2025 Elkhorn Slough Tour

Date/Time
Date(s) - 05/18/2025
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
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Location
Monterey Bay Eco Tours

Contact
Name: Al Munoz-Flores
E-mail: amunozflores@aol.com
Phone: 818.642.9560

The Tour to Elkhorn Slough will begin at 10am at Chili’s restaurant in Seaside on Sunday, May 18th . We will have our driver’s meeting at 10:15 and depart at 10:30. The tour will proceed north to Castroville and then to Elkhorn Road. After a few miles of beautiful turns and views, we will stop for a break at the Elkhorn Slough Reserve that we visited last year. We will stay for 30 minutes so participants can learn a bit more about the Slough, walk out to the lookout for a view of where we will be traveling later in the afternoon and use the facilities if needed. Special thanks to our President Mark who developed and test drove the driving part of our Tour.

We will depart the Reserve about 11am and drive more wonderful roads through North Monterey County. Eventually, the drive will take us into Pajaro, where we will turn South and head to Highway 1. Depending on traffic on this narrow stretch of the highway, we will arrive in Moss Landing and the Sea Harvest Restaurant between 12:30 – 12:45. The restaurant has reserved a very special waterfront dining room for us to enjoy during our lunch at 1pm. We will depart Sea Harvest about 2:30 for a short drive to ECO Tours for our excursion onto the slough. A Jacket and hat are recommended and a camera is a very good idea! Food and beverages are also permitted.

I have attached a copy of the menu at Sea Harvest for your review. It will be very helpful if you decide what you plan to order so that we will be able to complete the ordering of our lunch in a timely manner so that we can stay on schedule. After placing your order, you will pay for your meal, and be given a buzzer that will call you when it is ready.

I have attached a copy of the directions from the restaurant to Monterey Eco Tours (located just down the street where Phil’s Restaurant/Fish Market was before they moved) where we will depart for the 1 1/2 hour tour of the Slough. Please make sure to park on the street because the gravel parking lot is reserved for patrons of the adjacent restaurant. The boat will depart promptly at 3:00 PM. Beverages (including beer and wine) and food may be brought on and consumed during the tour.

Lunch will be each Attendees Responsibility and is not included in the cost.

Price for the Tour will be $30.00 per person.
Maximum attendance will be 32 persons…the capacity of the Eco Tours Boat. As an option, you can do the drive, have lunch but skip the Elkhorn Slough Tour.

Lunch – Sea Harvest Restaurant, Moss Landing
Boat Tour of Elkhorn Slough – Monterey Bay Eco Tours 

Al

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