SEA OF CORTEZ, MEXICO - A Travelogue in Baja California. Read before you go or on the way. Includes insider tips and photos of all locations. Like a friend ... you around! (Visual Travel Tours Book 238)

THE SEA OF CORTEZ

Swim with 16-foot sharks! Only 20 guests at a time can enjoy "Mexico's Galapagos," the miraculous Las Animas Wilderness Retreat. Oh, and those sharks don't bite. Really!

Just 100 miles from the southwestern border of the United States, Las Animas Wilderness Retreat is on the shores of the Sea of Cortez. "Mexico's Galapagos" is so remote you must take a small plane and then a boat just to reach it. World-class fishing (some say the best in the world), snorkeling, whales, dolphins, birds, yurt-living, margaritas and sunset over a beach without electricity or hotels is worth the trouble. Only 20 guests at a time enjoy the magic of a place John Steinbeck called "miraculous." Ever swim with a 16-foot whale shark? Here, it's a piece of cake.

AUTHOR: Julie has been a staff writer for The Boston Globe for 22 years, and is now a freelance travel writer for newspapers, magazines and websites. She contributes to travelvideopostcard.com and grandparents.com.

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