Uncover the Whales, Sky & Desert

This tour gives a possibility to expertise a kaleidoscope of life-memorable actions alongside the shores of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula: petting child whales, tasting high quality wine at an area winery, exploring the excellent pure surroundings of the area, and visiting native factors of pure and cultural curiosity—with an choice to fly low in a small airplane to completely take up the placing presence of this desert panorama.

Our journey associate gives in-depth insights to this exceptional area of Mexico, underpinned by close-knit working relationships with local people service suppliers. Select from set date excursions, or request a customized itinerary to fit your dates and journey preferences.

Whale watching season in Mexico

The Gray Whales journey from the icy waters off the coast of Alaska to reach on the hotter coastal lagoons alongside the Baja California peninsula in the course of the month of January. 

• The breeding season is brief and advance planning is important.
• Peak viewing begins in late January.
• The whale watching season ends in late March.

The coastal lagoons close to Guerrero Negro are positioned on the twenty eighth Parallel, just about midway between the northern and southern reaches of Mexico’s Baja area.

Mexico’s Baja peninsula is a slim however very lengthy tract of land, so to make the perfect use of time, our affiliate recommends that guests fly at the very least one-way.

Deliberate tour: As a part of your tour bundle, your tour transportation, lodging, most meals, and all help companies will likely be offered to make sure that your time is spent absorbing the expertise and never regarding in regards to the journey logistics.

Set-date itineraries take a picturesque street journey to Guerrero Negro and fly again from there on a small personal plane to an air strip in Ensenada, with floor transportation to San Diego.  Your occasion could also be mixed with different events on floor transport throughout these set-date excursions.

Customized itineraries are shaped in accordance with your occasion’s schedules, pursuits, and transportation preferences. A customized tour gives full flexibility and floor transportation is solely assigned to your occasion on customized itineraries.

Lodging. Inns chosen for the tour are enticing native resorts and inns, and all rooms have personal baths.  They supply consolation amidst the pure scenic areas the place they’re located.  You’ll be able to count on wonderful service with pleasant and attentive employees, and the water and meals are secure.

A novel tour in a rare location that may create lifelong reminiscences for you and your occasion

These excursions, fastidiously crafted by a extremely expert tour operator based mostly in Baja and dealing hand-in-glove with native indigenous communities within the area, provide one of the vital awe-inspiring journey experiences obtainable in Mexico.

The spotlight of tour is being within the firm of the gray whales and their child offspring. Many dream of assembly a whale and feeling its majestic presence close by, and this tour opens a possibility for you and your loved ones and pals to comprehend that encounter in a means that respects nature and the whales themselves as they frolic within the pure habitat the place they arrived to present beginning to their progeny.

Highlights of the Tour

Your tour will likely be composed of a collection of actions that may convey you near the rugged and breathtaking great thing about Baja’s deserts—a spot that provokes inward contemplation and offers inspiration for our senses.

You’ll be able to be part of a set-date group tour, or request a no-obligation quote for a totally custom-made tour to fit your occasion’s schedules, pursuits, and journey preferences.

In all circumstances, educated and passionate English-speaking guides will present detailed insights and narratives in regards to the pure historical past and the native tradition as you journey by way of and take up this exceptional expertise.

Extraordinary whale encounters

The coastal lagoon space off the coast of Guerrero Negro is among the greatest locations on the earth to fulfill and encounter with grey whales. You’ll have the prospect to see moms with their newborns; some whales encourage their offspring to frolic with the people and you might even contact them throughout carefully-managed encounters.

Birdwatching in Baja

Guerrero Negro can be recognized one one the world’s ornithological hotspots, because the area offers an unlimited pure and unspoiled habitat to host migratory birds as they meet and mate amongst its pristine estuary ecosystems and remoted salt flats.

