Loreto has sprawling beaches and the warm waters of Sea of Cortes. Sportfishing in the Sea of Cortez is world-famous. Known as the Dorado (mahi-mahi) capital. Scuba diving in Loreto is a unique and exciting experience the wide variety of marine fish and aquatic life here is astonishing. A few miles offshore there are islands for divers to explore. But the fun isn't limited to just fishermen and divers. Spend a day exploring the colonial town of Loreto. Visit the Misión Nuestra Señora de Loreto and local museum in the center of town. Explore the local shops or enjoy snorkeling excursions and day trips to the outer islands. Loreto even has its own 18-hole, par 72 golf course.
Following the build of National Geographic Quest at Nichols Brothers shipyard, her sister ship the 100-guest National Geographic Venture floated into the bay on Whidbey Island, becoming the 4th ship in the Lindblad fleet built at this storied PNW shipyard.
Apr 06, 2027 - Loreto
Loreto has sprawling beaches and the warm waters of Sea of Cortes. Sportfishing in the Sea of Cortez is world-famous. Known as the Dorado (mahi-mahi) capital. Scuba diving in Loreto is a unique and exciting experience the wide variety of marine fish and aquatic life here is astonishing. A few miles offshore there are islands for divers to explore. But the fun isn't limited to just fishermen and divers. Spend a day exploring the colonial town of Loreto. Visit the Misión Nuestra Señora de Loreto and local museum in the center of town. Explore the local shops or enjoy snorkeling excursions and day trips to the outer islands. Loreto even has its own 18-hole, par 72 golf course.
Apr 07, 2027 - Bahía Concepción
Apr 08, 2027 - Santa Rosalia
Santa Rosalía is an isolated town located on the Sea of Cortés. It possesses its own unique style of French architecture, built by a French mining company in exchange for mineral rights. Places of interest include Santa Barbara church, originally designed by Gustave Eiffel in 1884 and preconstructed in two years to be shown in a World Exposition in Paris in 1889. Other sights include Santa Rosalía's Municipal Palace,and the Morelos Garden (the location of an original locomotive Baldwin brought in 1886).
Apr 09, 2027 - Bahia de los Angeles
Apr 10, 2027 - Isla Rasa
Apr 11, 2027 - Isla San Esteban
Apr 12, 2027 - Isla San Pedro Martir
Apr 12, 2027 - Bahia de Loreto National Park
Apr 13, 2027 - Isla San Jose
The Islands in the sea of Cortez, Mexico, are among the most beautiful and captivating regions in the world. The remote island of San Jose offers spectacular coastal scenery, fine camping beaches, and an opportunity to really escape from the crowds. You will discover some incredible snorkeling and kayaking sites where the sea is teeming with tropical fish.
Apr 14, 2027 - Isla de Espiritu Santo
This 23,383-acre island near La Paz is centered in one of the most biologically diverse marine areas in the world – and is a major environmental success story. Several plants and animals are found nowhere else in the world, including the blacktailed jack rabbit and antelope squirrel. Drop anchor at Espiritú Santo’s Bahía Bonanza for a day ashore. Take a guided walk among the tangle of exotic cacti, or swim, snorkel and kayak the crystal clear sea here that supports 900 species of fish.
Apr 15, 2027 - Cabo Pulmo National Park
Cabo Pulmo National Park is Baja Mexico’s National Marine Park and is approximately 60 miles north of Cabo San Lucas. On June 5, 1995, Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo introduced Cabo Pulmo National Park to the rest of the world and declared to conserve the national resources and its marine ecosystem. The National Marine Park runs parallel to the Eastern Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Cortez. Surrounded by unspoiled deserts and immaculate mountain ranges, the National Marine Park cradles one of only 3 living coral reefs in North America. During the first decade since it opened, the area has seen over 400% increase in total biomass due to the healthy condition of the reefs. On water, visitors come to Cabo Pulmo to whale watch, surf, snorkel and dive with the diverse marine life that live there. On land, visitors can mountain bike, hike mountains, or just enjoy the tranquility of Old Mexico.
Apr 16, 2027 - La Paz, Mexico
La Paz is one of the most beautiful towns of northwestern Mexico, and tourism now plays a major role in the city's economy. The Gulf of California is home to over 800 species of fish, including giant manta rays, whales, dolphins, and sea lions. In the mountains behind the city the Sierra De La Laguna Biosphere Reserve is home to an incredible abundance and diversity of flora and fauna, including species unique to the area. The city has an aquarium, two marinas, museums, theaters, and an art institute. The Las Californias Library is located within the former Government Palace, and holds the most important manuscript collection on the region's history.
Apr 16, 2027 - San Jose del Cabo
As part of Los Cabos—a name bestowed by Mexican tourism officials upon the once-remote Baja California communities—San Jose del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas frequently are considered to be the same type of place. However, party-hearty Cabo San Lucas is strictly a resort, while 200-year-old San Jose del Cabo is a bona fide—although small—Mexican town with a shady plaza and pastel pink and blue houses.
Visitors from abroad often find San Jose del Cabo one of the most Americanized resorts in Mexico with English as common as Spanish on signs, many expatriates running businesses, and prices on restaurant menus, in shops and bars, and on tours given in U.S. dollars instead of Mexican pesos. You can get a sense of the natural beauty surrounding Los Cabos, though, from the lookout point above Costa Azul, a popular surfing beach just south of San Jose.
San Jose del Cabo stands apart from other resort destinations in Mexico such as Cancun or Puerto Vallarta because of its climate, geography, terrain and its former life as the last frontier on the Baja Peninsula. Visitors to San Jose del Cabo are lured by its deep-blue sea, coves and beaches, dramatic rock formations and desert landscapes; however, in addition to basking in the temperate climate, they also play golf, go deep-sea fishing, scuba diving and snorkeling, whale-watch and explore Baja off-road.