We took our name from the dodo to remember, every day, how easily the sea can lose what makes it beautiful.
The dodo was a large, flightless bird that lived only on the island of Mauritius. It had never known predators, so it had no fear of the sailors who arrived in the late 16th century.
Within a lifetime of that first contact, hunting and the animals that came with the ships had wiped it out. By the end of the 17th century the dodo was gone — the first species the world watched disappear because of us.
Let's not lose it again.
The coves, meadows and creatures of the Turkish coast are what our guests come for. We want them to be here for every voyage to come, so we make two promises on every charter.
Posidonia oceanica is a seagrass found only in the Mediterranean. Its meadows release oxygen, store carbon, keep the water clear and shelter young fish.
It grows only a few centimetres a year, so a single anchor can destroy decades of growth in minutes. Our captains drop anchor on sand or use mooring buoys — always.
A share of every charter supports the protection of two animals that share these waters with us: the Mediterranean monk seal, one of the rarest seals on Earth, and the loggerhead sea turtle, which nests on the beaches of our coast.