• Ecoturismo Kuyima HQ in San Ignacio

  • Ecoturismo Kuyima Camp at San Ignacio Lagoon

  • Briefing on the whales and the rules for whale-watching

  • Our pangas (boats) enroute to the viewing area. Speed is severely restricted when the boats reach the viewing area.

  • Every panga driver knows the rules for whale watching.

    [photo: Jon Fellows]

  • A baby gray whale approaches one of the pangas.

  • A mother whale closes in for a nose-rub.

  • The mother whales are 40-45 feet long and weigh the equivalent of about 10 elephants.

  • Mom and baby greet the whale watchers with a spy-hop in unison.

  • Baby spy-hops to give us a looking over.

    [photo: Jon Fellows]

  • At birth, baby gray whales are about 15 feet long and weigh about 1500 pounds.

    [photo: Jon Fellows]

  • A baby comes in close to nuzzle the panga.

    [photo: Jon Fellows]