2-Day Magdalena Bay Gray Whale Van Tour: Up Close Encounter with Marine Life
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4 Ratings
Cabo San Lucas
Embark on a 2-day van tour in Magdalena Bay for an unforgettable up-close encounter with Gray Whales. Led by a marine biologist guide, explore the rich ecosystem and spot dolphins, turtles, and migratory birds. Don't miss the chance to check off your bucket list with this intimate wildlife experience!
Duration: 2 days
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • 5VVG+HC Adolfo Lpez Mateos - During our 2-Day Van Tour guests will spend a total of 6 hours whale watching, providing them with the best chance for an up-close and personal encounter with the Gray Whales. Each tour will be led by a Marine Biologist guide, explaining in detail the biology and history of these gentle giants. The guide will also takes photos during the tour, which are provided to our guests free of charge.

Close and intimate encounters with mother and baby Gray Whales

What's Included
  • Assorted snacks provided (including fruit, granola bars, and beverages)
  • Comfortable in-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Transportation to our office is not included
Additional Information

During our 2-Day Van Tour guests will spend a total of 6 hours whale watching, providing them with the best chance for an up-close and personal encounter with the Gray Whales. Each tour will be led by a Marine Biologist guide, explaining in detail the biology and history of these gentle giants. The guide will also takes photos during the tour, which are provided to our guests free of charge.

Because of its location and ecosystem, Magdalena Bay is home to many other species, including dolphins, turtles, many sea and migratory birds. The lagoon is sheltered by the sandy barrier islands of Isla Magdalena and Isla Santa Margarita from the Pacific Ocean where coyotes can be spotted occasionally while whale watching in the bay. The mangrove swamps offer sea birds shelter and food, making it a perfect habitat for them.

If an intimate encounter with mother and baby Gray whales is on your bucket list, you will be sure to love this tour!

Location
Blvd. Paseo de la Marina 17
Boulevard Paseo de la Marina
We are located in Plaza Bonita in the Cabo San Lucas Marina. From the main road you can find us behind Starbucks and from the marina side you will find us behind Nowhere Bar. Affordable parking available at Puerto Paraiso Shopping Mall. Or book transportation with Cabo's Routes.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Andrewbb3362wi
Feb 19, 2024
More Grey Whales Than We Could Count - My wife and I took the day Grey Whale trip to Puerto Chale. We were with 5 other folks. Everyone was pleasant to be with. Gisela was our AWESOME guide. The trip was exactly as advertised. Pick up at 6am, 4-ish hour drive in the van to Puerto Chale, the panga left and returned to the dock exactly on time, lunch at the dock and 4-ish hours back to Cabo. It is a long day. This is a very isolated location. I found the scenery to be stunning. Got to the area with whales after a 20 min ride in the panga. More whales than we could count. Greys seem to like coming up to the pangas - much more than humpbacks. Many whales breaching, doing the pectoral fin flop. Big highlight was the spy-hopping behavior that I believe is unique to these guys. Not uncommon to look across the water and see half a dozen whales sticking their heads out of the water doing the spy-hopping. We have used WWC for the last six years. They have never disappointed, I've never felt they were jeopardizing ours or the whales safety. Did I mention Gisela is AWESOME
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Ourislandtime
Feb 28, 2020
Highlight of Cabo Trip - Frequent visitors to Cabo and planned this trip around this Whale Watch Tour. Amazing! Whales everywhere. Saw all behaviors... breaching, tails, flippers, pie holes. Got up close and touched a young whale that came right up to our boat. Thanks to Bea, Maria and our 2 captains. Learned much from Bea and the captains worked to get us close to the whales. Highly recommend this tour. The company is easy to work with and will take care of you.
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Davidricks
Feb 22, 2020
experience of a lifetime - This trip exceeded my expectations. The guide was fantastic. The driver was very helpful and had good English skills and useful knowledge. The whales were amazing. Both three hour boat rides were full of excitement and beauty. The bay is beautiful, but it is hard to take your eyes off the whales. We saw over 100. One baby rode on the back of her mother right next to our boat. Another mother and baby glided under our boat, almost within touching distance. Yet another whale surfaced after being under our boat, blew water on us, and continued on showing her tail. Beautiful. I had heard that the roads from Cabo to the Bay were bad. Not true. The ride was easy and comfortable. The van even felt roomy. Most of the food was quite good. Especially the prepared sack lunch for the first day and the dinner that night. The only food not so good was the second day's sack lunch. We had the option of eating lunch at a place at the bay, but made the wrong choice of taking the sack lunch instead. Otherwise, a fantastic trip. Well worth it.
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Sheryl
Feb 6, 2020
Too early. - This trip was the last week in January. Even the guide said it was early; that the whales hadn’t quite migrated there yet. We did see a few mamas and babies. I was expecting to see the whales come up to the boat and to touch them as it shows in their advertisement. Very disappointed ☹️. Someone said they went end of February and March and they saw lots and touched them. I would like my money back so I could go again but later.
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