Mexico

Baja’s Sea of Cortez offers adventure-seekers and wildlife-lovers the perfect get-away. Spend your days exploring the stunning coastline and desert islands of the Loreto Bay National Marine Park in a kayak, underwater, and by foot. The region is known for incredible wildlife-viewing opportunities, including dolphins, sea lions, pelicans, manta rays, and thousands of brightly colored fish. During the winter migration, endangered blue whales are frequently swimming right beside you, adding a once-in-a-lifetime thrill to your kayak adventure.

Highlights:

• Standard hotels upon arrival and departure
• High-end camping experience on the beach, with comfortable quality equipment and all your food prepared for you
• 4 hours of kayaking per day, plus various opportunities to hike and snorkel
• Fresh authentic Mexican meals and margaritas that celebrate the culture and cuisine of the region

Note: In addition to Loreto trips, we also offer a kayak adventure in Isla Espiritu Santo, off the coast of La Paz in Baja, highlighted by the opportunity to snorkel and swim with fun-loving sea lions at Los Islotes.

Here’s your opportunity to check that dream whale-watching experience right off your bucket list. Find yourself at an exclusive safari-style base camp situated on a secluded island beach in Magdalena Bay, a prime spot for gray whales to migrate every year and give birth to baby calves. During your daily whale-watching excursions, you’ll ride motor skiffs out to sea where you can observe various behaviors like breaching, and even touch the noses of the friendly animals. Back at camp, you can continue to relax and watch from the shore as the baby calves learn what it means to be a majestic animal of the sea.

Highlights:

• Standard hotels upon arrival and departure
• Several days at safari-style base camp, with comfortable quality equipment and all your food prepared for you
• Daily whale-watching expeditions led by professional naturalists
• Various opportunities for dune hiking, beachcombing, and birding in mangrove channels
• Fresh authentic Mexican meals and margaritas that celebrate the culture and cuisine of the region

Note: In addition to Magdalena Bay trips, we also offer a whale-watching adventure in San Ignacio Lagoon, another gray whale hotspot in Baja.

In order to get the full Baja experience, combine a multi-day kayak adventure with several days at base camp on white-sand beaches relaxing while enthralled by every movement of the majestic grey whales who migrate and calve there. If your ideal vacation combines several active days with some time to relax in nature surrounded by incredible wildlife, this just might be your trip of a lifetime.

Highlights:

• Standard hotels upon arrival and departure
• Several days at safari-style base camp, with comfortable quality equipment and all your food prepared for you
• 4 hours of kayaking per day on the kayak portion
• Daily whale-watching expeditions led by professional naturalists during the whale portion
• Various opportunities for dune hiking,  snorkeling, beachcombing, and birding in mangrove channels
• Fresh authentic Mexican meals and margaritas that celebrate the culture and cuisine of the region

Explore Mayan culture and the natural world throughout various locales in the Chiapas region, including the Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve, also known as the Lacandon Jungle, and the ancient cities of Palenque and Yaxchilán. Visit the colonial mountain town of San Cristóbal de las Casas, and indulge in traditional Yucatecan cuisine as you go.

Highlights:

• Hike and paddle through the Montes Azules reserve and the pristine Chiapanec rainforest
• Float down the Usumacinta river and enjoy the sights and sounds of howler monkeys, guacamayas, toucans, crocodiles, and jaguar
• As your local guides share the history of their people, enjoy archaeological temples and ancient Mayan buildings in Palenque and Yaxchilán, on the Guatemala border
• Catch crocodiles at moonlight with local conservationists in Lacandonia
• Get your fill of cochinita pibil at sopa de lima at some of the region’s best authentic restaurants

On this journey through the Yucatan Peninsula, visit unique, less explored Mayan cities full of colorful markets, grand churches and renowned restaurants. Explore Sian Ka’an – one of the largest coastal ecological reserves in Mexico, dipping into the strikingly beautiful jungle cenotes (natural sinkholes). Get up-close and personal with the local Mayan people as they share real-life tales of past and present life in the Yucatan. This journey allows you to be plenty active, while leaving time to relax on the most stunning secret beaches in the world.

