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Turtle Island

  • October 20, 2005
  • Rated 4 of 5 by auskiwi from Tacoma, Australia
Turtle Island

Nusa Dua, on the eastern side of the southern peninsular, is the place where you can:

 

- hire jet skis and glass bottom boats

 

- enjoy a banana float and other inflatable water rides

 

- parasailing

 

- swim and relax on the beach

 

- fly a kite

 

- participate in many other activities

 

We decided to hire a glass-bottomed boat for a trip to Turtle Island for 110,000 (A$15) The boat transported us from Nusa Dua beach, around the Benoa headland, and to Turtle Island, which is situated in Benoa Harbour.

 

Located on Turtle Island are two small animal petting zoos where you can get to see and touch some of the native and not-so-native animals.

 

The zoo we went to - the one with a bamboo turtle enclosure that juts out into the water and a small café at the waters edge - had the following animals in:

 

- turtles

 

- a snake

 

- a toucan

 

- a monitor lizard

 

- a large bat (flying fox)

 

- a monkey

 

- and a crane.

 

We got to touch, hold, and pet all the animals with assistance from one of the animal keepers. The keeper also gave a running commentary about all the animals and where they came from as we went around.

 

We got to:

 

- hold turtles of varying sizes and ages

 

- had a toucan perch one our arm

 

- met a small monkey

 

- tried to lift a sizable monitor lizard

 

- held onto a flying fox

 

- had a snake draped around our neck

 

- watched an otter jump around his pen playfully.

 

On the way back to Nusa Dua, we had a look over the reef but couldn’t see much due to rough waters. This would be a better activity to do on a day that is not windy to avoid feeling seasick.

 

The zoo trip took us almost 2 hours with the boat trip.

 

At the beach we watched the people flying the many different kites and decided to buy a couple of brightly coloured kites shaped like sailing ships for 25,000 each (A$3).

 

 

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