2025B Baja Women’s Adventure & Gray Whales

La Paz, Mexico

GE
192 reviews
Mar 2 - 9, 2025
Group size: 7 - 14
2025B Baja Women’s Adventure & Gray Whales
La Paz, Mexico

192 reviews

Mar 2 - 9, 2025
Group size: 7 - 14

About this trip

Are you ready for a Life-Changing Adventure? Join us  in La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico – Your Gateway to Bucket List Wildlife Encounters!


Get ready for an epic journey in La Paz, where unforgettable adventures await just a short distance from home. Known as the gateway to some of the world’s most incredible wildlife encounters, La Paz offers you the chance to snorkel with sea lions, swim alongside majestic whale sharks, and experience the awe of meeting gray whales up close in the iconic Magdalena Bay.


This isn’t just a trip—it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to immerse yourself in nature while being surrounded by a supportive group of positive, like-minded women. You’ll stay at a remote glamping camp on the stunning Ensenada Grande beach, where you’ll be cared for by a team of expert local guides and enjoy chef-prepared meals in a “billion-star resort” setting.


The adventure begins with two days in Puerto Lopez Mateos, the gateway to Magdalena Bay, where you’ll lock eyes with gray whales—an encounter that’s been called life-changing. These gentle giants, especially their curious calves, approach your boat with playful curiosity, offering you an intimate connection that’s truly surreal.


From there, we drive south to La Paz, and head to our beachside camp on Espiritu Santo Island. Far from roughing it, this glamping camp will keep you comfortable in the wild.


By day, you’ll snorkel with hundreds of playful sea lions at Los Islotes, kayak along towering volcanic arches, and hike through pristine desert landscapes. Every moment brings a new adventure, culminating in an exhilarating swim with whale sharks—the largest fish in the world—right in the Bay of La Paz.


This women-only trip is led by a Green Edventures naturalist and expert local guides who provide deep insights into the ecology and conservation of this stunning region. Whether you’re a seasoned adventurer or a first-timer, all skill levels are welcome, with no prior experience necessary. And every night, relax under the stars as you connect with your fellow travelers, discovering the magic of what you can achieve together.


Join us for this extraordinary adventure—a perfect blend of relaxation, discovery, and the thrill of wildlife encounters that most people only dream about.

TRIP HIGHLIGHTS

Baja Edventure Highlights:

  • Snorkel and free-dive in the Sea of Cortez, once dubbed “The World’s Aquarium” by Jacques Cousteau.
  • Glamp on one of the world’s most beautiful beaches in style, with comfortable tents and chef-prepared meals.
  • Explore coral reefs, rocky outcrops, and sandy bays on guided snorkeling trips in small groups.
  • Kayak along volcanic shores, navigating sea caves and arches while spotting shorebirds and sea lions.
  • Spend a full day up close with gray whales in Magdalena Bay, an unforgettable experience.
  • Play in the water with 400 friendly and curious sea lions at Los Islotes.
  • Learn about and taste different types of tequila in a fun and informative tasting session.
  • Enjoy informal evening talks about ecology and conservation in a relaxed setting.
  • Swim with whale sharks, the gentle giants of the sea.

GROUP SIZE

Minimum 7 / Maximum 14 

To facilitate the most intimate and authentic experience of our adventure together, the group size is limited to no more than 14 participants. In addition to enhancing safety, a small group limits our impact on this pristine ecosystem. 


This trip needs 7 participants to reach critical mass within 90 days of the tour start date.  If we are unable to fill a trip, all participants will receive a full refund.


Once the trip is confirmed, you will receive an email that contains the travel parameters for booking your flight, waivers, and other tour-specific details.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Easy:

Designed for those new to adventure travel or preferring a more relaxed experience.


Preparation: No specific exercise routine required. 


Considerations: Participants will need to be able to walk unassisted for up to 2 miles roundtrip over uneven terrain. Participants must know how to swim and be comfortable in/around open water. Between La Paz and Magdalena Bay it is 3 hours each way of driving. Out at Espiritu Santo island we travel by boat.

MAP POINTS & LODGING

Click HERE to view Google Map of the itinerary. 


Lodging:

4 nights Glamping on Espiritu Island with a private crew, cook, dive leader, boat captain, fresh food, and all equipment provided. Participants sleep on cots inside tents.   


2 Nights at 3-star hotels in La Paz and 1 night at 2-star accommodations near for Gray Whales.


About the Camp…

Let’s start by saying this isn’t roughing it—far from it! Picture a comfortable, well-organized base camp nestled on a stunning beach, where every detail is thoughtfully arranged to make your stay both cozy and convenient.


