Outside Magazine ▪ The Outside Travel Altas ▪ March, 2008
This mangrove-lined lagoon is the end of a 4,000 mile trip for the pregnant California gray whales that choose its calm, sheltered waters for giving birth. Up until last April, the world's largest salt processing plant was planned for this critical whale nursery. But when the Mexican government preserved 109,000 acres surrounding the lagoon, the plan was killed. Baja Expeditions ($2,295 bajaex.com ) takes boaters face to face with the mammals that end their migration here. Read more.
 Travel Age WEST ▪ Baja's Bounty ▪ March, 2008Tim Means, one of Baja's first adventure tourism operators, has been a leader in conservation efforts since founding Baja Expeditions in 1974. On his initial tours, travelers and scientists sailed in pangas to the islands off La Paz. Now Baja's leading eco-tour company, Baja Expeditions offers live-aboard scuba diving and whale watching trips, kayaking around Sea of Cortez islands, and a camp at Laguna San Ignacio…
 RV Life ▪ Tracking Steinbeck's Journey ▪ March, 2008My husband, Mike, and I had chosen to take the Sea of Cortez Journey because we wanted to see a variety of wildlife. Admirers of all living things, we were especially interested in the bird life, and we wanted to see large marine mammals and endemic reptiles as well. We also wanted to snorkel, hike and explore. We were able to see and to do all of the above during our nine-day adventure in the Sea of Cortez aboard the Don Jose.  Read feature article here.
 ZooNooz ▪ Whaaaale Watchers ▪ October, 2007No sooner do we cross the invisible barrier that allows us to slow down than we are approached by a mother and calf. The calf must be 15 feet long, and its mother is close to 40 feet. None of the folks in my boat have ever seen a whale, at least not this close. Mom swims under and lifts her little one up toward the rear of the boat. Even though the engine is in neutral, our driver lifts the outboard out of the water. Even I, a salty old hand who has spent half my life on this peninsula, am awestruck. Read feature article here.
 1,000 Places to See Before You Die ▪ Patricia Schultz ▪ Workman Publishing, 2003 Available at Amazon.comAuthor Patricia Schultz includes "Whale Watching in Baja" on her traveler's life list of 1,000 Places to See Before You Die in the New York Times #1 bestseller of the same name. And, she recognizes Baja Expeditions as the only operator to use! "At San Ignacio Lagoon, a magical place halfway down the Pacific Coast of the Baja Peninsula, whales regularly rise out of the sea to touch and be touched by humans." Read the full excerpt from the book...
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