Baja Whale Watching
We design our whale watching adventures to provide you with the best whale encounters imaginable. Baja California, Mexico is a whale-watchers' paradise. There are few other places that harbor such a concentration and diversity of whales. The islands of Loreto National Marine Park, located in the Sea of Cortez, are home for 6 different species of whales including Blue, Fin, Sei, Humpback, Bryde's and Pilot whales.
Magdalena Bay, located on a Baja's Pacific Coast, is the world-renowned winter nursery grounds of the Gray whale. January through March, hundreds of gray whales mate and bear their young in these protected waters after traveling over 5000 miles from the Bering Strait. Experience one of the most incredible close-up wildlife encounters on the planet from our exclusive base camp situated on a secluded island beach at the very heart of whale activity in Magdalena Bay. Your guides will give entertaining, informative presentations on whale natural history.
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Your adventure begins in charming Loreto, a former Jesuit mission town and short flight from California. From there you'll travel across the peninsula to the fishing village of Puerto Lopez Mateos on Magdalena Bay, board a licensed motorboat and head to the deeper parts of the bay to seek close encounters with the whales. We offer single and multi-day wilderness camping tours in the federally protected gray whale lagoons of Magdalena Bay and in the blue whale realm of the Sea of Cortez. Our most popular trip is a combination of the two areas. Your guides are always ready to share their knowledge of the area, lead activities and prepare tasty meals with a Mexican flair. Join us in exploring this enchanting desert peninsula on one of our gray whale watching tours. "The whales were the highlight of the trip, but the rest of it was also great…it is a beautiful area and the guides were terrific. The most enjoyable part was watching the whales from our campsite and being so close to them" --Laurel Luby |
Available Baja Whale Watching Tours
Baja Sea of Cortez Kayaking & Magdalena Bay Whale Watching Combo Our most popular wildlife adventure in Baja combines sea kayaking in the Sea of Cortez with whale watching in Magdalena Bay, one of the major calving lagoons for gray whales. This is the ultimate Baj... |
Baja Sea of Cortez Yoga Kayaking & Magdalena Bay Whale Watching Combo Our most popular wildlife adventure in Baja - with daily yoga sessions - combines sea kayaking in the Sea of Cortez with whale watching in Magdalena Bay, one of the major calving lagoons for gray whal... |
Gray Whales of Magdalena Bay Experience one of the most incredible close-up wildlife encounters on the planet from our exclusive base camp situated on a secluded island beach at the very heart of whale activity in Magdalena Bay, ... |
Gray Whales of Magdalena Bay Yoga Adventure See friendly gray whales up close from our island base camp at renowned Magdalena Bay on Baja's Pacific Coast and participate in yoga sessions on the beach led by a certified yoga instructor. NOTE: Fi... |
Loreto Multi-Sport Adventure Loreto Multi-Sport Adventure includes four days of gray whale watching in Magdalena Bay from our exclusive island base camp, one day snorkeling and sea kayaking in Loreto Bay National Marine Park, and... |
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