From November to March the gigantic Leatherback Turtle and the smaller Loggerhead Turtle are nesting at the beaches in St Lucia Wetland Park. In this period you got the chance for a "Once in a Lifetime" Experience, going on a Turtle Tour to witness this miracle of nature where the Turtles return to lay their eggs on the very same beach they were born. And thereafter the hatchlings can be seen making their first trip into the ocean for a few months after.

Loggerhead Turtles feed on mollusks, crustaceans, fish, jellyfish, the Portuguese Man o' War, and other small- to medium-sized marine animals, which they crush with their large and powerful jaws. As with other sea turtles, females return to lay their eggs on or near the same beach where they hatched. Unlike other sea turtles, courtship and mating usually do not take place near the nesting beach, but rather along the migration routes between feeding and breeding grounds. 

Leatherback turtles follow the general sea turtle body plan of having a large, dorsoventrally flattened, round body with two pairs of appendages, a very large head and a short tail. Like other sea turtles, the leatherback's flattened forelimbs are specially adapted for swimming in the open ocean. Claws are noticeably absent from both pair of flippers. The leatherback's flippers are the largest in proportion to its body among the extant sea turtles. Leatherback front flippers can grow up to 270 centimeters in large specimens. As the last surviving member of its family, the leatherback turtle has several distinguishing characteristics that differentiate it from other sea turtles. Its most notable feature is that it lacks the bony carapace of the other extant sea turtles. Instead of scutes, the leatherback's carapace is covered by its thick, leathery skin with embedded minuscule bony plates. Seven distinct ridges arise from the carapace, running from the anterior-to-posterior margin of the turtle's back. The entire turtle's dorsal surface is colored dark grey to black with a sporadic scattering of white blotches and spots. In a show of countershading, the turtle's underside is lightly colored.