🏖️ Beach🐅 Wildlife📍 Nature

Rushikulya Turtle Rookery

Ganjam, Odisha, India

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Overview

A river-mouth beach where hundreds of thousands of Olive Ridleys nest each spring — the most accessible mass turtle-nesting site in India.

Why visit: Watch the great arribada and hatchling emergence up close.

Things to do

Wildlife ViewingBeach Walks

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Travel Information

Best time

Feb–Apr (nesting & hatching)

Entry fee

Free (forest guidance)

Est. budget

₹200–600

Duration

Half day

Nearby attractions

Within

18.2 km

🏖️ Beach

4.3

Ganjam, Odisha

A faded-elegant colonial port turned quiet beach resort — old lighthouse, jetty ruins and gentle golden sands loved since the Raj.

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