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For the outdoor adventurer, Moss Landing is the gateway
to Elkhorn Slough, one of California's largest wetlands and a National
Estuarine Reserve. The Elkhorn Slough is a special place of natural
beauty that supports a variety of wildlife such as playful sea otters,
curious harbor seals and thousands of migrating birds. It is a birder's,
photographer's, and hiker's paradise. One of the best ways to visit
this intriguing placeis by boat on the waterways. Elkhorn
Slough Safari offers a fun, high quality, and relaxing
guided pontoon boat nature tour which travels right through the
heart of the slough (831)633-5555. Guided paddles of the slough
and rentals you can take at your own pace are available through
Kayak Connection
(831)724-5692. Monterey
Bay Kayaks (831)373-KELP or (800)649-5357
provide rentals, classes, kayak sales, and slough trips. Monterey
Birding Adventures can expertly lead you on landward birding
explorations designed just for you (831)632-2473. Elkhorn Slough
Visitor Center is the hub for education programs, displays, docent
guided walks, and special classes; all focused on the outdoors (831)728-2822.
Hiking trails leaving from the visitor center offer wonderful vistas
of estuary, mudflats and marshes. Programs at the reserve and throughout
the slough are supported in part by the Elkhorn
Slough Foundation (831)728-5939. (See photos of local nature in the
photo tour link ) Moss Landing is at the center of the National Marine Sanctuary and all it has to offer. There are blue whales, humpback whales, gray whales, killer whales, risso dolphins, pacific white sided dolphins, bottle nose dolphins, dalls poroise, harbor porpoise, seals, sea lions and much more! There is whale watching year round with Blue Ocean Whale Watch leaving from the Moss Landing Harbor (800)979-3370. Take a 4-5 hour whale trip guaranteed to see whales with Sanctuary Cruises leaving the docks in Moss Landing (831)917-1042. Many visitors enjoy the local scenic State Beaches, state wildlife areas, and federal wildlife refuge. Walking, surfing, shore fishing, and others are some of the beach activities. A popular Moss Landing beach outing is to take a horeseback ride with Monterey Bay Equestrian Center, (831)663-5712. Wildlife areas offer nature study in marshes and sand dunes. The waves at these beaches are very popular with local surfers. |
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The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary is world reknown for
its wildlife viewing opportunities. When you explore the bay by
boat you may discover curious animals from seabirds to whales to
turtles to jellyfish. In the Moss Landing Harbor, 