Day 0. Meet in Loreto for a pre-trip briefing and to fit your equipment.
Day 1. Taxi ride from your hotel to the launch. Set out the gear and dive into the team sport of kayak packing. Paddle to Danzante Island and have a picnic lunch. Cruise onward to Isla del Carmen and set up camp with an expansive view of mountains, islands and open sea. Finish your first day on the island with a delicious dinner you wouldn’t believe could be cooked on a beach! Approx. 6 nautical miles.
Day 2. Wake up on a beach. Life is good! Pack ‘er up and paddle further into the wilderness. Look for shells embedded in the limestone cliffs. Check out the wildlife along the way. Magnificent frigate birds, dolphins, pelicans. Stop at a beach for lunch. Afternoon exploration and/or skills workshop. Settle into a new camp and dive deep into the night sky for a spectacular show of stars, planets, and the moon in one of her various phases. Approx. 6nm.
Day 3. Leave camp set up and explore more of Carmen’s coastline. Sea caves, volcanic cliffs. Underwater, too, discover the abundance of underwater life by snorkeling the rocky reefs. Ten percent of the fish species found here live nowhere else on earth! 2-10nm.
Day 4. Sip fresh-brewed hot coffee as the aroma of hot-cooked breakfast wakes up your appetite. After breakfast, cross back to Danzante Island for more fun paddling and an appreciation of colorful geology. Take the afternoon sun as an invitation to snorkel and see the explosion of color and life just under the surface. 6-8nm.
Day 5. Layover days are the best, so let’s do one here! Leave camp set up and paddle around the island, hiking and snorkeling at a couple places on the way. 8nm.
Day 6. Let the sun wake you up with a smile. Recognize the magic of a new day and raise a fresh-brewed toast to whatever it has in store! Pack up and enjoy a final few miles of paddling to the take-out. Return to hotels/campground for that well-deserved shower. 6nm.
Day After. Relax in Loreto. Or fly out to tell your friends what an awesome trip you just had, and to plan the next one!
Itineraries subject to weather, Port closures, and other fun factors intrinsic to “Adventure” tourism.