Each tent is designed for comfort, with enough room for most people to stand up inside. You’ll find two cots equipped with plush sleeping bags, pillows, and fresh linens, along with bath towels for your daily use.


The heart of the camp is our covered kitchen and dining area, where delicious meals are served at tables with chairs for everyone. In the evenings, this space transforms into a classroom where you can learn about the local environment and get briefed on the next day’s adventures.


Need to keep your camera charged for those once-in-a-lifetime shots? No problem—a generator runs at night to recharge your electronics, so you’re always powered up and ready to capture the action.


For bathroom facilities, the camp offers two modified marine toilets that are clean and easy to use. They feature manual flushing, with a simple setup for waste disposal. While it’s not the same as your home bathroom, it’s designed with your comfort in mind.


Solar showers are available, though with the cool weather this time of year, a quick fresh-water rinse is often all you’ll need. For longer trips, many guests find that bringing wet wipes provides a handy alternative.

MEALS

Authentic delicious and healthy meals from dinner on arrival day to breakfast on departure day. They are a mix of international and Mexican cuisine. 

DOCUMENTATION

All participants must have a passport valid for travel 6 months beyond the date of departure. 

 

Passports/Visas:

Visit the US State Department Website for the most current requirements. Most destinations require your passport to be valid 6 months beyond your planned departure date. Check your passport now to avoid last minute stress and hassle. 

State Department Website 


Vaccinations & Travel Health:

Visit the CDC website for the most current requirements for travel and other travel health related suggestions and concerns for your destination.

CDC Website

FLEXIBLE PAYMENT METHODS & INSTALLMENTS

Installments

For your convenience you can pay for your adventure in interest-free monthly installments using a checking account or credit card. 


ACH / Checking Account 

Pay zero transaction fees when you pay from your checking account.


Credit Card

Want to rack up points on your credit card? We get it. WeTravel will add a service fee to the total amount of your trip if you pay with a credit card. Credit Cards fees: 2.9% (Amex: 3.9%). This is a bank convenience fee not a fee added by Green Edventures. 


Alternate Between ACH & Credit Card

You can change your payment method at any time in your WeTravel Account

GREEN EDVENTURES' TERMS & CONDITIONS

PACKING LIST

Snorkeling equipment and wetsuits are provided.


All participants must bring outdoor clothing and gear for your comfort and safety and be prepared for warm days and cool nights. Some noteworthy items include: beachwear, swim suit, insulated rash guard top, a sun hat, lightweight long-sleeve shirts and pants (avoid cotton), polarized sunglasses, a fleece jacket or windbreaker, a rain jacket with a hood, water sandals, a medium backpack (15-20L), a warm layer for camp at night, a reusable water bottle, and a soft-sided duffel (max 95L). Participants who wear glasses should purchase an inexpensive mask with prescription lens. 


Packing List - Coming Soon

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

Click here for FAQs and Supplemental Information

TRIP DEVELOPMENT

We strive to deliver a seamless and unforgettable travel experience. However, all itineraries are subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances beyond our control. We reserve the right to modify the advertised itinerary, including changes to the order of activities, destinations, or accommodations, guides, and trip leaders without prior notice.


In the event of changes, we will make every effort to provide alternative arrangements of equal value to ensure your overall experience remains exceptional. Your safety, satisfaction, and enjoyment remain our top priorities.


We appreciate your understanding and flexibility as we work to create the best possible journey for you.

What’s included

  • All scheduled activities
    Including snorkeling, kayaking, hikes and gray whale watching trip.
  • 7 nights of lodging
  • Group ground transport
    From San Jose del Cabo International Airport (SJD)
  • Meals
    Authentic delicious and healthy meals from dinner on arrival day to breakfast on departure day
  • 24/7 Onsite Support
    Provided by a Green Edventures Program Manager and/or Representative & Local Guide

What’s not included

  • Airfare
    Roundtrip to San Jose del Cabo International Airport (SJD)
  • Travel Insurance
    Emergency medical required
  • Gratuity
    $350 per person
  • Personal spending money
  • Alcoholic beverages
  • Special Travel
  • Baggage Fees

Available Packages

BLACK FRIDAY PACKAGE $3595
Deposit:$200
Available until December 2, 20244 left

Double Occupancy with two people per room with two beds, or two per tent with two cots. Solo travelers will be paired with a roommate.

