The Whispers in the Lagoon: The Magic of the remote whale camps in Baja.
The perceptions of viewing a whale through a busy cruise ship and lying there in the morning hearing the blow of a whale, which is the mother giving her baby a kiss, are two entirely different things. A special type of eco-tourism has mastered the art of connecting in the remote areas of the Baja California Sur, namely in the sheltered areas of the San Ignacio Lagoon and Magdalena Bay, the whale watching camp. These camps do not only offer a tour but also a temporary home in the middle of the winter nursery of the Gray Whale. The Heart of the Nursery Each year thousands of the gray whales make their difficult 12,000-mile journey through the Arctic to the warm and hyper salty lagoons of Baja. Although Baja whale watching camp can be done on many fronts, the magic is done in the so-called camps, which are usually on the edge of the water in the Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve. These lagoons have the habit of "friendlies" which is well known. Gray Whale mothers in these particular l...