Highlights:

• Visit a group of ancient Mayan cities on the Puuc Route in the Southern Yucatan
• Swin in the secluded “Cenote Yukunah”, inside the Yucatan jungle, and drive the region’s back roads through several rural towns to visit Seven Cenotes Ranch
• Explore the iconic Mayan ruins in Tulum, and the famous landmarks of Merida
• Spend a day inside the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve: hike through the jungle towards the historical site of Muyil and float down the mangrove channel
• Enjoy traditional Yucatecan meals at each of your stops

Baja’s Sea of Cortez offers adventure-seekers and wildlife-lovers the perfect get-away. Spend your days exploring the stunning coastline and desert islands of the Loreto Bay National Marine Park in a kayak, underwater, and by foot. The region is known for incredible wildlife-viewing opportunities, including dolphins, sea lions, pelicans, manta rays, and thousands of brightly colored fish. During the winter migration, endangered blue whales are frequently swimming right beside you, adding a once-in-a-lifetime thrill to your kayak adventure.

Highlights:

• Standard hotels upon arrival and departure
• High-end camping experience on the beach, with comfortable quality equipment and all your food prepared for you
• 4 hours of kayaking per day, plus various opportunities to hike and snorkel
• Fresh authentic Mexican meals and margaritas that celebrate the culture and cuisine of the region

Note: In addition to Loreto trips, we also offer a kayak adventure in Isla Espiritu Santo, off the coast of La Paz in Baja, highlighted by the opportunity to snorkel and swim with fun-loving sea lions at Los Islotes.

In order to get the full Baja experience, combine a multi-day kayak adventure with several days at base camp on white-sand beaches relaxing while enthralled by every movement of the majestic grey whales who migrate and calve there. If your ideal vacation combines several active days with some time to relax in nature surrounded by incredible wildlife, this just might be your trip of a lifetime.

Highlights:

• Standard hotels upon arrival and departure
• Several days at safari-style base camp, with comfortable quality equipment and all your food prepared for you
• 4 hours of kayaking per day on the kayak portion
• Daily whale-watching expeditions led by professional naturalists during the whale portion
• Various opportunities for dune hiking,  snorkeling, beachcombing, and birding in mangrove channels
• Fresh authentic Mexican meals and margaritas that celebrate the culture and cuisine of the region

Here’s your opportunity to check that dream whale-watching experience right off your bucket list. Find yourself at an exclusive safari-style base camp situated on a secluded island beach in Magdalena Bay, a prime spot for gray whales to migrate every year and give birth to baby calves. During your daily whale-watching excursions, you’ll ride motor skiffs out to sea where you can observe various behaviors like breaching, and even touch the noses of the friendly animals. Back at camp, you can continue to relax and watch from the shore as the baby calves learn what it means to be a majestic animal of the sea.

Highlights:

• Standard hotels upon arrival and departure
• Several days at safari-style base camp, with comfortable quality equipment and all your food prepared for you
• Daily whale-watching expeditions led by professional naturalists
• Various opportunities for dune hiking, beachcombing, and birding in mangrove channels
• Fresh authentic Mexican meals and margaritas that celebrate the culture and cuisine of the region

Note: In addition to Magdalena Bay trips, we also offer a whale-watching adventure in San Ignacio Lagoon, another gray whale hotspot in Baja.

Explore Mayan culture and the natural world throughout various locales in the Chiapas region, including the Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve, also known as the Lacandon Jungle, and the ancient cities of Palenque and Yaxchilán. Visit the colonial mountain town of San Cristóbal de las Casas, and indulge in traditional Yucatecan cuisine as you go.

