, and the Nature Enhancement Team (NET) is busy keeping the nests safe to ensure as many tiny turtles hatch and make it to sea.

Exciting news! Rosalie Bay Resort has been honored by Travel + Leisure as a 2012 Global Vision Award Winner for Conservation. We were recognized for our efforts to protect endangered sea turtles on Dominica. As many of you may know, resort owner Beverly Deikel […]

Our most popular “guests” continue to visit this summer. Here’s the latest news since our last sea turtle update. In June and July, 12 Leatherback turtles came ashore and three nested, and four Green sea turtles visited and one nested. This […]

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the sea turtle conservation efforts, which began at Rosalie Bay Resort. In honor of this milestone and an ongoing commitment, owner Beverly Deikel and her partner Oscar were recently honored by the Commonwealth of […]

Hatchlings are starting to emerge! This season’s first sea turtle hatchlings made their way from the nest to the Atlantic Ocean on May 22. These baby Green sea turtles were from one of three nests from the same Green sea […]

The baby sea turtles have started to hatch! The first sea turtle hatchlings of the 2012 sea turtle nesting season emerged on Tuesday night from our protected black sand beach. There were 92 Green sea turtles that climbed out of […]

No, not a real sea turtle.  But a local, hand-carved turtle to remember Rosalie Bay Resort and the sea turtles who nest and hatch here each year. Wood carver Frankie Phillip, who is 24 years old and from the nearby […]

We’re two months into the sea turtle nesting season for 2012 and have seen an increase in turtle arrivals along our black sand beach since last month’s update. There are a total of 11 confirmed nests now at Rosalie Bay Resort. […]

For the first month of the 2012 sea turtle season, there were three leatherback turtles that arrived to nest at Rosalie Bay Resort. These gentle giants can only be seen on the Atlantic coast of the island as they need […]

March may signal the beginning of spring for you. Here at Rosalie Bay Resort on Dominica, it signals the return of our famous guests – the sea turtles. From March through October every year, the Green, Hawksbill and giant Leatherback […]