Natural features

Baja California whale watching

Mexico Baja California Sur

Baja California whale watching
Photo: Joe McKenna from San Diego, California, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Grey whales migrate to the lagoons of Baja California to give birth from January to April. At San Ignacio Lagoon and Magdalena Bay, friendly whales often approach small boats to be touched.


Further south, Cabo San Lucas has the El Arco rock arch, and Espíritu Santo near La Paz has sea lions.

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