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Georgia Sea Turtle Center

214 Stable Road, Jekyll Island, GA 31427
912-635-4444
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Conyers, GA
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 May 2013 NEW

The Georgia Sea Turtle Center is a wonderful educational experience for kids of all ages and adults as well. Anyone interested in turtles will LOVE it! The facility consists of a gift shop, a small educational display area that includes a window to observe operations or medical procedures that may be in progress, and the outer building that houses the... More

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Cartersville, Georgia, United States
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 May 2013 NEW via mobile

We visited the sea turtle museum on vacation. It has a nice little gift shop with plenty of cute options, postcards, all the normal stuff. We actually witnessed one of the turtles, Randy, undergoing surgery while we were there. The museum is mainly geared toward younger ages, but we really enjoyed seeing all the turtles housed at the back of... More

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Griffin, Georgia
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 May 2013 NEW

We had a great time visiting here. They have nice displays, including a little turtle names Cathy, and we were able to look through a window to see an injured sea turtle being tended to. What we really enjoyed was the gift shop. The prices are very reasonable, the selection of jewelry, clothing, things for children and beautiful artifacts. The... More

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Lyons, Georgia
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31 reviews 31 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 May 2013 NEW

My experience at Georgia Sea Turtle Center was a very enjoyable and educational and fun to enjoy seeing how this helps many species of the sea turtles. The dream I have for Georgia Sea Turtle Center building an acquirium for the rehabilitated sea turtles has a very good chance of becoming from visualization-relization implement for a future dream come true..... More

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See 2 more reviews by 244ReneeT for Jekyll Island
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 May 2013

The turtle hospital was the best part of the tour, I recommend this is for children mostly. Good education on turtles and why it is important to help save these turtles. You can see the turtles in the hospital, some were very sick and wounded. It was nice to see people to concerned and helpful to these creatures.

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Sydney, Australia
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 May 2013

They care for injured sea turtles here and educate visitors on their life. There's a cute step by step stamp game where you choose a stamper at each station and what ever you emboss becomes your story. My turtle made it to a ripe old age and lived a good life. Bring the kids or just come yourself and learn... More

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See 3 more reviews by ThePackedBag for Jekyll Island
Michigan
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 May 2013

There was a cute little turtle that followed me (in her tank) as I walked around it.....I didn't want to leave!!! There are many amazing giant and small turtles that were rescued and are being rehabilitated. Worth the visit!!

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See 4 more reviews by Caroline W for Jekyll Island
Sherrills Ford, North Carolina
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 May 2013

Interesting exhibits. The last time I was there, we were able to watch surgery being performed on a snake. You can also see the turtles they are rehabilitating and read about them.

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Johnson City, Tennessee
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8 reviews 8 reviews
4 attraction reviews
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1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 May 2013

I think this is one of the most interesting parts of the island. You can purchase a brick with you rname on it. They place in on the path to center and money goes for turtles. Everytime you go to island there will be diffferent turtles they have rescued. Love it.

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See 5 more reviews by Robin M for Jekyll Island
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 May 2013

If you are planning a visit to Georgia's Golden Isles be sure to include the Georgia Sea Turtle Center in your itinerary. This facility brings very serious fight to protect and preserve endangered sea turtle habitat to life with very interesting educational and research activities for the entire family.

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