• Guests: max 6 people

• Duration: 8 days

• Boat: day trips on comfortable small private boats with shade

• Number of full days in the water: 5 full days on private boat + 1/2 day kayaking

• Food: breakfast every day + snacks during the boat days included

• Conditions: outside temperature: 25°C, water temperature: 16-22°C

• Skill requirement: good swimming skills

• Pick up location: La Paz (LAP) airport

• Accommodation: High standard accommodation. Rooms for 2 people. 

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Price includes::

• Airport transfers

• 7 nights of accommodation with breakfast

• 5 days (6 hours every day) of ocean safari

• Yoga, meditation or breathwork sessions

• 1/2 day of kayaking in Balandra Bay

• Professional guides for the entire expedition who will share with information about the animals, their behaviour and their importance for the ecosystem

• Snorkeling equipment

• All transfers during the expedition

• Album of professional underwater photos of you and your interactions with the animals

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Expedition Highlights

• Snorkeling and freediving in the largest aggregation of Mobula rays numbering in the thousands

• Swimming with wild dolphins

• Snorkeling in a large colony of sea lions, meeting their curious cubs 

• Watching mobula rays' acrobatic jumps

• Chance of snorkeling with orcas and observing their behaviour 

• Encounters with blue whales - the biggest animals on our planet

• Yoga, meditation and breathwork sessions  

• Observing a variety of bird species

• Information about the ocean and animal behaviour from professional guides

• Traveling the desert full of cacti

• Kayaking in the beautiful Balandra Bay

ITINERARY:

Day 1:
La Paz - Meeting, briefing, and accommodation
We will pick you up at the airport and take you to your accommodatipn in the beautiful La Ventana. La Ventana is a secluded village situated on the coast of the Gulf of California, with the beautiful turquoise water surrounded by pinkish sand mountains and full of marine life.
• Accommodation: La Ventana

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Day 2

La Ventana - Mobula rays and bay full of life

At this time of year, Mobula rays migrate in huge schools of thousands near the shores of Baja California, and La Ventana is where their largest aggregations can be seen. Each day we hop on a boat and spend the day searching for them, watching their acrobatic leaps out of the water and finding the best opportunities to swim with them. Hundreds of rays leaping out of the water and slapping against the ocean's surface is one of the most amazing natural spectacles on the planet. On these exploratory expeditions, we'll also search for the orcas, sperm whales and blue whales that cross this area. The waters of the Gulf of California are teeming with life, and we'll be looking for every opportunity to swim with the amazing wildlife we'll have the chance to see. There will be a morning or afternoon yoga/meditation/breathwork session that will complement your wildlife experience. We found that pairing  yoga or meditation with the strong wildlife experience is a perfect combination - it makes us more grateful, present in life and gain perspective on what is important.

• Accommodation: La Ventana

Day 3
La Paz - Sea lion colony 
On this day, we will drive through a scenic route full of cacti to spend time on a boat with stunning scenery along the coast of Baja California. We will swim in a large colony of sea lions and play with their curious pups. The sea lions here in Los Islotes are friendly and playful, the youngs often come very close and ask you to play with the air bubbles and their moms come to inspect you out and sometimes even want to be touched. We will enjoy lunch on a white sandy beach in a beautiful blue lagoon, and on the way back to the port, we will observe rare birds, dolphins, and other marine life in this area full life.
• Accommodation: La Ventana

Day 4 and 5 

La Ventana - Mobula rays and bay full of life

Each day, we will spend around 6 hours on the boat looking for the best wildlife experience this special place has to offer - thousands of mobula rays dancing underwater as one, encounters with intelligent orcas, and the possibility to see blue whales, sperm whales, different species of dolphins and other marine animals. It is no coincidence that even National Geographic chose this area to shoot some of the footage for their ocean documentairs. Each day, we will also enjoy our yoga or meditation sessions to deepen our experience, connect with nature, and give us specific time to include these important moments as core memories.
• Accommodation: La Ventana

Day 6
Cabo Pulmo - La Ribera
This day, we will move south from La Ventana, to a secluded town of La Ribera from where we will have the access to the Cabo Pulmo Nature Reserve - a hope spot for marine life. When we arrive, we will dedicate this day to relaxing, enjoying the stunning beach views and beach yoga with the sunset. We will observe the stars that are incredibly bright here due to a minimum light pollution.
• Accommodation: Beautiful Mexican Casa, La Ribera

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Day 7

Cabo Pulmo - Hope Spot & Blue Whales

Cabo Pulmo is a small coastal town on the east coast of Baja California and is one of the most beautiful examples of the successful transformation of a rustic fishing village into a sustainable tourism destination. Cabo Pulmo is a so-called Hope spot - a place where animals can breed and stay without danger. Since 1995, when it began to be protected, the number of living organisms has increased by a staggering 420%. This is the best season when we can encounter blue whales here - the biggest animals on this planet, dolphins, and huge tornadoes of fish, some of which have been famously photographed here. Cabo Pulmo is proof that ocean conservation makes sense, and you can look forward to seeing what the ocean can look like when treated with respect - stunning and full of life.

• Accommodation: Beautiful Mexican Casa, La Ribera

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Day 8 End of the expedition

Transfer to the airport or to your next accommodation in this area.

Please book your flight back home no earlier than at 1pm.