Don’t let all these miles of stark desert idiot you. Whether or not you’re taking over the entire Baja Freeway or concentrating on one stretch (which is extra wise), the panorama is stuffed with revelations, many half-hidden.
Actually, there’s much more alongside the highway than you’ll discover on this checklist, which leaves out Tijuana, Ensenada, Bahía de los Angeles, Todos Santos and most of La Paz and Los Cabos. The spots beneath, listed from north to south, are locations I encountered first-hand and appreciated — native excursions, trails, eating places, historic church buildings, cave work, seashores and different points of interest from the Guadalupe Valley to Cabo San Lucas. Although I solely slept in a single lodge, I inspected a number of extra and included the perfect right here.
To information me, I employed Nathan Stuart of Legends Overlanding, which makes a speciality of small-group and customized overlanding and tenting journeys to rugged Baja landscapes. Actions can embody whale watching, browsing, fishing, snorkeling and mountaineering. All-inclusive costs (usually together with non-public cooks) usually run $5,000 to $8,000 per couple for a five- to 10-day journey.
Our automobile got here from Topoterra, based mostly in San Diego, which rents vans, camper vans and tenting gear for off-grid journey in Baja and elsewhere. Every day charges for autos run $189 to $285. Although Baja journeys make up most of his winter enterprise, Topoterra founder Brandon Thomason advised me, most vacationers want to discover one a part of Baja, not rush via the entire thing.
Concerning the telephone numbers beneath: To name a Mexican cell phone or landline from a U.S. cell phone, start with the + key, then hit 52 (Mexico’s nation code), then the world code and native telephone quantity (which add as much as 10 digits; that’s what’s included right here). To name Mexico from a U.S. landline, start with 011 as a substitute of +, then add 52, space code and native quantity. The U.S. Federal Communications Fee has extra particulars.
