Gray Whales, Wildlife and Cultural Expedition
DATE: Mar 09 - Mar 16, 2024 | 8 day hotel, land and cruise package
TRIP HIGHLIGHTS:
- 8 day expedition
- 3 night stay at the Hotel Cathedral, La Paz
- 4 nighs/5 days onboard the MV Adventure exploring the islands in the southern Sea of Cortez
- Learn about new species arriving to the Sea of Cortez
- Kayak and snorkel
- Island hiking exploring the flora, fauna and geology
- Explore remote islands and visit community members
- World class bird watching
- Wildlife encounters include whales, dolphins, sea lions, turtles, mobula rays and *whale sharks.
- Stargazing
- Land excursion 1 – full day trip to the gray whales of Magdalena Bay
- Land excursion 2 – visit to the Museo Ruta de Plata (mining museum) and Museo del Vaquero de las Californias (cowboys museum) of El Triunfo.
*Whale sharks snorkel – if the whale shark season is open to tourism which it normally is, with the exception of the 2022/23 season with multiple openings and closings due to the lack of whale sharks arriving to feed.
