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Baja Eco-Tourism tours

johng - 4-16-2008 at 02:15 PM

Hi from Australia,
I am a travel agent with two customers who wish to do some type of eco-tourism tour down the Baja Peninsula. I have seen there are whale-watching tours but they are more interested in a land component with plants/animals etc. Something different - they are not interested in drinking plenty of margaritas or going shopping. They are 60 yrs old but quite healthy.
I have seen some info. on cave paintings but am unable to find a reputable tour company. They don't mind if the tour is for a night or two.

Can anybody advise me?
Thanks, John

The Gull - 4-16-2008 at 02:28 PM

http://www.kuyima.com/kuyima.html

Paula - 4-16-2008 at 03:18 PM

http://www.tourbaja.com/

On the site you can look at saddling south for pack trips, paddling south for kayaking, peddling south for bycycling.

Roberto - 4-16-2008 at 04:26 PM

http://www.malarrimo.com/

Check out "Other tours & Activities"

wilderone - 4-16-2008 at 04:32 PM

If they just want to enjoy the peninsula at their leisure and then do a cave painting trip, they could rent a car and do that on their own. So many of the Baja guidebooks tell you where to find what - and the highway is pretty straightforward. If they flew into Loreto, they could start there with a day on Coronado Island, rent a car and do a trip to the San Xavier mission; proceed north on Mex. 1 to Mulege - do a pictograph hike, on to San Ignacio for a bird watching tour; get the permit for the cave paintings; do the cave painting thing, and reverse.
We could give them all the details.

Festus - 4-16-2008 at 04:41 PM

You may wish to explain to your clients that whale watching in Baja is not like anywhere else in the world. I have done the tours in Australia, South Africa and California and you never get any closer to the whales than 100 yards. In Guerrero Negro and other locations the Mexican tour operators will often get you close enough to touch and have significant interaction with the whales. But they need to go between Jan 1 and April 15. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity and well worth it.

See www.hotelloscaracoles.com.mx among many websites for whale watching tours. We did the Caracoles tour a few weeks ago and got to pet and interact with a baby whale for 45 minutes. Incredible.

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tehag - 4-16-2008 at 08:46 PM

San Borjita cave paintings or whales in Baja Sur area.

http://desertandsea.com

Also http://tourbaja.com for San Francisco cave paintings, kayaking, and pack trips.