$3,595
Deposit:$200
REGULAR PACKAGE PRICE $3,695
Deposit:$750
6 left

Double Occupancy with two people per room with two beds, or two per tent with two cots. Solo travelers will be paired with a roommate.


$3,695
Deposit:$750

Available options

Single Supplement
$600
Only 1 left

Choose this option if you want your own room and your own tent. Otherwise, you will be paired with another participant. 



Itinerary

DAY 1
Welcome to La Paz: The Gateway to the Sea of Cortez

Flights arrive to San Jose del Cabo which is the airport that services Cabo San Lucas. One of our team members will be there to meet you. After everyone has landed, participants are transported via 15-passenger air conditioned vans to La Paz. Trip duration is about 3 hours with a stop halfway for bathrooms. Overnight at 3-star hotel, La Paz. 


Meals: Dinner

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Green Edventures Ecotours & Expeditions
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Fun, active, and educational nature-based group eco-adventures for people to connect with wild places and animals in extraordinary environments. Specializing in women's adventure travel groups, and teacher-led student groups. Inquire about custom and co-ed trips.

Reviews

I have just returned from the Green Edventures women’s Iceland November 2024. This tour promises a lot, hot springs, mindfulness and Northern Lights. I can say that the reality was so much more. Green Edventures put together a tour of experiences that at once awed and centered me. It is not hyperbole to say that the experiences of this tour changed my life. It seems impossible that the tour was less than ten days. In that time the group bonded, we stood by each other and supported each other through joyful experiences, such as walking fearlessly into the Atlantic then the Arctic oceans (in November!). We witnessed a mind-boggling display of the Northern Lights dancing and weaving overhead. We enjoyed the bathing culture of Iceland and relaxed in hot springs and pools on the oceans edge. We participated in floatation therapy which is an Icelandic development that is similar to sensory deprivation while simultaneously enhancing appreciation of the world around me. Sound bathing in a yurt, which was one of my favorite experiences. The varying sounds of gongs, chimes, flutes, and percussion blend into a blanket of surround and hold you. The tour is well planned and expertly guided. I went on this tour with some hesitation, would it be too “woo-woo?” I went on this tour with challenges and questions about myself. I retuned with nine new dear friends and tools to carry me forward. If you are considering this tour, take the plunge. You will not regret it!
By Amy G for Iceland 2024: Hot Springs & Northern Lights Mindfulness Tour on Nov 05, 2024
Overall, this trip is great. Tracey is outstanding. Americo and Guido are incredible. We couldn't have had three better people. Smart, caring, attendant, engaged, and funny. Killa Travel: Super treatment. Change needed for departures: Travelers should not be dropped at CUS more than two hours before domestic flights. You cannot check in until two hours before, and toilets are the only amenities offered. Sitting physically outside of the airport for hours (chair outside) with no access to food or WIFI (safety) was tricky. Killa would know the two-hour limit; whereas, travelers would not. Yes, we could have taken a taxi somewhere, but we would have had no idea of a destination, so we couldn't really leave. Consequently, other than a couple of mini protein bars, I had nothing to eat after breakfast until 15.30 - and that was a only a protein drink only because the Cusco airport only has candy, coffee, and snacks. The first proper meal Melanie and I had was 12 hours after breakfast at at the Lima - far too long for anyone to go without access to non-trail/junk food. Recommendation: Killa could/should return us to their offices from the Ollantaytambo ride, say "shop/eat lunch/whatever till X time, return to the office, and we will put you in a taxi to the airport." ***The point is not to "strand" folks at the airport before they can go through security at the two-hr mark.*** Food: We wasted a lot of the sack lunches/breakfasts packed for us either because it was just too much food for us or we were (varyingly) too ill to eat. I hated throwing out food. I do not know what the recommendation should be; I just hate throwing out food. Shaman day: On the one hand, I loved this day. On the other hand, I would have preferred it to be about two hours shorter (the shaman part, not the lunch part). We had a lot of down time where we didn't know what he was doing and were simply sitting around chatting (albeit we were in a gorgeous spot to be sitting around). That mountain lunch was one of my fav experiences. Cusco: I would like to have had more time in Cusco beyond the evenings when we were exhausted. If nothing else, a city tour by Guido before we headed to wherever. I would love to have gone to the Machu Picchu museum and the chocolate museum. , but we didn't learn much about the city itself except in bits and bobs. Granted, had I not been so sick upon arrival, perhaps I could have done some of that on my own. But, the itinerary could/should mention that to do on your own, so we could plan. On the Zoom call, Tracey and Tara really discouraged us from doing anything on the days we first arrived, though, so it is a bit tricky. I just know I would like to have seen/known about a bit more of Cusco. (Then again, maybe we did see everything worth seeing? I don't know.) Salt mine: LOVED this stop. Loved the two history/heritage days. Machu Picchu: 1. Don't give us an option for when to get the bus to the entrance (do it at 7/7.30/8am, painful as it is). 