Just 10 km away, Rekewa's beaches are a well-known breeding ground for Sri Lanka 's 5 species of indigenous marine turtles. The Turtle Conversation Program runs nightly turtle watch program where visitors can watch turtles lay and hatch their eggs during the peak season, from February to July. Mother turtles drag themselves slowly and deliberately up the beach to lay their eggs beyond the reach of the tide. Meanwhile, tiny new hatchlings act on their instincts, and scuttle for their lives across the sand and out to sea.