It is also a prime hatching ground for green turtles, after whom the beach is named.

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Guests can also swim with whale sharks, or observe hawksbill and green turtles hatching on the nearby Mafia Island.

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The school summer holidays coincide with the peak hatching time of green turtles in the stretches of creamy sand that border the park.

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Strap on a mask and fins, and share the sea with schools of trumpet fish, black and white sergeant fish, small sharks and, of course, green turtles.

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Outside, a large, netted cut-out from the wooden platform served as a lap pool for about 15 sea turtles, including vulnerable olive ridley turtles, endangered green turtles and critically endangered hawksbills.

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The reef has been decimated in parts by dynamite fishing, but you will still find a huge amount of underwater life, with a smorgasbord of cuttlefish, octopus, pygmy seahorse, scorpion fish, clownfish and giant green turtles.

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He brings me to the summit of a little mountain to take in a panorama of the bay and, with any luck, to spot some of Palawan's celebrity fauna: green sea turtles, dugongs, sharks, whale sharks and the world's most adorable ungulate, the Chihuahua-size Philippine mouse deer.

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They included green, Kemp's ridley and hawksbill sea turtles, which are classified as endangered species.

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They take in not imaginary income turtles but actual busloads of real people, many with green pants and white hair, some with aluminum walkers, but all looking for safety and dividends.

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