2. Book the latest train possible back to Ollantaytambo. Because we had to wait so long for the bus and because of our train time, we were at a slow sprint thru the ruins. Since I had to opt out of the Inca Trail hike and since we lost so much time because of the bus line, I feel I missed out on the whole point of my trip because I spent fewer than 2 hours at MP. I still loved it, but I am disappointed that I did not get to just stand and be quiet and let it all sink in for a nice chunk of time. Granted, the trail part is my own problem from being sick, but an earlier bus might have meant fewer people/less time in line and more time inside the park. Rainbow mountain day: Tracey and I talked about this, and no easy answer exists. That 8+ hours in the van is *tough* and makes a hard day harder. Maybe an upgraded (fancier/cushiony-er) van for that day (if such a thing exists in Cusco)? Aguas Calientes: The butterfly garden was super. You don't need much time there (an hour?). The baths, not so much. I would skip. It was really, really crowded when we visited and not the relaxing hot spring experience your N American customers might be used to. You cannot take a hotel towel, and the spa does not provide them. You rent them for 5 soles at several stalls right at the entrance to the baths. It wasn't a bad time, but before you go with another group, I would check it out yourself. You 100% need someone to sit with people's belongings while others are in the baths. The lockers were full, and it would not be worth assuming you'd have any available should you return. The baths had a bar on the second floor. It looked entertaining, but we did not go up to it. As we left, a load of school kids came in. That right there would turn me off. I wish we had got to do the waterfall hike, but it rained. Tracey took such good care of me - of all of us. She is fantastic. Other trips I have been on I can guarantee that I would not have been helped so much with feeling rotten. I cannot thank her enough. I will say to Tara what I said to Nyra about Guido and Americo: Pay Tracey whatever she asks for!
By Kristi N for Peru 2024: Women's Machu Picchu Inca Trail + Optional Lares Trek on Oct 10, 2024
Wonderful trip! As always Green Edventures has gone above and beyond to provide a once in a lifetime trip. Great guides, great leader, great experiences. I travelled solo but definitely not alone on this adventure and they made it very easy to do so.
By Melanie T for Peru 2024: Women's Machu Picchu Inca Trail + Optional Lares Trek on Oct 06, 2024
Five stars are not enough to rate this trip. The planning was perfect, the details spot-on. The local guide was knowledgeable and warm. She invited us into her home and life, even making us a traditional local meal in her kitchen. The addition of a local designer who is also a poet/philosopher added another dimension of local connection. This is a first-rate trip for anyone interested in learning about Iceland and the country’s history and current connection to textiles. This is not an adventure trip, but the trip is a fantastic adventure.
By Mary Ellen K for Iceland 2024: Magic Yarn Knitting & Northern Lights on Sep 19, 2024
Quality trip full of learning, adventure and creativity. The lodging, food and our guides were top notch. This trip is highly unique in that local flavor was the focus: tour guide and designer traveling with our group of amazing ladies, artisans and crafters from an Icelandic area most tourists don't roam and community sheep roundup. Priceless!
By Jana S for Iceland 2024: Magic Yarn Knitting & Northern Lights on Sep 18, 2024
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I went on an amazing trip with Tara to Baja, Mexico in 2020. This was a dream trip for me being a wildlife lover. It was incredible to be able to swim with whale sharks and sea lions and get up close with gray whales. Camping on the beach was amazing. We had a great group of women and everyone vibed well and all of the tour guides including Tara, Alex and Chabello were so fun, friendly and helpful every step of the way. The food was great at the campsite and at the restaurants we got to try. When our trip plans initially got derailed waiting on a negative Covid test and we had to get a different flight, Tara did everything in her power to accommodate us and make sure we got to enjoy every part of the trip, including setting us up with another whale shark swimming tour after we had missed the initial one with the group, and she spent time waiting for us to finish before leaving for the airport. I definitely recommend Green Edventures, especially the Baja Mexico trip!
By Katie M on 14 Feb, 2022
I just returned from the Wisconsin Women's Tour and couldn't have asked for a better trip! For me, the amount and type of activity were perfect. Who know there was so much to discover practically in my own backyard?
By Cynthia Casey W on 22 Oct, 2020