This week’s dream: star spotting and whale watching in Baja

A popular retreat for Hollywood A-listers, the Mexican state of Baja California, on the Baja Peninsula, is known for its desert landscapes, “rosy” mountains and old Jesuit missions. But perhaps the best reason to visit is its “dazzling” sealife, says Sally Emerson in The Sunday Times. Lying between the peninsula and the Mexican mainland is the Sea of Cortez, which Jacques Cousteau called “the aquarium of the world”. Dolphins, whales, sea turtles, whale sharks and sea lions converge off its spectacular shores to “party and breed”. The peninsula’s Pacific Coast is also fantastically rich in wildlife, especially grey whales, which come here to mate between December and April. The state capital, La Paz, sits halfway down on the Cortez sea. On a boat trip from its marina to Espíritu Santo island,…

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