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From January to March, gray whales make complete the longest migration of any mammal, a 6,000 mile journey from their summer homes in the Bering and Chukchi Seas between Alaska and Siberia, to winter in the warm waters of Baja California and the Sea of Cortez. They arrive in late December seeking both shelter from the frigid northern waters and refuge to birth their young. Gray whales (also known as the Pacific gray, California gray or grayback) calve in the protected, shallow lagoon of Magdalena Bay. There are a number of tour companies operating out of La Paz. Ask your hotel concierge about tours and they will hook you up with a tour that will likely include a 3 hour bus ride to Magdalena Bay, lunch, and a couple of hours in a panga with the whales where you will get within several feet of these giants and their newborns. It is not uncommon to be able to pet the whales as they are fairly friendly.
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Reviewed by:
sloshed
Review date: Sep-21-2006
This was one of the most amazing experiences I have ever had. We got hooked up with a tour through our hotel for $85 pp (I think)... We got packed into a van with a bunch of other people and drove about an hour to Constitucion where we had breakfast. Then it was another 2 hour drive over to Magdalena Bay. We got into our panga and off we went. We were out in the water for a couple of hours and saw many whales. A few times we got within about 10 feet of them including a mother and her baby. Unfortunately, it was very windy the day we went and apparently results are better when the water is calmer. After this we stopped in at a restaurant nearby for a very mediocre lunch. Our tour driver was pretty uptight and not very friendly on the trip to Magdalena Bay, but loosened up on the way home. We stopped at the store and loaded up on beer turning our van into a drunk bus. You absolutely must go see the whales - it is damn near a religious experience.
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