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Acapulco de Juarez · MX

Campamento Tortuguero “Playa Hermosa”

Tucked along the calm, sandy stretch of Playa Hermosa on Acapulco's western edge, the Campamento Tortuguero "Playa Hermosa" is a small, family-run sea turtle sanctuary where the day's big event is helping a brand-new hatchling find its way to the Pacific. Run by the civil association Amigos del Mar Acapulco A.C., the camp has spent more than thirty years rescuing turtle eggs from the beach, incubating them safely, and releasing the hatchlings back into the sea—often hundreds of them in a single day during the season. This is not a polished theme park; it is a modest, heartfelt conservation project, and that is exactly what makes it worth the trip. Visitors start with a short talk and film (in Spanish, subtitled in English) about how the turtles nest and why they are endangered, then take part in the release itself—a simple, genuinely moving moment that especially delights children. Open daily from 10:00 to 18:30, it sits near the airport on the road toward the older beaches, a world away from Acapulco's high-rise hotel zone.