Sea kayaking in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico
Why go Sea Kayaking in Mexico's Sea of Cortez?
Where do I start? So many reasons: the blow-your-mind sea to mountainous desert views; the whopping array of wildlife; that oh-so-close to nature feel; the health benefits of propelling yourself across ocean waters beneath soaring sea cliffs; access to white-sand coves; the possibility of sighting blue whales. I could go on...so I will.
Adventure Sports Journal, September/October 2009
Rudderless Bliss in Baja - A novice kayak tourer revels in the rhythms of life on the Sea of Cortez
“Quick, put the fish back in the water!” I yell to Bill.
A Botox-lipped fish, called a Burrito Grunt, is flopping around at my feet, covered in sand, fighting for its life.
A few minutes earlier, high in the horizon, I watched a cormorant pluck the unlucky fish from the Sea of Cortez. A large frigate bird with forked tail feathers then gave chase to the cormorant. It was like a Discovery Channel scene come alive.
"Orcas!" I said. Lexie and Caleb, our Sea Kayak Adventures guides, were asking me and seven others about our overall objective for a six-day kayaking trip. My co-paddlers and I were attending a night-before, planning-and-get-to-know-each-other session at the Haida-Way Inn in Port McNeill on the northeastern tip of Vancouver Island.
Photos courtesy of Paul Malboeuf
Day 1: We arrived at God's Pocket Resort after a bracing boat cruise through the Queen Charlotte Strait, on a tour organized by Sea Kayak Adventures, which has exclusive use of the resort for lodge-based sea kayak tours.
SKA in the News - latest mentions
August 2010: Dallas Morning News, Coquitlam BC Now
July 2010: Boston Globe, Vancouver Sun, Calgary Herald, Green Travel Blog, American Fitness Magazine, Uptake.com, "Lost Angel Walkabout, One Traveler's Tales" - a book by Linda Ballou, Sustainable Travel International enewsletter feature
June 2010: Travel Weekly - the National Newspaper of the Travel Industry "Kayaking Program Focusing on Sea Turtle Population"
News & Offers
By Lucas Aykroyd - Special to Westcoast Backpackers News September 2000
Sea Kayak Adventures has recently begun offering six-day tours of Queen Charlotte Strait, the lesser-known neighbor of Johnstone Strait, which features the world's highest concentration of killer whales. It's a chance to experience the British Columbia wilds without other groups of affluent tourist waving to you and local fishing boats tooting their horn. One such tour was in late July.
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"The trip was fantastic, superb and wonderful. I wanted to see whales, and we were well rewarded from the moment we arrived at our campsite when a baby whale "greeted" us by breaching seven times in a ..."After Baja Whale Watching
