• Baja has to be the ultimate destination for whale watching. The close whale encounters you get will last forever, especially with the greys. Add a few thousand dolphins, a colony of northern elephant seals, a fantastically crewed boat, the experience of Mark and Rachel, and this becomes a truly amazing experience. Mark Webb, Bristol

• A truly amazing holiday, awe-inspiring whale encounters and stunning scenery, coupled with the professionalism, knowledge and humour of Mark and Rachel, made this a trip that will be difficult to surpass. Debs Cole, Worthing, West Sussex

• We have watched whales all over the world, but these were the most memorable experiences, particularly the grey whales nudging our skiff. Added to this, many other close up wildlife sightings, a wonderfully organised trip and a very helpful crew. Colin & Ann Day, Beckley, Oxford

• The key experiences for me: blue whales, especially the fluking ones; dolphins at night lit up by bioluminescence; stroking a whale; being a matter of metres from a breaching humpback; seeing a rare Peruvian beaked whale. But most important was the enthusiasm of Mark and Rachel. Chris Goody, Saffron Walden, Essex

• Exhilarating is probably the best word to describe my time  on board The Spirit  of Adventure.  Any one of the days would  have been  enough to  keep me smiling for a very long time, but to encounter something different - and awe inspiring  - every day for nigh on two  weeks solid was truly amazing! Let me put it this way. Before my Baja experience I'd never photographed a whale spy-hopping (I now have a 'portfolio'.), I'd never hugged a grey whale calf, and  I'd never seen a blue whale. this trip isn't a 'holiday' – it’s a  privilege! Marc Riley, Manchester

• The skill of the skipper and the friendliness of the crew combined with the passion and enthusiam of Mark and Rachel on the Spirit of Adventure made this whale-watching trip the experience of a lifetime. Of course the stars of the show were the many species of whale we saw fluking and spyhopping and breaching, the scores of dolphins who came leaping along for the ride and the friendly grey whales who came with their calves to greet us in the San Ignacio lagoon - and so much more. Andrea Challis, London, UK

• Extremely hard-working and friendly crew, knowledgeable guides and unbelievable photographic opportunities really do make make this the best whalewatching trip you will ever go on. Our close encounters with the grey whales of San Ignacio, and seeing blue whales for the first time, are memories that will remain with me forever. An amazing trip, I cannot wait to go back. Darren Rowley, Snodland, Kent

• The trip was amazing and exceeded all my expectations. Seeing so much wildlife was wonderful, at times it was hard to know where to look, with humpbacks off one side of the boat and mobula rays the other. Finally seeing a blue whale was awesome and scratching the head of a baby grey whale is one of my abiding memories. To be in the company of so many lovely people with a shared interest in preserving our wildlife and heritage was reassuring. Cassie Dowling, Knutsford, Cheshire

• How can one describe the Baja trip? To see AND touch grey whale, such gentle giants, offering their calves to us to be stroked. It simply blows your mind - and is very humbling. Why can't humans be as open and giving to strangers? Definitely the experience of a lifetime. Lynda Morris, Hulton, North Somerset