What/Who is a good whale watching cruise to take in Cabo? Will be there in Jan. 2008?

Question

I want us to be as close up as possible. Visited Cabo Expeditions, sounds good but they don't say how long the cruise is. At $50 ea that's a lot if its only 1 hr or so

Answer 1

I have never gone on a whale watching cruise in Cabo, but I have been to Cabo about 15 times or so. If it was me I would not worry about setting this up in advance, their are vendors everywhere selling these types of trips and you will get the best deal and the most bang for your buck if purchase it down there. Also most hotels are going have someone to assist their guests and will recommend a trip for you. I mostly fish down there and during that time of the year you can get one heck of a show from the whales, have fun!

Answer 2

I don't know about you but most tourists can't afford to go to Magalena Bay!!

Go to the website www.loscabosguide.com to locate all the current charters. All are good. I have not heard of any that are not. You are looking at about $50US to go out. That's not bad. Its a tourist thing. You will see lots of whales in January. You can see them from the shore!

Answer 3

One time my mother and me were at the beach and everybody yelled & screamed . . .'beached whale' 'beached whale'.... But I looked around and never saw a whale on the beach. Weird.

Answer 4

If you want to see mothers and their calves first hand, whale-watching trips to Magdalena Bay (the closest calving area to Los Cabos) are best made with daytrip fly-in tours. Aereo Calafia offers tours during the whale watching season. This is a completely different experience than whale watching off the coast of Los Cabos as you are in a protected area of extremely calm, shallow water. Here you will be able to interact with the whales and get much closer to them than in the open ocean. The opportunity to pet whales is not uncommon. If you have more time to spend a few days in Magdalena Bay, there are several tour companies that operate from Loreto as a base camp.

You will find that there are several local, top notch-whale watching tours that will bring you as close as possible to the grays and other whales off the coast of Los Cabos and they generally conduct daily excursions from January to March.


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