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Coronado Island: Sea Lions, Snorkel & White-Sand Picnic

Glide across the Sea of Cortez to Coronado Island — a jewel of the Loreto Bay National Marine Park — where sea lions frolic at your fins and rainbow reef fish swirl beneath crystal-clear waters. This is bucket-list Baja at its most vivid.

What to expect

A sleek panga whisks you across glittering turquoise water to Coronado Island, where a thriving sea lion colony lounges on volcanic rock — close enough to hear them bark. Don your mask and enter the warm shallows above a kaleidoscopic reef teeming with parrotfish, rays, and the occasional octopus. Back on shore, a white-sand beach picnic beneath palms awaits before the scenic return to Loreto.

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Wild Loreto Tours
USD 136 per person (island tour with sea lions & snorkel)
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Good to know

Tours typically run 4–5 hours; confirm your exact departure time against your ship's all-aboard. Book direct with Wild Loreto in advance — spots on the smaller pangas fill quickly. Bring reef-safe sunscreen, a towel, and a dry bag for valuables.

Sail there

Luxury cruises that call at Loreto — book through us, the fare is identical and your concierge stays on your side.

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from $749
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Holland America · Zuiderdam
7 nights · calls at Loreto
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Princess · Grand Princess
10 nights · calls at Loreto
from $849
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Princess · Emerald Princess
10 nights · calls at Loreto
from $864
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