Booking a stay with us during hatching season offers a remarkable opportunity to witness sea turtles making their first journey to the ocean. Across Nacpan Beach Glamping, Nacpan Beach Resort, and Nacpan Beach Villas, our team is specially trained in wildlife conservation. We are deeply committed to uplifting the local community, providing 150 jobs to residents from the surrounding villages.
Through these combined efforts on Nacpan Beach alone, we have successfully protected and released over 70,000 sea turtles. A portion of all hotel revenue directly funds our dedicated sea turtle conservation rescue department. By choosing to stay with us, you are actively helping to preserve Palawan's beautiful natural environment.
Through these combined efforts on Nacpan Beach alone, we have successfully protected and released over 70,000 sea turtles. A portion of all hotel revenue directly funds our dedicated sea turtle conservation rescue department. By choosing to stay with us, you are actively helping to preserve Palawan's beautiful natural environment.
Staying at these three hotels during the hatching season would give you a high chance of seeing it.
Nacpan Beach Resort
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Nacpan Beach Glamping
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A Beach That Changed Everything, and a Promise to Protect It
But paradise had a heartbreaking secret. Local villagers, struggling to make ends meet, were digging up sea turtle eggs from Nacpan Beach and selling them for just a few pesos each. Learning this changed everything. The response was immediate: "We need to buy those eggs back."
It started in 2014, when the founders of H Hospitality Group first set foot on El Nido, Palawan. They arrived as backpackers, planning to stay a few days. They never left. Nacpan Beach, with its four kilometers of untouched white sand, crystal-clear waters, and sunsets that paint the sky in colors you have to see to believe, had stolen their hearts completely.
HOW IT ALL BEGAN
The team bought 150 sea turtle eggs, gently buried them back in the sand, and waited with hope. Not a single one hatched. Sea turtle eggs cannot survive being shaken or moved roughly. Every single egg had died. It was devastating — but it was the moment that made walking away impossible.
That heartbreak became the seed of something extraordinary. The team sought out world-class experts — David McCann, a sea turtle conservation specialist from Sipadan, who began mentoring the project in late 2016, and Jamie Dichaves, a Philippine wildlife biologist who flew to Nacpan to personally train the crew in proper egg relocation and incubation techniques. With their guidance, Nacpan Beach Sea Turtle Conservation was born — today the largest private sea turtle conservation center in all of Nacpan. This was H Hospitality Group's very first conservation project, born not from a boardroom strategy but from a deep, personal love for a beach and an unshakable commitment to the creatures that call it home.
That heartbreak became the seed of something extraordinary. The team sought out world-class experts — David McCann, a sea turtle conservation specialist from Sipadan, who began mentoring the project in late 2016, and Jamie Dichaves, a Philippine wildlife biologist who flew to Nacpan to personally train the crew in proper egg relocation and incubation techniques. With their guidance, Nacpan Beach Sea Turtle Conservation was born — today the largest private sea turtle conservation center in all of Nacpan. This was H Hospitality Group's very first conservation project, born not from a boardroom strategy but from a deep, personal love for a beach and an unshakable commitment to the creatures that call it home.
THE HEARTBREAKING REALITY
Why Every Single Egg Matters
If a baby sea turtle beats those impossible odds, it will spend 12 to 30 years crossing the world's oceans — only to return, guided by an extraordinary inner compass, to the very beach where it was born, to lay eggs of its own.
Without intervention, the odds are simply too cruel. Our deepest hope is to raise the survival rate from 1 in 1,000 to at least 1 in 200. Every year, we get a little closer.
Without intervention, the odds are simply too cruel. Our deepest hope is to raise the survival rate from 1 in 1,000 to at least 1 in 200. Every year, we get a little closer.
998
out of 1,000 human babies survive
1
out of 1,000 sea turtle hatchlings survives to adulthood
Baby sea turtles saved and released since 2016
0
Year
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Baby turtles released
253
1,562
5,791
6,489
7,023
10,527
6,687
10,331
13,650
11,650
GROWING YEAR BY YEAR
2016
Baby Turtles Saved & Released
Luxury
Where
The Nacpan Sea Turtle Conservation Center is the founding project of H Hospitality Group — a promise that hospitality can be a force for good.
When you choose to stay with us, you're becoming part of one of the most heartfelt conservation stories in the Philippines.
H HOSPITALITY GROUP
Purpose
Meets
Your Stay Makes a Difference
Every stay supports conservation — from patrols to egg relocation — helping protect thousands of baby turtles each season.
Education & Community
We’ve helped shift the community from harvesting eggs to protecting turtles, while creating an educational hub with tours, outreach, and learning materials.
Witness It Yourself
Sea turtles nest and hatch on Nacpan year-round, with peak nesting in December and peak hatching in February. Stay any time and you could witness mother turtles laying eggs under moonlight, or watch tiny hatchlings make their first journey toward the sea.
Born from the Heart
This wasn’t a corporate project. It started with a beach bar funding turtle rescues and grew into a team of 8 specialists. H Hospitality Group invested because meaningful travel comes from places that truly care.
Sea turtles nest and hatch on Nacpan year-round. Peak nesting: December. Peak hatching: February.
PLAN YOUR VISIT
Aug
NESTING
Feb
Pick Hatching
Dec
Pick NESTING
Jun
Light activity
Jan
NESTING + Hatching
Jul
Light activity
Sep
NESTING
Mar
HATCHING
oct
NESTING
Apr
HATCHING
Nov
Heavy NESTING
May
Light activity
When to Come & What You'll See
MEET THE TURTLES
Olive Ridley
The most common nester on Nacpan Beach, recognized by their heart-shaped, olive-grey shell. Small but mighty.
Hawksbill
Critically endangered and stunningly beautiful, with a distinctive amber-patterned shell. Each one is precious beyond measure.
Green Sea Turtle
Named for the green color of their body fat, these gentle giants can grow up to 1.5 meters and live over 80 years.
Three Magnificent Species Call Nacpan Home
H HOSPITALITY GROUP
FIRST CONSERVATION PROJECT
FIRST CONSERVATION PROJECT
Contact
Nacpan Beach, El Nido
Info@hhgroup.ph
Where to stay
How it all began
Saved & Released
When to come
