🏖️ Beach🐅 Wildlife📍 Nature

Gahirmatha Turtle Beach

Kendrapara, Odisha, India

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Overview

The world's largest rookery of Olive Ridley turtles — half a million nest each spring on this protected coast off Bhitarkanika.

Why visit: One of the planet's great wildlife events: mass turtle nesting.

Things to do

Wildlife ViewingBoat Trip

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Travel Information

Best time

Feb–Mar (arribada; permit-controlled)

Entry fee

Forest permit

Est. budget

₹1,000–3,000

Duration

Half–1 day

Nearby attractions

Within

21.5 km

🦌 National Park

4.6

Kendrapara, Odisha

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