Catalina Island! Today we're taking a tour with Catalina Express to the island
of Catalina the historic and beautiful playground just outside the backyard of
Los Angeles let's go check it out!
We're heading to Catalina Island
watch the boat Catalina Island is only 22 miles southwest off the coast of Los
Angeles and it's part of the Channel Islands archipelago well we're on the
Catalina Express leaving Dana Point here's our boat and we are heading out
this is the harbor right you're going that way to Catalina we're sailing out
of the Dana Point Harbor on the Catalina Express a ferry that offers the fastest
service to Catalina with up to 30 daily departures Catalina Island is a great
weekend getaway or day trip it offers the same benefits as a Hawaiian island
only it's easier to get to. Information on how to book this tour is in the
description below. Along the way you can spot many marine animals including
dolphins sea lions and sometimes even whales.
Alright so here's where we are going.
This is a map of Catalina
We're gonna be docking here
and the island is very small
and we have the casino building which is a landmark building.
There's a variety of activities and tours you can sign up for when you land.
There's ziplining, there's boating
You can go to the casino.
"Just in time for the 11:10am dolphin show".
oh my god.
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one of the highlights of our trip was seeing the dolphins race alongside of
our boat Catalina I just landed in Avalon Harbor this is the harbor right
behind me and we're in search for tours.
There's a lot of stuff to do on the island there is kayaking, boating, renting
bikes, you can rent golf carts other tours include parasailing flyboarding jet
skiing and scuba diving.
There's all kinds of bars restaurants, a lot of boutique shops.
There's an ice cream place but there's nothing really commercial on the island
so it's mostly just mom-and-pop stores
so the island has a Superior Court we just found it and it's been a really
cool kind of modernist looking building there's also a library on the island
so getting here it costs about $65 for seniors $70 for adults. $65 for him
65 and also you get to ride for free on your birthday!
We're looking for restaurants.
right now there's a lot of little mom-and-pop places this is a Chinese
restaurant we passed by a lot of burger stands and a pizzeria. Catalina walking
down via casino - this is Avalon Casino.
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This is the historic Tuna Club.
Here's the harbor, tons of boats here today.
This is called the tuna Club - it's the birthplace of modern big game sport fishing built
in 1898. 183 pound bluefin tuna! If you guys are using Catalina as a day trip
there's public showers here for three dollars a person for five
and three here this orange fish is called a Garibaldi fish
this area's really famous for snorkeling and scuba diving because the fish are
really vibrant and it's very clear here do you like these crystal-clear waters
as much as we do hit the thumbs up button down below
the Yacht Club founded in 1922 we walked to the iconic
casino built in 1929 and Art Deco building that has a movie theater on the
lower level it's actually not a gambling hall it's mostly for entertainment we're
going to blue water of life really nice
this is the Catalina Island Museum and they have a complete exhibit if you can
inside the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas that is the reef because glasswork
Catalina Island Museum housed the two holy sculptures which come in bold
colors and unique shapes can you guess Catalina's population they have a
population of only 4096 people and they have one K through 12 school the
graduating class is 52. Everywhere we go on the island we see
these cool tiles and then they're being sold here really cool ones
parrots and pictures of the monuments. Do you need a spa day? All day every day. You can get
your spa on right here with daily yoga class. The Cubs used to come here for
spring training and there's also bison on island! Avalon is Catalina's main town
and is only one square mile in size and everything is in walkable distance in
fact that's the preferred mode of transportation if you're into history
and architecture you can take tours of the Art Deco casino if you're into
something more adventurous you can go scuba diving just outside the casino
with the idealic waters of Catalina at your doorstep very never card and your
water
Catalina
we have an art-deco society and they're having a ball tonight
apparently it's once a year so there's a lot of people dressed up in 1922 so
before a student shop and I got cool mint.
What does Doublemint gum in Catalina island have in common?
Well Catalina was historically owned by William Wrigley of chewing gum Fame in
fact he bought the island without even seeing it he developed it into a resort
destination and even brought the Chicago Cubs a team which he owned for spring
training here from 1921 to 1951 he later deeded 88% of the island to the
Catalina Conservancy so it remains undeveloped to this day in
fact bison roam parts of the island they're not native but they were brought
here for silent film in the 1920s
another fun fact about Catalina there may just be more boats in the harbour
than there are cars on the island it's the only city in California authorized
by the state to regulate the number of cars in fact there's a 20-year waiting
list to own a car on the island luckily it's easy to walk everywhere in Catalina
and we walk back to the port for evening departure on the Catalina Express back
to the Dana Point Harbor
Catalina Express offers comfortable indoor seating but I like to go on the
upper and lower decks for the outdoor views of the beautiful Catalina Harbor
as we pull away and make way for the Dana Point Harbor
it can be quite windy on the ship so make sure to bring a jacket or a
windbreaker and bring a waterproof case for your iPhone and a GoPro links in the
description below on the best items to bring for this trick
and just like that and under an hour we're back on the mainland of California
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