Best Traditional Mexican Baja California Sur Cabo San Lucas La Paz and Loreto Heritage Tour Destinations
Browse more guides: Mexico travel | North America destinations Best Traditional Mexican Baja California Sur Cabo San Lucas La Paz and Loreto Heritage Tour Destinations TL;DR Baja California Sur - Mexican peninsula state - preserves the world's most-accessible gray-whale viewing plus the renowned El Arco arch at Cabo. Major destinations: Cabo San Lucas El Arco , La Paz Sea of Cortez (UNESCO 2005), Loreto Bay , Magdalena Bay (gray-whale viewing January-March), El Vizcaíno Whale Sanctuary (UNESCO 1993), plus broader Baja cultural-tourism. Plan a 5-7 day Baja Sur trip. This is North America's premier gray-whale destination plus authentic Baja desert-meets-ocean heritage. Background Baja California Sur has 2 UNESCO World Heritage Sites - Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaíno (UNESCO 1993, gray whales) and Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California (UNESCO 2005, Sea of Cortez "Aquarium of the World" per Jacques Cousteau). The Sea of Cortez (Gulf of Californ...