Wanderlust World Wanderlust World This tour company offers group air expeditions or guided bus tours from San Diego, California, to the San Ignacio Lagoon. Travelers can also drive to the camp. Accommodations include 14 solar-powered cabins with views of the lagoon. Besides two whale watches daily, migratory bird-watching and reading natural history books in the camp's library, guests may comb the beach for shells, fossils and whale bone fragments. The food served is Mexican coastal cuisine. The dining room can provide vegetarian meals, with prior notice.
The Mayoral family who runs this whale-watching organization have the distinction of claiming the first recorded friendly encounter with a gray whale by their patriarch, Pachico, in 1972. He is still involved with the tours and is willing to share his experiences with visitors. The other members of the family have grown up on the lagoon and are knowledgeable about the seasonal whale and bird activity at San Ignacio. In addition to five solar-powered cabins available for rental, space is provided for camping in tents, truck campers and recreational vehicles. Chefs in the camp's dining tent incorporate fresh seafood and locally-grown produce into their meals. Whale-watching boats go out daily from January through mid-April.
Solar-powered beach bungalows, all with views of the lagoon, accommodate guests at Blue Waters' San Ignacio facility. While here, visitors can participate in activities, such as kayaking, desert nature hikes and birding. Guides are naturalists who will share their knowledge of the lagoon's natural history, marine biology, birds and vegetation. The camp welcomes children 7 years of age and older. Two whale watches are launched each day. When guests leave, the camp hosts a send-off fiesta.
Guests of this tour group have access to skiff rides to the whale viewing area twice daily, as well as mountain biking in the desert and guided tours of the salt flats. Twelve solar-powered cabins, elevated above the sand, include beachfront windows. Besides the whales, visitors may glimpse such bird populations as ospreys, pelicans, peregrine falcons and oyster catchers. A minimum two-night stay is required.