Gray whale watching in Baja
5 day drive 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.