Day 1: Arrival
to La Paz.
Pick up
the Jeep
at the
international
Airport
and
lodging.
Day 2: Isla Espiritu Santo.
Almost a
full day
will be
spent
exploring
Isla
Espiritu
Santo,
an
enchanted
desert
island,embroided
with white,
sandy
coves,
where you
can swim
in its
crystal
clear
water. At
Los
Islotes,
snorkeling
among the
friendly
colony of
California
Brown
Sea Lions,
will be an
experience
of a
lifetime.
In the
afternoon
you will
return to
La Paz,
to enjoy
one more
beautiful
night.
Day 3: La
Paz
- Loreto. 267 miles.
Traveling
north, you
willl
ascend to
2000 feet,
in the
earth of
the
Sierra de
La Giganta,
to
contemplate
the
mission of
San Javier,
a true
architectural
jewell,
built by
Jesuits in
1699. In
the
magical
light of
the sunset
you will
arrive to
Loreto,
the first
capital of
Californias,
today a
fast
growing
development.
Lodging in
hotel.
Day 4: Loreto - Santa
Rosalia.
122 miles.
You will
parallel
the
enchanting
Bahěa
Concepciňn
and its
marvelous
lace of
white,
sandy
coves.
Then you
will visit
Mulegč
and its
severe
mission,
on a river
surrounded
by
thousands
of palm
trees and
finally,
after
having
explored a
majestic
cactus
forest
with the
tallest
specimens
in all
Baja, you
will drive
to
Santa
Rosalia,
whose
vestiges
of a rich
mining
past will
bring you
back into
time,
while you
will
stroll in
the
picturesque
streets of
the old
French
colony.
Day 5: Santa
Rosalia - Guerrero Negro.
133 miles.
After
crossing
the arid
volcanic
zone of
Las
Virgenes,
you will
enter the
Vizcaino desert, today partially improved and transformed
into
flourishing
farming
fields,
thank to a
Mexico-Israel
project.
You will
leave the
paved road
in order
to reach
the
southern
shore of
Laguna
Ojo de
Liebre
and make
your first
boat
excursion
for the
observation
of the
Gray Whale.
Every year,
in winter,
hundreds
of
gray
whales
migrate
from the
Artic
regions to
the warm
waters of
Baja
California,
to give
birth and
continue
the
magical
reproduction
cycle in
its
protected
lagoons.
Expert
“lancheros”
driving
powerful
boats,
will
enable you
to enjoy
unforgettable
close
encounters
with these
peaceful
giants.
You will
continue
to
Guerrero
Negro
and lodge
in the
hotel.
Day 6: Guerrero Negro.
You will
travel for
few miles
to the
northern
shore of
Laguna Ojo
de Libre
for the
second
whale
watching.
Snack on
board. In
the
afternoon
you might
visit the
extraordinary
intallations
of the
company
Esportadora de Sal, the largest salt mine in the world.
Back to
the hotel.
Day 7: Guerrero Negro - Laguna San Ignacio. 126
miles.
You will
drive to
San
Ignacio,
the second
oasis of
the zone,
which host
one of the
most
beautiful
mission of
the XVIII
century.
After a
short
visit to
the
Museum of the Cave Paintings, you will travel on dirt
road to
the
Laguna San
Ignacio,
your third
base for
the whale
watching,
where you
will stay
at a
romantic
camp,
caressed
by the
breeze of
the
Pacific
Ocean.
After
lunch you
will sail
again to
the
encounter
with the
giants of
the sea.
Full board
and tent
lodging.
Day 8:
Laguna San Ignacio.
Time for
another
surprising
whale
watching
in the
lagoon and
also to
observe
the
endemic
fauna of
the large
mangrove
swamps.
Full board
and tent
lodging.
Day 9: Laguna San Ignacio – Bahěa
Magdalena. 256 miles.
You will
follow the
path of
the
Baja 1000,
the
legendary
off road
race that
blast
through
the
peninsula
every year
from north
to south
and
between
the
treacherous
mirages of
the
immense
Tide Flats,
you will
cross the
Laguna
on your
way to the
splendid
bay of
San
Juanico,
the green
orchards
of
La
Purisima,
the
farming
fields of
Ciudad
Constituciňn,
up to
Puerto San
Carlos,
your
fourth
whale
watching
base, on
the edge
of the
immense
sand dunes
of
Bahěa
Magdalena.
Hotel
lodging.
Day 10: Bahěa
Magdalena – La Paz. 170 miles.
Although
the Gray
Whale
rapresents
the main
attraction
in these
waters,
you will
also sail
to observe
the huge
population
of this
practically
virgin
ecosystem,
like
Dolphins,
Sea Lions,
Frigatebirds,
Cormorants,
Brown
Pelicans,
Heermann’s
Gulls,
Ospreys
and Herons.
You will
go ashore
the
barrier
island, to
explore
the
immense
extension
of
moving
dunes
and, in
the
afternoon,
you will
drive to
La Paz,
the
charming
capital of
Baja
California
Sur. Hotel
lodging.
Day 11: La
Paz - Los Cabos. 161 miles.
The old
road to
the south,
will take
you to the
coast of
the
Sea of
Cortez.
After
driving
across the
Tropic of
Cancer,the
incredible
trail that
parallels
the Gulf,will
allow you
to
discover a
majestic
succession
of
isolated
beaches,before
it takes
you to the
picturesque
San Jose
del Cabo,access
point to
the
touristic
corridor
of
Cabo San
Lucas.
Hotel
lodging.
Day 12: Los
Cabos –
La Paz. 89 miles.
You will
enjoy a
beautiful
glass
bottom
boat
excursion
to the
famous
granite
Archway
and
perhaps
some
shopping,before
to travel
north,
along the
Pacific
coast,to
visit the
misterious,
romantic
oasis of
Todos
Santos,on
your way
to spend
one more
night in
La Paz.
Hotel
lodging.
Day 13:
Departure from
La Paz.
You will
drop the
vehicle at
the
international
airport
and check
into your
flight.