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The Great Gray Whales of Baja

© Nat Hab Guest Deborah Doyle

Dates, Prices & Info


Trip Dates

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  • Departure
  • Return
  • Notes
Pair with our Monarchs trip or Monarchs Photo Expedition*
$6095
  • Feb 12, 2026
  • Feb 17, 2026
  • Pair with our Monarchs trip*
Pair with our Monarchs trip*
$5795
Pair with our Monarchs trip or Monarchs Photo Expedition*
$6095
  • Feb 18, 2026
  • Feb 23, 2026
  • Pair with our Monarchs trip*
Pair with our Monarchs trip*
$5795
  • Feb 21, 2026
  • Feb 26, 2026
  • Pair with our Monarchs trip*
Pair with our Monarchs trip*
$6095
Pair with our Monarchs trip or Monarchs Photo Expedition*
$6095

Women's Journey

$6095
  • Mar 2, 2026
  • Mar 7, 2026
  • Pair with our Monarchs trip*
Pair with our Monarchs trip*
$5795

*The trip pairings listed above line up within 1-4 days of our Kingdom of the Monarchs adventure or Monarch Butterfly Photo Expedition. Combine them for a comprehensive experience in Mexico.

Dates for 2027 are tentative and may shift once confirmed. Dates will be allocated to guests on a first-come, first-served basis and are expected to be confirmed soon. Please contact an Adventure Specialist for more details: 800-543-8917

  • Departure
  • Return
  • Notes
  • Feb 9, 2027
  • Feb 14, 2027
Price not confirmed. Please contact us.
  • Feb 12, 2027
  • Feb 17, 2027
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  • Feb 15, 2027
  • Feb 20, 2027
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  • Feb 18, 2027
  • Feb 23, 2027
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  • Feb 21, 2027
  • Feb 26, 2027
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  • Feb 24, 2027
  • Mar 1, 2027
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  • Feb 27, 2027
  • Mar 4, 2027
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  • Mar 2, 2027
  • Mar 7, 2027
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  • Mar 5, 2027
  • Mar 10, 2027
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  • Mar 8, 2027
  • Mar 13, 2027
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  • Mar 11, 2027
  • Mar 16, 2027
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  • Mar 14, 2027
  • Mar 19, 2027
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Trip Prices
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  • Trip Price
    $5795 to $6095

Single Occupancy: For a single room add $995. Click hereto learn how you can avoid the single supplement.
Deposit: $500 per person

Prices are per person based on double occupancy and are given in U.S. dollars.  Please read our Payment & Refund Policy here.

We're still in the process of confirming 2027 pricing. Please contact an Adventure Specialist for more details: 800-543-8917.

We're still in the process of confirming 2028 pricing. Please contact an Adventure Specialist for more details: 800-543-8917.

Group Size
Limited To 18 Travelers

A very important feature of our whale-watching tours is the limited group size, as whale encounters are best experienced with fewer travelers for a more intimate nature experience. On this eco-travel adventure, we have exclusive use of our private waterfront camp. We divide our group into smaller numbers for whale-watching excursions, with each boat generally accommodating eight to nine guests.

Make It Private

Take this trip on a private basis, traveling exclusively with your immediate family, multi-generational family or group of friends.

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Make It Custom

Take this trip on a private basis, traveling exclusively with your immediate family, multi-generational family or group of friends.

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Included

Accommodations, services of Nat Hab's professional Expedition Leader(s) and local staff, a local San Ignacio Lagoon guide on all excursions, all meals from dinner on Day 1 through breakfast on final day, some alcoholic beverages, some gratuities, airport transfers on Day 1 and final day, all activities and entrance fees, all taxes, permits and service fees.

Not Included

Travel to and from the start and end point of your trip, some alcoholic beverages, some gratuities, passport and visa fees (if any), optional activities, items of a personal nature (phone calls, laundry and internet, etc.), airline baggage fees, airport and departure taxes (if any), required medical evacuation insurance, optional travel protection insurance.

Important Information About This Trip

This rare adventure offers the closest possible whale encounters and is a must for lovers of marine wildlife! Here are some important aspects of the trip you should be aware of.

Early Booking Advised for Flights to and from Loreto, Mexico

Please be aware that flights to and from Loreto, our start and finish point, are often very limited. We strongly advise signing up for this trip as early as possible to avoid problems with flight availability and expensive fares. Additionally, airlines tend to alter flight schedules on this route fairly often, so please be aware that we may need to address a schedule change after flights have been booked.

Seasonality of Whale Behavior
Our current whale-watching season runs from early February to early March. With climate-related changes, we are observing the whales’ migration timing and seasonal behavior patterns slowly shifting. Visitors in the first part of February will be more likely to see active whales engaging in playful behavior, courtship and mating, with plenty of spy-hopping and dramatic breaches. Earlier in our season, mothers and calves are less visible as they remain in the upper protected areas of the lagoon where whale watching is not allowed, so as not to disturb the calves as they gain strength and weight. Later in February and into March, we are more likely to see mothers with calves, and “friendly” whale behavior, approaching our pangas at close range and sometimes coming directly alongside our boats.  

San Ignacio Lagoon Permitting
Part of what makes San Ignacio Lagoon such a pristine whale-watching environment is the unique permitting structure formed and managed by the local community. In addition to regulations set by the Mexican government, the lagoon camp operators and fishermen developed a permitting system to fairly manage the demand for whale-watching tourism while maintaining protection of the lagoon and the whales. The system involves a limited set number of permit-holders allowed to operate in the lagoon, and an even smaller number of permitted pangas that can enter the lagoon at a given time. Once a panga has entered the whale-watching area, it is allowed to remain up to 90 minutes before it must exit and allow other pangas to enter. Each panga must wait a minimum of 20 minutes between scheduled times in the whale-watching area, meaning no operator can have a panga in the whale-watching area for more than 90 minutes at a time. This can mean that at times, we must wait for a short period at the entrance to the whale-watching area until the sheriff permits our panga to enter. During this time, distant whale behavior can still be spotted in the viewing area.


Mandatory Insurance

Since the areas we travel to on this trip are remote and wild (that's why we go there!), we require medical evacuation insurance for our guests' safety. If you decline the medical evacuation insurance coverage offered by Natural Habitat, we request that you send us documentation of the independent coverage you have selected. We will add the cost of a medical evacuation policy to your tour invoice until you provide our office with proof of coverage, including your insurance company's name, contact number and your individual policy number. Thank you for understanding that our policy exists exclusively in the interest of our guests' safety.

Getting There & Getting Home

Plan to arrive in Loreto no later than 4 pm on Day 1 of the adventure, as there is a group orientation and welcome dinner at 5 pm. You are free to depart anytime on the final day.

We can best serve you if our Natural Habitat Adventures Travel Desk makes your reservations, as we are intimately familiar with the special requirements of this program and can arrange the most efficient travel. Please call us at 800-543-8917. Note that while we offer you the best possible rates available to us on airfare and additional nights' accommodations, you may find special web rates or better fares online.

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