Get an insider’s look into daily life at our whale-watching camp with our expert guide reports. Our knowledgeable guides share exciting sightings, interesting insights, and personal stories from their time in San Ignacio. Stay up-to-date on the latest happenings in this unique part of the world and join us on a fascinating journey exploring the wonders of Baja California Sur and the breathtaking wildlife that thrives here.
Whale watching with kids at our camp feels like the ultimate Christmas morning, filled with wonder, excitement, and endless possibilities for adventure. As the season progresses, the camp becomes a hub of activity, with new groups arriving and departing, leaving their mark and forging new bonds of friendship. But there’s something special about having a READ MORE ...
It’s not often we get such a close encounter with a Blue Whale, but sometimes we are rewarded with such an interaction. On our Big Whale Trip in February, we had such an encounter. Usually, we get to see Blue Whales at a distance and that’s a treat of its own….but having one circle our READ MORE ...
Coronado Island is a fascinating island….Located only 30 minutes boat ride from the marina in Loreto, Baja Sur. Mexico, it’s an amazing wildlife sanctuary. READ MORE ...
Isla Coronado in Loreto is one of the highlights of our trip on the Sea of Cortez. It’s a volcanic lsland that also hosts a Sea Lion hang out….it’s NOT a rookery with females and babies…but a sub-adult and older male “colony” that is just a bunch of men, hanging out on a nice perch….The READ MORE ...
Hey there, amigos. Let me tell you, sometimes whale-watching is like a mercurial lover. One minute, it’s smooth sailing, the wind in your hair, and the next, it’s like a cruel mistress, bringing the tide down so low you gotta get down in the mud and push that panga back to shore. But you know READ MORE ...
I’ve seen some cool stuff in my years as a guide at Campo Cortez, but last night took the cake. Out in the middle of nowhere, with nothing but sand dunes and the occasional cactus for company, I found myself under the light of a full moon, surrounded by the howls of coyotes and the READ MORE ...
It’s always exciting when you’re making your way to the camp, and you’re full of excitement of getting there and seeing everyone, then setting up your campervan or wherever it is you’ll be calling home for the next 3 months, and that first trip out to see the whales… woosh! It’s indescribable! But this year, READ MORE ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
