Velas Turtle Festival 2023 From Mumbai by Ac Bus
₹ 3,500
Adventure Geek invites all the nature lovers, animal lovers and adventurers from Mumbai to Velas Turtle Festival 2023.
Also know as Kasav Mahotsav (वेळास कासव महोत्सव) is organized in the small fishing village of Velas on the western coast of Maharashtra. This is an event specifically focused on conservation of Olive Ridley turtles. Traveler from Mumbai can witness baby turtles taking there first steps towards the sea.
About 220 km away from Mumbai, a little over a hundred houses on the coast of the Arabian Sea. It is that time of the year again when a tiny grey head pokes out of the golden sand and takes a breath of the fresh salty air of the Arabian Sea.
Our Batches from Mumbai Starts from the first week of March 2023 till April 2023.
The Olive Ridley turtle is a prominent visitor to the shores of Maharashtra for breeding purposes. Other species are the Green Turtle, Hawksbill, and Leatherback. A lot of the other information is already available online, like what turtles eat, how a turtle looks like. The difference between a turtle, a tortoise, and a terrapin. It is a culmination of a lengthy process, which started when, under the cover of darkness, its mother emerged out from the rolling waves to lay her heap of 100-120 eggs on the sandy beach. Oblivious to the world that awaits it outside its sandy cocoon, the tiny hatchling is soon followed by a hundred others, all crawling their way toward the brightest lights of the horizon.Adventure Geek invites you to the Velas Turtle Festival ()journey from the nest to the sea which draws OOHSS and AAHS from tourists each of whom is gathered on the shore to witness this miracle of Nature. The location is Velas, a remote village in Mandangad taluka in Ratnagiri district approx. a 6-hour drive from Mumbai. Olive Ridley turtles Velas conservation trends and knowledge has spread to nearby villages that have also started similar Velas Kasav Mahotsav 2023.
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