BAJA - A REMARKABLE JOURNEY ITINERARY:
DAY 1 — Los Angeles/La Paz, Mexico
Fly to La Paz on our special charter flight. Sea Bird guests
will travel to San Carlos to embark. Sea Lion* guests will
overnight at the Los Acros Hotel and travel to the vessel in San
Carlos on Day 2. (D) *Please refer to the last day for
disembarkation.
DAY 2 — Embark/Bahia Magdalena
Drive across the Baja Peninsula to San Carlos and embark our
ship. In kayaks and Zodiacs we’ll explore the winding canals of
the dense mangrove swamps of Bahia Magdalena. Bird watching here
can be excellent — magnificent frigate birds, pelicans,
cormorants, terns and great blue herons, ibis, whimbrels and
willets are among the species we might see. It's not unusual to
see forty species of birds in just one day along these fertile
shorelines where they refuel for their destinations ahead. (B,L,D)
DAY 3-4 — Laguna San Ignacio
Laguna San Ignacio is a large bay and favored haunt of the
gray whales in Baja. The ship will linger in this remote and
important locale, while we observe the mother and calf pairs —
from the ship, and from water level in our Zodiacs. For some
reason, the whales here seem to be friendlier than they are
elsewhere. It’s not unusual for mothers and calves to approach
our boats, the calves often playing hide and seek — even wanting
to be petted and scratched. (B,L,D)
DAY 5 — Sailing South
As we travel south along the Pacific coast of the peninsula,
there is a chance of seeing a wide variety of marine life,
including the largest animal on earth, the blue whale. (B,L,D)
DAY 6-14 — Islands of the Sea of Cortez
Cruise past the spectacular Friars Rocks at Land's End. For
those who wish, we will arrange a visit to the historic town
center of San Jose del Cabo.
Espiritu Santo. Los Islotes. Santa Catalina. Rasa. These are
some of the melodious names of these islands scattered
throughout this beautiful sea. After over 20 years of
exploration here, we are still discovering new places and
experiencing exciting events: one hundred bottlenose dolphins
leaping over sperm whales near our ship; a pod of fin whales
feeding around a convergence zone; thousands of Heermann’s gulls
and royal terns arriving on the shores of Isla Rasa to begin
incubating their eggs; the vision of hundreds of Humboldt squid
illuminated in the ship’s bow lights. The best areas for whale
watching remain consistent — the waters south of Isla Carmen,
Canal de Ballenas up north, and near the mouth of Bahia
Concepcion. Whether on the bridge of the ship, on Zodiacs or
kayaks, we will be in prime position to observe them all. Almost
every anchorag
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