LORETO, BAJA CALIFORNIA, Mexico-- Sharing great nature experiences are the stuff family travel is made of, and Sea Kayak Adventures offers one of the best opportunities for this type of family adventure. On their family friendly trips, parents can share an exciting whale watching experience with their children as young as eight. As early bird incentive, the company is offering one child per family to join the trip absolutely free in February 2010, if booked by November 30, 2009.  Other youth through age 17 get the normal company youth rate of 10% off. 

 

Sea Kayak Adventures’ Isla Santo Domingo “safari-style” exclusive base camp is located right in the heart of the largest gray whale calving area. However, this family adventure offers much more than simply seeing whales. On Sea Kayak Adventures’ five-day whale watching base camp excursion in Baja California’s federally protected Magdalena Bay, adults and children can often actually touch one of the 20,000 gray whales that calve in the waters each winter.

 

“It’s the moment of a lifetime,” says SKA president Terry Prichard, “to be eyeball to eyeball with a whale. On these tours whale sightings are guaranteed.” Each day motorized skiffs take participants out to the deeper waters of Boca de Soledad, where ‘friendlies’ swim up to the boat. In our exclusive safari-style beach camp in the heart of gray whale activity, as whales breach and spy-hop just offshore, guests can explore whalebone-littered beaches and look for herons, egrets, dolphins, and spouting grays. That hollow sound after nightfall? It’s whales breathing! Guides versed in whale natural history lead fun activities for kids, point out wildlife and prepare all meals. Whales enjoy full protection of the Mexican federal government and one must be with a licensed guide to go whale watching here.

 

Cost: $995 for adults and 10% off for children age 8 through 17; and includes first and last nights’ accommodation in Loreto. Airfare is not included. Alaska/Horizon Air offers a direct one hour jet flight from Los Angeles (LAX) to Loreto (LTO) in southern Baja California, Mexico.

 

Departures depart weekly Feb 2010 from Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Dates include arrival and departure days, with three days and two nights at the base camp.

 

For more information, contact Sea Kayak Adventures Inc. at (800) 616-1943, or visit their website at www.seakayakadventures.com. Email: info@seakayakadventures.com.