Canadian World Traveller Spring 2024 Issue

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Adventures Abound in the ‘Aquarium of the World’ with
UnCruise Adventures in Baja California Sur
I
aving sailed dozens of times
through all seven continents on
both rivers and oceans, in all categories
including mass-tourism ships, small
luxury ships, expedition ships and even longhaul
over-night ferries, our sailing with
UnCruise Adventures was truly in a league of
its own, like nothing else I had ever experienced!
I felt odd, out of place and wondering how
this week would play-out but thought let’s give
it some time as we arrived onboard late at
night being escorted by friendly crewmembers
to our rooms and then onto supper.
Article and photography by Michael Morcos
Early on during the following day, I was
enamoured. The scenery of the desert landscape
itself was captivating, and I was pleasantly
surprised with our enjoyment of the
compact, clean cabin space that did not
resemble anything else I had experienced but
was perfect for the adventures to come. The
crew was friendly, open, and always helpful
and did everything to assist us with outings
and prepared us for dives, hikes, rides, visits
to towns and above all safety.
I was astounded by how faithful the clientele
were, and in meeting with them on excursions
and at supper, would find the majority were
repeat guests, and even a couple that were on
their 13th UnCruise sailing.
This sure sounds like a conclusion to this article
but I cannot hold back. In the span of a
week, we would kayak the still waters of the
oceans’ coves, dive and play with Sea Lion
pups, snorkel several times to see the abundance
of marine life and tropical fish, take
invigorating hikes to extraordinary vistas, ride
with local guides on Mulls and Burros to witness
the beautiful and vast unpopulated Baja
California desert scenery, take a small outboard
motor ride to visit the returning of the
majestic Grey Whales, explore the beautifully
kept historic colonial towns, be greeted by a
school of hundreds of little dolphins and see
why this is a birders paradise, with an unbelievable
amount of different shapes and size
birds where just about everywhere.
Finally, by the end of the cruise, I would
strongly agree that Baja California Sur is not
only known as “aquarium of the world” but
also that it is the “Galapagos of the north.”
Big shoes to fill and they did!
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