NATURE SEEKERS is reminding visitors to the Matura Beach Turtle Nesting Site that, even if they hold a permit to visit the site, they must be accompanied by a certified guide.

This after a man claiming to be a certified tour guide breached the protocol of the site by leading a private group onto the beach without authorisation on June 28.

In a release on June 30, Nature Seekers stressed that Condition 12 on all Forestry Division-issued permits for turtle-watching tours said all visitors must be accompanied by a guide authorised by the Forestry Division and permitted by the Environmental Management Authority (EMA), not self-declared or privately assigned.