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A Most Significant Experience

February 11, 2023September 16, 2024 Lisa

I have just had the most incredible, and possibly the most significant, experience of my life. I know that this experience is not yet over, not yet complete, because I am still processing it and trying to incorporate it and take in what it means and how it has changed me and continues to do READ MORE …

2023 Season, Guide Reports

An Adventure of a Lifetime

February 9, 2023September 16, 2024 Lisa

We jostle and shake for four hours as we slowly make our way out to the lagoon. My daughter, Jennifer and I are travelling to see what the locals call the “desert whales” of Mexico. It is March and the road is wet and often divides into several tracks. Johnny, our driver, proceeds cautiously, as READ MORE …

2023 Season, Videos

We Found Heaven on Earth

February 9, 2023September 16, 2024 Lisa

My idea of relaxation is floating in a small panga surrounded by a couple hundred tons of agitated mammals. My wife and I do this every year in San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja Mexico. Our annual hosts are Johnny Friday and Maldo Fischer of the Baja Ecotours. I must admit to a personal prejudice here, for READ MORE …

2023 Season, Guide Reports

An Experience I Will Never Forget!

August 30, 2022September 16, 2024 Lisa

I am happy to report that the experience for myself and that of my group at Campo Cortez was possibly the high point of our 13 days tour and completely exceeded my expectations! Not only did we have fantastic interactions with the Whales, we were impressed by the attention to detail in terms of the READ MORE …

2023 Season, Guide Reports
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"Our experience could not have been improved upon in any way, shape, or form. Every aspect of Campo Cortez is wonderful and managed perfectly by a superb staff accompanied by delicious food. The whales, ah, the whales...communing with them, especially the 'friendlies', was an experience of a lifetime. I've been twice and already can't wait to return!!"

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Baja Ecotours 2026 – Grey Whale Tours – Ecolodge – At San Ignacio Lagoon