Lara - Loggerhead Turtle Sanctuary

(Local Name: Páfos - Lára) The track to Lara is very difficult, and almost impossible, unless you are on motorbike or in a car with four-wheel drive. The road leads to one of the best beaches on the island, unspoiled and free of tourist trappings. On the beach is a hatchery for the Loggerhead Turtle. Here, turtles come ashore to lay their eggs, each one laying about 100 eggs in a hole dug in the sand. Eight weeks later the eggs hatch, but they must be protected from predators such as foxes and crows.

There are no watersports allowed on this beach.