San Andrés, Providencia and the Serrana, Serranilla and Roncador cays
Seaflower Biosphere Reserve
The most important nesting area in the Colombian Caribbean for hawksbill, loggerhead and green turtles, protected together with the Colombian Navy.
What we do
The Seaflower Biosphere Reserve, in San Andrés, Providencia and the Serrana, Serranilla and Roncador cays, is the most important nesting area in the Colombian Caribbean for hawksbill, loggerhead and green turtles.
With the Colombian Navy’s Marine Infantry Battalion No. 11 we created the Blue Turtle Sanctuary: marines trained to run standardized monitoring protocols on the cays. Our scientific director leads this scientific work with the Navy.
We are also part of Fi Wi Riif, Kriol for “Our Reef”: because caring for turtles means caring for the reef that feeds them and the culture that names them.
In numbers
3
species nest on its cays
Species we find here
Loggerhead (cabezona) · Caguama
Caretta caretta
The turtle on the thousand-peso coin
In ColombiaCR · Critically endangered
Green turtle (verde) · Black turtle (negra)
Chelonia mydas
Gardener of the seagrass meadows
In ColombiaEN · Endangered
Who we work with
Institutions and allies
- Colombian Navy · Marine Infantry Battalion No. 11
Support Seaflower
The most important nesting area in the Colombian Caribbean for hawksbill, loggerhead and green turtles, protected together with the Colombian Navy.