Pachico Mayoral was featured on NBC Nightly News on March 21 2008.

The Mayoral family are amongst the pioneers of whale watching in the whole Baja Peninsula and started running whale trips in the San Ignacio lagoon in the the mid/early-seventies.

Don Pachico is an ecological defender who in the 90s fought against a big salt extraction development project near San Ignacio lagoon to protect the gray whale’s breeding environment. His whale watching tours are ‘harass-free’ and focused on conservation.

Watch the NCB video

The last calves are now ready to leave San Ignacio lagoon for their for the northbound migration. This is the last chance to see them, and the best time to start planning an amazing encounter with the friendly gray whale for the next season.