Bahia de Loreto Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
national park in Mexico
About Bahia de Loreto
Jacques Cousteau called Bahia de Loreto "the aquarium of the world". Parque Nacional Bahia de Loreto joined the Mexican national park system on July 19, 1996. This is an ocean environment with beaches, rocky islands, and endless blue seas. Bahia de Loreto has the greatest diversity of marine mammals in Mexico with frequent sightings of many species of whales including the mammoth blue whale, as well as fin whales, humpback whales, and gray whales. Orcas and dolphins are regular navigators of the bay's warm waters. Several kinds of shellfish including snails and mussels are found in the park, including several protected species. Jumbo squid come to lay their eggs in the Bay of Loreto. Several species of mammals and reptiles are endemic to the islands in the park. The wetlands along the Baja
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