Baja California

Baja California is a peninsula discovered in 1534 by Fortìn Jimènez de Bertadoña,  a skipper belonging to the expedition of the Spanish conqueror Hernàn Cortez. It extends in the Pacific Ocean as the prolongation of California, paralleling Mexico to which it belongs and from which it is separated by the Sea of Cortez.

 

 

 It  is a land full of natural adventures. Its diverse landscape brings you to virgin islands and frolicking sea lions, to endless white sandy beaches where your footsteps seem to be the first ones.

This long stretch of land that forms the peninsula, is traversed from north to south by mountainous chains called sierras. Their top is a natural view point to admire the waters that surround them. To the east, the peaceful Sea of Cortez is so rich in nutrients that thousands of marine species have chosen it as home. Blue whales, finbacks, sperm and humpback, along with manta-rays, dolphins and many colorful and unique fishes are found in its waters.

 

 

On the west, the deep blue and strong waters of the Pacific Ocean supply cool humidity to feed the oasis of palm trees, hosts immense extensions of moving dunes, provide shelter in shallow lagoons for the gray whales to give birth and continue the magic reproduction cycle.