Turtle Islands National Park of Malaysia is a great attraction to tourists located in north Sandakan in Sabah. This place is famous around the world because of its green turtles and hawksbill turtles.

Also, the coral reef which is surrounding this area, adds additional beauty and variety and the turtle island spread around 17.5 square kilometers. Here the authorities have occupied trained staff to maintain these places a safe place for turtles to lay their eggs and protect them since this type of specie is in danger.

Turtle Islands National Park is administrated by Sabah Parks. Here there are chalets for overnight visitors, and those who wish to see the turtles laying eggs must stay overnight. Anyway, during October you can see a large number of turtles coming to lay their eggs since it’s the peak season.

So in October, the tourist crowd is more than in other months and all the facilities are arranged accordingly. However, you will have to follow the rules of the park. Those are simple and created to protect these valuable turtles. Any visitors cannot stay on the beach after sunset to sunrise because that is the time turtles come to lay their eggs and users can observe it from the places specially created for visitors.

Anyway in the morning, the eggs will be collected and you will get a chance to touch them and observe them closely. After observing these turtles you can spend some time exploring the corals or have a sun bath on this wonderful beach and it will be a great day in your life.