Day Trip for Two Adults to Anacapa or Santa Cruz Island.  

Let your Channel Island adventure begin with the experienced crew from Island Packers, providing first rate transportation services for island hiking, camping, kayaking, whale watching & sightseeing.   

Anacapa is the closest island to the mainland, just 12 miles from the Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard. From February through April, Anacapa is a rainbow of color created by the bloom of native wildflowers. As the spring bloom fades the island comes alive with the cry of Western Gulls guarding their nests of eggs. In the summer, park rangers begin the "Anacapa Live" video program. Visitors can experience a live virtual tour of the kelp forest. The program is interactive so visitors can listen to and talk with the divers via a special underwater communication link.

Santa Cruz Island is located about 20 miles from the mainland coast.
It is the largest of the Channel Islands and the most diverse with plant communities from marshes and grasslands to chaparral and pine forests. December through mid February, migrating Gray Whales can often be observed from Santa Cruz and in the summer you might catch some blue or humpback whales.  Santa Cruz Island is also ideal for kayaking and snorkling, or wonderful hikes to see the wildflowers and native grasslands.