Five islands sit just off Loreto inside the Parque Nacional Bahía de Loreto, part of a UNESCO World Heritage site. We run to the three you can really spend a day on. Every trip is private: your boat, your hours, your captain — and the islands set how long you need.
The closest island to Loreto and the one everyone should see first — a white beach on the sheltered side of a volcanic cone, a sea lion colony to snorkel with, and water so clear the boat looks like it is floating in air.
See Isla Coronado →
A rugged, narrow island south of town with a string of tiny coves — Honeymoon Cove above all — rock arches you can swim through, and reef snorkeling over boulders rather than sand.
See Isla Danzante →
Thirty kilometres long and almost entirely uninhabited, Isla del Carmen has the longest beaches in the park, the abandoned salt works at Bahía Salinas and a real sense of having the Sea of Cortez to yourselves.
See Isla del Carmen →The park protects over 2,000 square kilometres of the Sea of Cortez — Jacques Cousteau called it "the world's aquarium" for a reason.
A colony on the north end of Coronado that you can snorkel with, and haul-outs on Carmen. Isla Coronado →
January to March in the channel between the islands, with fin whales, humpbacks and dolphins. Whale watching →
Angelfish, parrotfish, rays and turtles over the rocky shorelines of all three islands. Island tours →
Yellowtail on the points in winter, dorado passing between the islands in summer. Sport fishing →
