Ureca Beach
Playa de Ureca
A black-sand beach at the southernmost tip of Bioko Island where four species of sea turtle nest, surrounded by the island's most pristine rainforest and waterfalls.
Ureca is the most remote village on Bioko Island, on the southern edge of the Gran Caldera Scientific Reserve. Its beach is an important nesting site for leatherback, green, hawksbill and olive ridley turtles. From November to February each year, visitors can watch turtles come ashore at night, accompanied by researchers. Other attractions nearby include Moraca Beach and Ilé Bay, where a waterfall plunges straight into the sea, and monkeys are abundant. The road has been completed, but a permit must still be obtained in Malabo. Accommodation and guides are arranged by the Bioko Biodiversity Protection Programme or a travel agency, and the village has only basic campsites.
Opening hours
Permit required; night turtle watching arranged by research station
Nearby sights
- Iladyi Waterfalls
- Moka & Lake Biaó
- Gran Caldera de Luba
- Luba
- Arena Blanca
- Pico Basilé
- Malabo National Park
- Mercado Central