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Six Senses Con Dao Creates A Safe Environment For Green Sea Turtles

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May 06, 2019 // Franchising.com // CON DAO, Vietnam - When Travel+Leisure magazine selected Six Senses Con Dao as one of the best secret beach destinations on earth, they chose to be in good company. Not only because it is the island’s first and only high-end resort, set like a gemstone in the pristine environs of a national and marine park, it has also become the top choice of some very picky and selective turtles.

In addition to the island’s scenic beauty and tranquility, guests at Six Senses Con Dao have the unique opportunity to experience the marvel of turtle hatchlings venturing down the beach into the wide and free ocean waters. Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) and Hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) are classified as “critically endangered” on the IUCN Red list of Threatened Animals. The waters surrounding Con Dao have the largest population of Green turtles and is also the place where they come to nest and lay their eggs most frequently.

In collaboration with Con Dao National Park, Six Senses Con Dao has become the proud custodians of selected clutches of turtle eggs, relocated by the Con Dao National Park team to protect the eggs from being poached from nests at neighboring islands. The resort's incubation center, Let's Get Cracking has since been home to many new hatchlings, where guests participate in the conservation efforts, by joining early morning releases, right on the resort’s beach. This 538 square foot (50 square meter) incubation enclosure is able to accommodate up to 40 turtle clutches at the same time.

To provide the best hatching condition, after being handed over by the Con Dao National Park team, each clutch is placed in a pre-burrowed nest in the sand. Each nest is then safeguarded by a wooden frame and personalized with a sign indicating date and number of eggs per clutch, so the team can keep track of each nest. This process lasts from 55 to 60 days and has a success rate of 83 percent. The process of hatching eggs takes place at a temperature of 82.4 to 89.6 F (28 to 32 C). The higher the temperature, the quicker they hatch.

Egg-laying season is usually from May to October and in 2018 as early as January. This has been an auspicious sign for both the turtles and the resort. By the end of 2018, the resort had received 56 clutches with a total 2,904 turtle hatchlings, out of 3,500 eggs handed over by the National Parks team successfully hatched at the resort. More than 70 percent of in-house guests participate every time a turtle hatchling release occurs.

Recently the resort welcomed a female turtle coming ashore to lay eggs. Ninety eggs were carefully collected and are now being hatched in the resort’s incubation center Let’s Get Cracking. It’s been a good start for this year’s hatchling season. It is expected that the resort will welcome more than 60 turtle clutches this year, giving guests even more opportunity add this out-of-the-ordinary experience to their stay.

Passionate about protecting the environment, Six Senses Con Dao believes the establishment of Let's Get Cracking has demonstrated its commitment to sustainability as well as its contribution to the improvement of Con Dao's ecosystem. Green turtles are well-known for their remarkable ability to migrate hundreds of miles from their feeding ground to faithfully return to the nesting beach where they were born to lay their very own eggs, so this offers great potential for the resort to welcome back it’s baby turtles in the future.

About Six Senses Con Dao

Six Senses Con Dao is located in a national and marine park. Comprising 50 contemporary pool villas, it offers several dining options with seafood and a focus on world cuisine. The Six Senses Spa has a backdrop of the Lo Voi Mountains, plus there are activities to entertain all ages.

About Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas

Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas is one of the world’s leading operators of luxury hotels, resorts and spas, managing 18 hotels and resorts across 14 countries, plus 37 spas under the brand names Six Senses, Evason, Six Senses Spas and Raison d’Etre. There are a further 18 hotels and resorts signed into its development pipeline. In February 2019, Six Senses became part of the IHG® (InterContinental Hotels Group) family of hotel brands.

Six Senses properties share a leadership commitment to community, sustainability, wellness and design, infused with a touch of quirkiness. Whether an exquisite island resort, mountain retreat or urban hotel, the enduring purpose is to help people reconnect with themselves, others and the world around them.

Six Senses Spas offers a wide range of holistic wellness, rejuvenation and beauty treatments administered under the guidance of expert therapists in all resorts as well as at 16 additional standalone spas. The high-tech and high-touch approach guides guests on their personal path to well-being, taking them as deep as they want to go.

Six Senses Residences provides the best life has to offer. From beautifully-appointed villas on the beach, rustic chalets in the mountains and spacious urban hideaways, Six Senses features a variety of residential choices in stand-alone buildings or attached to a resort or hotel. No matter the location, the promise remains the same and the commitment to create a community where every day revolves around learning and growing, great food and drink, innovative wellness programming, sustainable living – all mixed in with a lot fun.

Evason follows the Six Senses philosophy of uncompromised responsibility to sustainability and the community. Its two unique resorts provide a strong value focus, while offering a vast array of personal guest experiences that the whole family will love.

Media Contacts:

Dang Phuong Anh (Abbey)
Marketing Communications Manager
Six Senses Con Dao
T +84 254 3831 222
M +84 963 223 868
E marketing-condao@sixsenses.com

Benjawan Sudhikam (Ms.)
Director of Public Relations
Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas
T +66 2 631 9781
M +66 8 181 38234
E ben@sixsenses.com

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