Universities, conservation partners, and family offices building a multi-year relationship with Baja California Sur. Multi-cohort pacing, permit stewardship, and research integration.
Most of our institutional programs begin with two or three emails, then a call, then a site visit with your research director or program lead. From there, we co-design a framework that accounts for your cohort size, frequency, research interests, and permit requirements. We do not operate pre-packaged programs. Each one is built around your specific institution and your specific research.
We operate institutional programs with research universities, foundations, conservation organizations, and educational institutions across North America and beyond. We hold federal permits for marine, terrestrial, overnight, and cetacean research that most operators do not. We steward access to the El Vizcaíno and Vizcaíno Peninsula biosphere reserves, and we work with community cooperatives that have built their livelihoods around conservation and education.
— Claudia Marín, Director of Institutional Engagement · The RED studio
We respond within three working days. Initial fit conversations are held by Claudia Marín (Director of Institutional Engagement). If you have a question before you submit, write to institutions@redtravelmexico.com.
Marine, terrestrial, cetacean, overnight — most held by fewer than four BCS operators.
Active research, educational, and donor engagement programs with institutions and organizations.
Captains, naturalists, and kitchens have been with RED for the better part of a decade.
Every program is built to fit your research, cohort, and calendar. No off-the-shelf options.
Five cohorts per year since 2021. Marine biology graduate students, two peer-reviewed publications on whale bioacoustics, partnership with the Mayoral cooperative at San Ignacio Lagoon. Winter and spring seasons, 8–10 travelers per cohort. Co-taught by a faculty researcher and two RED marine biologists.
Annual 8-day program since 2022. Board members and major donors, multi-site immersion covering Cabo Pulmo reef, Sierra de la Laguna cloud forest, and San Ignacio Lagoon. Integrated with working field teams from El Colegio de la Frontera Sur. 6 travelers per cohort. Includes two nights with local community partners.
Four years running. Monthly 10-day research deployments at Espíritu Santo and Cabo Pulmo. Five students per cohort, peer-reviewed publication pipeline, collaboration with CICIMAR La Paz and the San Gabriel cooperative. Year-round scheduling with emphasis on summer recruitment seasons.
If you have filled this form out, you are thinking seriously about building something real with us. That is the only kind of conversation we have. We do not sell pre-designed packages. We build them with you, over time, with attention to your research, your cohort, and the permit landscape.
Claudia and the institutions team will read your submission carefully. If the fit looks promising, we will send a short note introducing ourselves and asking a few follow-up questions. From there we will schedule a call, and then — if everything aligns — a site visit to the territory you are interested in.