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California's spectacular coastline is featured on this tour down California's Highway 1. Your destination is the beautiful Monterey Peninsula, visit the famous Monterey Bay Aquarium. See gorgeous vistas and wildlife while traveling the coast along the 17-Mile Drive... past the famous Pebble Beach Golf Course, stopping along the way for photos. Enjoy the lovely coastal town of Carmel by the Sea before returning via the famed Silicon Valley.
Monterey Bay:
Monterey Bay is a bay of the Pacific Ocean, on the coast of California, south of San Francisco, between Santa Cruz and Monterey, CA. The roughly semicircular bay is ringed by a segment of State Route 1 which connects Santa Cruz at the north end to Monterey at the south end.
Monterey Bay is home to many species of marine mammals, including sea otters, harbor seals, and bottlenose dolphins; as well as being on the migratory path of Gray and Humpback Whales and a breeding site for elephant seals. Many species of fish, mollusks such as abalone and squid, birds, sharks, and sea turtles also live in the bay. Several varieties of kelp grow in the bay, some becoming as tall as small trees, forming what is known as a kelp forest.
The Monterey Canyon, one of the largest underwater canyons in the world, begins off the coast of Moss Landing, exactly in the center of Monterey Bay. In 1992 the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary was created, protecting over 4,000 square nautical miles (14,000 kmē) of the bay and surrounding ocean.
Day1: Monterey Bay - 17 Miles Scenic Drive:
Come and experience the beauty of the California coastline while driving through 17 Miles Scenic Drive.
Your Tour includes:
Views of Seal Rock,
The majestic Cypress Point,
Pebble Beach,
Fisherman's Warf, and
The small charming town of Carmel highlight this area.
Browse along the streets of Carmel and enjoy some of the best specialty shops and art galleries that Carmel has to offer and you will love to shop,we guarentee. Also visit the famous Cannery Row and the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Inside the aquarium learn about the great canyon that lies inside Monterey Bay. It is one of the deepest underwater canyons along the continental United States.
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