Gray
whale watching in Baja
5 day ride down from San Diego
Day # 1 : Leave the border bright
and early. Travel to Guerrero Negro, arrive in the afternoon. We
make a great lunch stop near the remote village of Catavina. There
we will have the opportunity to visit an interesting ancient cave
painting site. A short three hour drive gets us to our destination.
After getting situated in our rooms we meet for an orientation talk
by our own Baja Jones.
Days #2 and 4: Meet for breakfast
and then travel to the lagoon where we will spend the day whale
watching, lunch will be served by the friendly Palapa crew. Then
weather permitting a second trip out onto the lagoon may be in order.
The afternoon and evening are unstructured. Dinner will be prepared
by some of the best chefs in Central Baja. Time permitting those
who aren't too tired can take an interesting ride out to El Faro(the
lighthouse) for birdwatching and general sight seeing.
Day #3 : Meet for breakfast.
Today we venture to the outer lagoon. We expect to see more mating
adults, possibly closer views of breeching and fewer babies. Afterwards
we will relax at Marios Palapa while enjoying a truly wonderful
bar-b-que in the late afternoon. Margarita's, carne asada, guacamole
and a nice sunset will end another exciting day of whale watching.
Day #5 : All good trips eventually
end. And so will ours. This is our travel back to the U.S. day.
We'll leave early and arrive in the United States mid-afternoon,
depending on the border crossing.
Our trips concentrate on whale watching
first. We are all there to see gray whales. Dolphins, birds and
land mammals are all found nearby to the whale lagoons and likely
will be observed during our travels.