Highlights:

• Hike and paddle through the Montes Azules reserve and the pristine Chiapanec rainforest
• Float down the Usumacinta river and enjoy the sights and sounds of howler monkeys, guacamayas, toucans, crocodiles, and jaguar
• As your local guides share the history of their people, enjoy archaeological temples and ancient Mayan buildings in Palenque and Yaxchilán, on the Guatemala border
• Catch crocodiles at moonlight with local conservationists in Lacandonia
• Get your fill of cochinita pibil at sopa de lima at some of the region’s best authentic restaurants

On this journey through the Yucatan Peninsula, visit unique, less explored Mayan cities full of colorful markets, grand churches and renowned restaurants. Explore Sian Ka’an – one of the largest coastal ecological reserves in Mexico, dipping into the strikingly beautiful jungle cenotes (natural sinkholes). Get up-close and personal with the local Mayan people as they share real-life tales of past and present life in the Yucatan. This journey allows you to be plenty active, while leaving time to relax on the most stunning secret beaches in the world.

Highlights:

• Visit a group of ancient Mayan cities on the Puuc Route in the Southern Yucatan
• Swin in the secluded “Cenote Yukunah”, inside the Yucatan jungle, and drive the region’s back roads through several rural towns to visit Seven Cenotes Ranch
• Explore the iconic Mayan ruins in Tulum, and the famous landmarks of Merida
• Spend a day inside the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve: hike through the jungle towards the historical site of Muyil and float down the mangrove channel
• Enjoy traditional Yucatecan meals at each of your stops

On this journey through the Yucatan Peninsula, visit unique, less explored Mayan cities full of colorful markets, grand churches and renowned restaurants. Explore Sian Ka’an – one of the largest coastal ecological reserves in Mexico, dipping into the strikingly beautiful jungle cenotes (natural sinkholes). Get up-close and personal with the local Mayan people as they share real-life tales of past and present life in the Yucatan. This journey allows you to be plenty active, while leaving time to relax on the most stunning secret beaches in the world.

Highlights:

• Visit a group of ancient Mayan cities on the Puuc Route in the Southern Yucatan
• Swin in the secluded “Cenote Yukunah”, inside the Yucatan jungle, and drive the region’s back roads through several rural towns to visit Seven Cenotes Ranch
• Explore the iconic Mayan ruins in Tulum, and the famous landmarks of Merida
• Spend a day inside the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve: hike through the jungle towards the historical site of Muyil and float down the mangrove channel
• Enjoy traditional Yucatecan meals at each of your stops

Explore Mayan culture and the natural world throughout various locales in the Chiapas region, including the Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve, also known as the Lacandon Jungle, and the ancient cities of Palenque and Yaxchilán. Visit the colonial mountain town of San Cristóbal de las Casas, and indulge in traditional Yucatecan cuisine as you go.

Highlights:

• Hike and paddle through the Montes Azules reserve and the pristine Chiapanec rainforest
• Float down the Usumacinta river and enjoy the sights and sounds of howler monkeys, guacamayas, toucans, crocodiles, and jaguar
• As your local guides share the history of their people, enjoy archaeological temples and ancient Mayan buildings in Palenque and Yaxchilán, on the Guatemala border
• Catch crocodiles at moonlight with local conservationists in Lacandonia
• Get your fill of cochinita pibil at sopa de lima at some of the region’s best authentic restaurants

Explore the Sea of Cortes’ natural highlights and wildlife wonders on a small-group, small-ship journey that combines activity and discovery with awe-inspiring encounters. Your intimate vessel will take you to several intimate highlights on its round-trip voyage from San Jose del Cabo, exploring protected waters filled with incredible and diverse marine life. As you navigate from adventure to adventure, you’ll spend each day choosing the kinds of activities you’re most excited about, from wilderness and wildlife, to kayaking and hiking, to meeting locals while learning about history, heritage, and cuisine.

Highlights:

• Sea of Cortés UNESCO World Heritage Site—a marine life-rich natural aquarium
• Watch for whales, mobula rays, dolphins, and birds
• Hike, kayak, paddle board, and explore by skiff
• Mule ride into the arroyos with local rancheros
• Search for gentle whale sharks in Bahía de La Paz OR Watch for gray whales at Bahía Magdalena (depending on the season)
• Snorkel with sea lion pups and colorful reef fish
• Convenience of flying in/out of Los Cabos International Airport

GreenSpot can help you customize a private pre- or post-extension anywhere in the Baja region focused on some of the best experiences and lodges this destination has to offer. Check out our other itineraries for inspiration, and let us know where you’re most interested in exploring.