Today we visited one of the most spectacular areas for snorkeling in the Gulf of California, Cabo Pulmo National Park, the northernmost coral reefs in North America. There was plenty of marine life, thanks to the local fishermen themselves who helped convince the Mexican federal government to establish a protected area at Cabo Pulmo back in the 1990s. Then we went to search for cetaceans, having the opportunity to see some humpback whales during our visit to the iconic arch at Land’s End—the southernmost tip of the Baja California Peninsula.
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- 23 Dec 2016
Cabo Pulmo National Park & Land’s End, 12/23/2016, National Geographic Sea Bird
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Octavio Maravilla, Naturalist
Octavio was born in Mexico City and moved to La Paz at age 19, to study Marine Biology at the Baja California Sur State University. He began his field research on California sea lions, working at Los Islotes, a small rookery close to La Paz City. Lat...
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