Kara n Kierons Dalyan Delight Beach lookout 2 Traditional Cache
Kara n Kierons Dalyan Delight Beach lookout 2
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It will give you a great view of the famous turtle beach,
Iztuzu Beach and the Caretta Caretta (Loggerhead) turtle. Iztuzu Beach is one of the last nesting places available for the Caretta Caretta (Loggerhead) turtle and it is now a protected site.
The name loggerhead comes from its particularly large head, which can be as wide as 25cm. Loggerhead's are among the biggest marine turtles. Adults weigh up to 180kg and grow to over 1m long. They have a reddish-brown carapace and characteristically short fore flippers. They are mainly carnivorous throughout their lives. Their large heads are equipped with powerful jaw muscles, which allow them to crack into the toughest prey, such as crabs, mussels and clams, which they hunt on the seabed. The loggerhead is listed as endangered. They are threatened by tourism development at the nesting beaches and by capture in marine fisheries.
Through the summer season the nesting areas of Iztuzu Beach are restricted to allow for the turtles to lay there eggs and for the young to hatch safely. Conservation The beach is well known for the Caretta Caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtles) which have existed for 95 million years. International animal protection organizations monitor and protect the turtles' nesting grounds in Turkey. The beach is closed during the period of time that the Turtles lay their young. It is one of the rare beaches that the caretta carettas find safe enough to lay their eggs. Iztuzu is a natural wonder with the award “second beach that maintains its naturality”. It is said there is no beach like Iztuzu with one side being fresh water and the other Mediterranean. The sand of the beach starting from the mountains, vertical to the sea and close up the edge of the delta, is golden and very thin. Water is crystal clear. The shore is shallow and it leaves a velvet feeling under you feet as you walk.
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