Baja Gray Whale Adventure -

Go eye-to-eye with a 30-ton gray whale and its calf as they swim up alongside your boat on the wild western coast of Baja, Mexico. On SKA's three-day gray whale adventure you’ll spend several hours each day in a motorized skiff getting close to the whales, dolphins, and sea turtles that cruise along the bathwater-warm waterways of Baja California’s renowned Magdalena Bay, home to the highest concentration of nursing gray whales in North America. Next, you’ll enter a labyrinth of mangrove channels, past cacophonous heron rookeries and mudflats teeming with migrant shorebirds. Then it’s back on land to trek through the rolling sand dunes pausing for whalebones, and rare seashells to watch spouting grays as the sun sinks into the Pacific Ocean. At camp, biologist guides dish out tasty chili relleno, margaritas, and educational tidbits on whale natural history. Nights are spent in comfortable tents on a sandy barrier island, where the hollow sounds of whales breathing lull you to sleep. From January to March, hundreds of California gray whales arrive at this remote coast to mate and calve after a 5,000-mile journey from the icy waters of the Bering Sea. When to go: February-March. The price of $895 per person includes two nights’ hotel in Loreto; two nights camping in Mag Bay; all meals; all camping equipment; and guides. SKA donates a small portion of your trip cost to wildlife conservation groups in Baja. Afterward, go snorkeling through brilliant turquoise water in the Bay of Loreto National Marine Park in the Sea of Cortez ($95).

Sea of Cortez Kayaking Quick Adventure -

Sea Kayak Adventures is offering a four-day sea kayaking trip in Baja’s Sea of Cortez that cost less than a grand including two nights’ hotel in Loreto and three nights’ camping on secluded beaches in Loreto Bay National Marine Park. The Sea of Cortez has been declared a World Heritage Site and the waters surrounding the Park are a sanctuary for blue-footed boobies, fin and blue whales, dolphins and sea lions. Participants will paddle sea kayaks below towering volcanic cliffs amid sea caves and rocky reefs, get close to a 50-foot whale, trek cactus-studded arroyos and snorkel in crystal-clear bays. All activities are led by naturalist guides, who dish out tasty chile rellenos and margaritas in tented beach camps at days end. A support skiff carries the camp supplies including ice to keep the drinks cold.
When to go: March-April. Cost: $995.

Travel to Loreto, Mexico

For those of you who have recently read about crime along the USA-Mexico border or in mainland Mexico, we want to remind you that millions of U.S. Citizens safely visit Mexico each year, including our guests visiting the peaceful village of Loreto - located over 700 miles south of the border - where we operate our tours. We have had no issues in Loreto in our nearly 20 years operating tours there. Like most tourist destinations in Mexico, travel to Loreto is safe and enjoyable. Most people fly right to Loreto from Los Angeles. We drive our kayaks twice a year between Loreto and BC Canada and have never had an incident. Some of our guests elect to drive their own vehicles to Loreto and no one has ever reported an incident. We are happy to speak with you about any concern you may have - call us at 800-616-1943.

SKA will exhibit at travel shows Feb & March -

Call us for free tickets! We'll be exhibiting at the huge Travel Expo at the Convention Center in Los Angeles Feb 14-15, at world-famous "Canoecopia" at Madison WI March 14-15, in Calgary, Canada at the Stampede's Outdoor Adventure Travel Show March 28-29, 2009, and Tacoma WA paddling demo days in May 2009.
Hope to see you there!

Guest photos

View Gary Luhm's beautiful images from his November 2008 Sea of Cortez trip at http://www.garyluhm.net/lightroomwebstuff/baja/index.html

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