Welcome!
You are about to embark on an amazing adventure, one that will fill your spirit and capture your imagination!
How to register
Applying for an “experience required” event
Travel insurance–JUST DO IT
Waitlist
Your dashboard
Carbon offset
Deposit, Payment and Cancellation
Lost or damaged equipment
We’re glad you’d like to join us for a trip! Once we’ve answered your questions via email at info@seakayakbajamexico dot com, the process begins by clicking on the “Register” link on the calendar, or on the page describing the trip of your choice. If you’re registering for a custom trip or rental, we will send you a registration link.
In the registration process, you will be asked for your contact info, and a little about you so that we can fit the appropriate equipment, get park permits for you, and plan your menu to meet your dietary needs.
Certain trips, courses and rentals require experience. If you are registering for a Sea Kayak Builder, Sea Kayak Expedition, One Island Rental, Expedition Rental, Sea Paddler Training, Sea Leader Training, Sea Leader Expedition, or Surf Camp, please tell us more about your experience so we can do our best to match you to the most appropriate trip. You will be able to do this on the registration form.
If we believe the trip you’ve chosen is not appropriate, we will communicate with you via email. We’re also available to discuss it on the phone. We will give you a full refund within the week, or we can apply your deposit to another trip, whichever you prefer.
Ifyou would like to use your desired trip as a goal in your development as a paddler, we’re happy to work with you on a plan. Please contact us to discuss it. We love helping people grow!
Protect your investment. GET TRAVEL INSURANCE. Mother Nature and Murphy’s Law ensure that surprises sometimes happen. SKBM makes financial commitments to your trip and needs to honor those whether or not you make it. Invest in your peace of mind by purchasing insurance for your trip.
Cancellation for Any Reason (CFAR)
CFAR is an optional travel benefit you can add to your Trip Insurance. Several people every season find themselves needing to cancel their trip unexpectedly before they ever leave home. It might be you. Be prepared. Get this one.
Travel Insurance companies
Our clients have had success with these:
insuremytrip.com
allianztravelinsurance.com
Evacuation Insurance
Accidents are thankfully rare on our trips, but the unexpected can happen anywhere. From motorboat transport to local doctor bills to extra hotel stays to changing flights, to getting home with Covid, the cost of an evacuation can add up. These expenses are your responsibility.
The waitlist is used to express your interest in a trip. If the trip is full and a space comes open, we will contact you. If the trip is not full, but you’re not ready to make a deposit, the waitlist lets us know you’re thinking about it and lets us make that modification before you pay the deposit. We will contact you before canceling the trip or making significant changes. The waitlist is NOT a guarantee of a seat on the trip. Only a deposit will reserve your space.
You can visit your Dashboard any time to to update or view the status of your reservation. The link is the green button on the top right of every Sea Kayak Baja Mexico page.
We share your concern for our little blue planet!
Calculate your carbon footprint for your flight to Loreto, or for everything you do, and choose an offset program at this great site carbonfootprint.com (opens in a new tab)
If your heart is moved towards local conservation, donation-funded Eco Alianza supports the Loreto National Marine Park with several essential programs and does excellent work for the local environment.
Inspiring a passion and awareness for the sea and action for her care within our local community is the mission of the Club de Canotaje de Loreto, a project of Sea Kayak Baja Mexico. Our enthusiastic staff volunteers their time to introduce Loreto residents to paddlesports. Proceeds from your trip or rental support this mission. If you’d like to take that further, your donation to the club funds broader training opportunities, camp-outs, cleanup efforts, environmental education and a base location for the club.
We accept all major credit cards and Paypal.
Payment
Balance is due upon reservation.
Cancellation
Before 7 days advance of trip: full credit or refund minus 15% administrative fees.
Within 7 days of trip, full credit if used within a week, subject to availability.
Half credit for a future season. No refund.
Payment
Deposit: half of the trip price will hold your spot
Balance: due in full 30 days prior to trip.
Cancellation
Before 30 days advance of trip:
-Full refund minus $250 or
-Full credit for other trip within 24 months.
Within 30 days of trip:
-No refund for any reason
-Full credit for other trip within 24 months.
If we cancel a trip, we will refund the full trip amount.
Within 7 days of trip:
-Half credit for other trip within 24 months
Low enrollment
We will not cancel a trip that has 3 or more people on it.
We will guarantee your trip to run with two people for a 25% surcharge.
The 25% will be included with the payment of your balance one month before trip if nobody else has signed up by then.
If another person joins trip within that month, we’ll refund the 25%.
If feasible, you may choose an alternative shorter trip during the same dates and complimentary rental kayak for the other day(s).
Please INSURE your trip.
Payment
Reserve your custom trip date by having four participants make non-refundable $250 deposits each, OR one person can make a non-refundable $1,000 “save the date” deposit. Balance is due 30 days before trip.
Though the date may be reserved for the group, a deposit is required for each person to guarantee their space. For trips in our peak months of November, February, and March, we recommend reserving with 6-8 months lead time.
We are happy to offer custom trips at the same price as a comparable trip published on our website when the custom trip has 8-9 participants. If the trip has fewer, we can still run the trip with a surcharge per person.
Cancellation
More than 30 days in advance of a custom trip: full refund minus $250/person, or full credit for another available date within 24 months.
Within 30 days of trip: no refund for any reason.
Please INSURE your trip.
Payment
Reserve the Date: non-refundable $1000
(pro-rated if this is more than half of your total)
Deposit 4 months before trip; half the trip price for expected number of participants is due to guarantee kayaks.
Balance: due in full 30 days prior to trip.
We recommend reserving 9-18 months in advance for best availability of dates and kayaks.
Cancellation
Before 4 months advance of trip: full refund minus $1000 (or original pro-rated Reserve the Date deposit), or fully transferable to another trip within 24 months.
4 months to 30 days advance of trip: refund half of trip value. All but $1,000 is transferrable to another date within 24 months.
Within 30 days of trip: no refund or transfer for any reason.
You will be held responsible for equipment damaged or lost while it is in your care. Please be aware that the cost of replacing equipment in Mexico may be notably higher than it would cost where it is readily available, or where it would be possible to ship. We drive new equipment down from the states once a year. Most of our equipment also requires importation. Please take care with the equipment!
Based out of Loreto on the Baja California Peninsula, Sea Kayak Baja Mexico provides small group adventures, customized courses, and quality equipment for hire on the planet’s richest ocean. Through these programs, we promote perspectives that deeply value culture, ethics, and the natural world, fostering vibrant human communities in healthy ecosystems.
