Open from 0700 to 1800 every day. Telephone 0772 938 338 Sometimes just before dark they release the baby turtles back into the sea. You may be able to see this at closing time! Good luck!

I can only report my experience: this place is located next to a jewellery shop (which may mean nothing, but still...) and the day I visted it was very crowded, packed full with groups of tourists and families. We were told to "join the ongoing tour", which was a guy explaining in broad terms how they work. We were shown the sandpit and then the tanks on the right side, where they keep baby turtles. There were at least four people handling the turtles or giving them to their kids to take pictures. I found it annoying and unethical. There are other tanks with larger turtles, which seem able to fend for themselves but I had the impression they're kept for tourists to take a look at bigger speciments and finally two central tanks with two turtles, each missing a leg. In that case, I can understand they cannot survive in the wild. Summarizing, it was a short visit and I guess at least they save somne turtles, but having anybody picking up and putting down baby turtles is certainly not ethic. The ticket price is very low, so it's not an issue. I would not recommend and regretted having visited, but it's just my personal opinion.

There are no timings. Our guide brought us there and we just went in. But I think normal morning and afternoon and closed I think from 4 or 5pm

I think it’s open all year round.

There is no cost just donations for their fantastic work.

No doubt that the many ways in which we kill, maim and endanger these creatures, that this small token will help these creatures survive our destructiveness for a few more generations of humans. Is it ethical yes, anything that helps the young get to the ocean, the maimed to recover and live longer after their limbs have been ripped off. We should all congratulate the people that run these sanctuaries and thank them for their kindness and concern Before you go to the turtles breeding beaches and enjoy the sand and sun and perhaps leave a human plastic token or two, go and have a look at the sanctuaries, there are plenty of them. Enjoy

the local bus or take a tuktuk.

We were in hikkaduwa in January last year. The turtle hatchery is a few miles out of town. All the yuk yuk drivers know where it is. Turtles usually released at sundown to stop the eagles eating them before they get away. Do the tour if the turtle farm to help them financially so they can carry on rearing and releasing the turtles. Hope this answers the question.