Cabo Pulmo Beach Resort Baja California Mexico
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Lindblad Expeditions (22 Cruises)
National Geographic Venture
22 Cruises
| 16 January | 8 days | Round-trip from Loreto, Mexico |
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| 30 January | 8 days | Round-trip from Loreto, Mexico |
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Ponant (11 Cruises)
Le Bellot
11 Cruises
Frequently Asked Questions
Nowhere: there is no pier. Cabo Pulmo receives only small expedition ships, which anchor offshore, and passengers land by zodiac straight onto the sand in front of a hamlet of a few solar-powered houses. Landings are sometimes cancelled when the swell picks up.
It holds the only hard coral reef in the Gulf of California, a few strokes from shore. The marine national park created in 1995 produced a more than fourfold increase in fish biomass within a decade, one of the best-documented recoveries in any protected marine area. The site is UNESCO World Heritage listed.
A guided snorkelling outing with the park's certified guides is the core of the visit and the reason ships come. Ashore, the hamlet takes minutes to walk: sand tracks, palapas and a community-run interpretation centre. A short desert walk rounds out the morning.
Coral heads alive with parrotfish, surgeonfish, moray eels and schools of jack so dense they sometimes form silver tornadoes. Depending on the season, mobula rays, turtles and reef sharks join in. Nothing is guaranteed from one outing to the next.
No, and it is worth knowing before you land. No bank, no ATM, no chain store, no paved street. A few palapas serve hand-made tortillas, and payment is cash in pesos or US dollars.
The village's own fishing families, in the 1980s, as their catches shrank year after year. Rather than push harder, they asked for full protection of their bay. The former fishermen became guides, and their children now tell visitors the story of the reef.
Keep your distance from the coral, use biodegradable sunscreen, and stay in small groups. These rules are the reason the reef is in such good health; they are not decorative, and the park guides enforce them.
Yes, the desert. Behind the houses a track runs into thorn scrub, columnar cactus and the rust-coloured hills of the nearby Sierra de la Laguna. Early in the day you may spot jackrabbits, soaring vultures and bright yellow orioles in the acacias.
Summer through early autumn, when underwater visibility is usually best and the water warmest. Winter still works, but the water is cooler and northerly winds raise a swell that complicates landings.
Yes, for children comfortable in the water and able to swim in a supervised group. There is no tourist infrastructure, very little shade and no backup plan in poor weather: bring a hat, water and biodegradable sunscreen from the ship.
