This year saw the 4th annual Seychelles Sea Turtle Festival (SSTF) take place in Beau Vallon on the north of Mahé. The festival sees a collaborative effort, created by a group of like-minded individuals, with various research and conservation organisations in Seychelles coming together to help raise awareness of these fantastic creatures that can be found […]
My time with WiseOceans has come to an end, however I know this will not be the last I see or hear of them. When I think back to me joining the company and compare it to where they are now it is really unbelievable how much we have achieved and grown – the company […]
Seychelles Sea Turtle Festival 2015 Who doesn’t love a festival? Especially when it’s celebrating the sea turtles of Seychelles. For the third year WiseOceans, alongside Four Seasons Resort Seychelles attended the Seychelles Sea Turtle Festival packed with turtly awesome arts and crafts and turtly tasty turtle meringues! The festival is a team effort from not […]
The 15th January 2014 marked the second anniversary of the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between Four Seasons Resort Seychelles, WiseOceans, and the Seychelles Ministry of Energy and the Environment. This collaboration has meant we have been monitoring, checking and assessing coral health and growth in Petite Anse where we have Marine Educators based. All the information […]
For Christmas this year our WiseOceans Marine Educators put together an alternative 12 days of Christmas – a 12 days of fishmas if you will. Of course we couldn’t’ resist throwing in some great festive fishy facts too – you can learn whilst you sing! On the first day of Christmas WiseOceans gave to me, […]
Vets help save paradise islands’ wildlife Video: http://bit.ly/1y9rwhv Pictures for downloading: http://bit.ly/1rM2H9F The Big Give Christmas Challenge project site (to donate through): http://bit.ly/1wr0MDj Fund-raising this week through The Big Give Christmas Challenge will help save some of the Indian Ocean islands’ rarest creatures from the threat of extinction. A British veterinary charity Wildlife Vets International […]
For the second year running WiseOceans and Four Seasons Resort Seychelles teamed up for the annual Seychelles Sea Turtle Festival. The aim of this event is to raise awareness and highlight conservation issues. On the IUCN red list sea turtle population trends range from vulnerable to critically endangered, with some species data deficient. Both the […]
You never really know what’s going to happen in a day as a WiseOceans marine educator! One day last month I was just popping up to lunch when Navi – the surf instructor – called me back saying ‘there’s a nesting turtle on the beach!’ Off we sprinted up the beach and there we found […]
Many of you may remember that back in January (20th) we had a turtle nest that had to be relocated due to rough waves washing away the sand and exposing the eggs. Well, we had almost given up hope on these eggs ever hatching but as a lovely Easter treat the action started. The nest […]