Iconic backyard, historical caves and a salt mine

Hike and surprise among the many whimsical granite boulders and boojum timber of Cataviña, an iconic backyard of cacti and hidden cave work. A guided tour into the biggest salt mine on the earth can be doable; this a exceptional expertise that leads you in to a pearl white panorama of mountains composed completely of salt rock.

Wine tasting tour

You’ll be passing by way of the guts of Valle de Guadalupe, certainly one of Mexico’s prime and most famed wine producing areas. The tour gives an choice to go to one of many nice vineyards of the area the place you’ll take lunch, style from quite a lot of high quality wines produced on the property, and have a possibility to purchase some wine to take residence with you, immediately from the producer.

Lively touring on foot and water

Relying in your timescale, curiosity, and bodily potential, native hikes may be included in addition to kayaking within the native lagoons. This may embody a hike alongside coastal volcanoes with a beautiful view of surrounding wetlands.

Visits to native factors of curiosity

Itineraries additionally embody visits to native cultural facilities, museums, and different local people facilities, reserves and native initiatives that can assist you acquire deeper insights into the native tradition and its folks.

Native eating places and eateries

The tour will embody visits to hand-picked locations to eat, together with in style native eating places and quaint native eateries, with recent oysters and different seafood being one of many native delicacies as a result of proximity of the ocean and the Sea of Cortés. Particular dietary preparations may be accommodated with advance discover.

Small airplane journey

Small plane fly decrease and slower than business jets.  The tour operator gives an choice to climb aboard a small plane to return to Ensenada and in doing so encounter a bygone period of air journey, when the expertise was valued over pace.

The ~300-nautical mile (two-and-a-half hour) flight gives passengers a birds-eye view of the areas you explored on floor, together with majestic mountains that rise-up from the huge desert landscapes to the east, and the froth and spray of the inspiring and highly effective Pacific Ocean to the west.

Optionally available Highway Cruise northward

If you happen to would favor to not fly again to Ensenada, you might go for a Land Cruise again north, with a facet journey to go to the Sea of Cortés.  This land cruse return choice provides one or two nights to your timescale and itinerary.

Typical 6-day itinerary

Excursions usually final six days and start and finish in San Diego, California; or in Tijuana, Mexico.

Baja whales and nature tour costs

These fastidiously designed excursions to go to the whales in-season, mixed with different native sights within the Baja area, are provided on set-dates with a preset itinerary or through a custom-made quote to fit your personal dates (season runs from January to March), exercise pursuits, transport choices, and tour timescales.

Costs illustrated are topic to alter. Please request a customized no-obligation quote from our journey associate by finishing the request kind under.

Fastened-date excursions for winter 2024

There are two set-date excursions scheduled in 2024, these are:

• February 29, 2024; and
• March 7, 2024

Concerning the set-date excursions

• These 6-day set-date excursions begin on February 29, 2024 and March 7, 2024.
• You’re met and returned to San Diego, USA, or Tijuana, Mexico.
• There’s a minimal of 4 and most of 10 folks per group.

Tour costs for the 6-day, set-date tour

• Set-date Tour costs are from US$1,920 per individual, when
• Primarily based on a minimal occasion of 4 folks, with
• Two folks sharing a room.
• Further prices rely in your customizations, for instance, should you take the Wine Tasting, or different Aspect Journeys.
• Our affiliate will present a no-obligation quote based mostly in your decisions and set-date tour customizations.

Customized excursions for winter 2024/2025

If the set-dates don’t fit your present schedule, otherwise you need extra flexibility and customization, ask for a no-obligation custom-made itinerary quote that displays your most well-liked journey dates, timescales, exercise and transport decisions.

You’ll be able to request a customized quote utilizing the request kind under.  Our journey affiliate with contact you to speak about your plans and give you a no-obligation custom-made quote.

What the standard tour contains and excludes

This desk describes what is often included and excluded from the tour.

Make a Baja Whales & Nature tour request

Full the request kind under and our Baja journey affiliate will likely be in direct contact with you to share an in depth itinerary for a set-date tour or present a no-obligation quote for a custom-made tour.