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Cactus
and Sea
Day 1:
Arrival
to La
Paz.
Pick up
the Jeep
at the
international
airport
and
lodging.
Day 2: Isla
Espiritu
Santo.
Almost a
full day
will be
spent
exploring
Isla
Espiritu
Santo,
an
enchanted
desert
island,
embroidered
with
white,
sandy
coves,
where
you can
swim in
its
crystal
clear
water.
At
Los
Islotes,
snorkeling
among
the
friendly
colony
of
Sea
Lions,
will be
an
experience
of a
lifetime.
In the
afternoon
you will
return
to La
Paz,
to enjoy
one more
beautiful
night.
Day 3:
La Paz-Loreto.
267
miles.
Traveling
north,
you
willl
ascend
into the
heart of
the
Sierra
de La
Giganta,
to
contemplate
the
mission
of
San
Javier,
a true
architectural
jewell,
built by
Jesuits
in 1699.
In the
magical
light of
the
sunset
you will
arrive
to
Loreto,
the
first
capital
of
Californias,
today a
fast
growing
development.
Day 4: Isla
Coronado.
You will
circumnavigate
Isla
Coronado,
an
umbelievable
habitat
of
Sea
Lions,Brown
Pelicans
and
Boobies.
After
landing
on its
beautiful
white
sandy
beach,
to
explore
the
island
and
relax,
you will
return
to
Loreto.
Day 5:
Loreto –
Santa
Rosalia.
122 miles.
You will
parallel
the
enchanting
Bahìa
Concepciòn
and its
marvelous
lace of
white,
sandy
coves.
Then you
will
visit
Mulege
and its
severe
mission,
on a
river
surrounded
by
thousands
of palm
trees
and
finally,
after
having
explored
a
majestic
cactus
forest
with the
tallest
specimens
in all
Baja,
you will
drive to
Santa
Rosalia,
whose
vestiges
of a
rich
mining
past
will
bring
you back
into
time,
while
you will
stroll
in the
picturesque
streets
of the
old
French
colony.
Day 6:
Santa
Rosalia
– San Ignacio.
217
miles.
After
crossing
the
volcanic
area of
Las
Virgenes
and
passing
through
the
Vizcaino
Biosphere
Reserve,
you will
travel
deeply
into the
Sierra
de San
Francisco.
Volcanic
in
origin,
the
sierra
hides an
incomparable
cultural
and
natural
wealth:
from
small
cactaceous
with
colorful
flowers,
to
gigantic
cacti
and
primitive
cirios,
the most
unusual
plant of
the
peninsula
and
unique
in the
world.
A
primitive
tribe of
hunters
and
collectors,
the
origin
of whom
is
unknown,
existed
in this
wild
environment
thousands
of years
ago.
They
shaped
in caves
and
ravines
countless
rupestrian
paintings,
representing
gigantic
human
figures,
hunting
scenarios,
families
and
animals.
All
these
figures
make one
of the
largest
concentration
of
prehistoric
art in
the
world.
After
having
visited
one of
the
caves,
you will
Day 7:
San Ignacio
– Bahìa
Magdalena.
257miles.
Between
the
treacherous
mirages
of the
immense
Tide
Flats,
you will
cross
the
Laguna
on your
way to
the
splendid
bay of
San
Juanico,
the
green
orchards
of La
Purìsima,
the
agricolture
fields
of
Ciudad
Constituciòn,
up to
Puerto
San
Carlos,
on the
edge of
the
immense
sand
dunes of
Bahìa
Magdalena.
Day 8:
Bahìa
Magdalena
- La Paz.
170 miles.
The
entire
morning
will be
dedicated
to
observe
the huge
population
of this
practically
virgin
ecosystem.
Heermann's
Gulls,
Cormorants,
Ospreys,
Blue
Herons,
Egrets
and
Storm
Petrels
are
common
sights.
You will
go
ashore
the
barrier
island,
to
explore
the
immense
moving
dunes
and,
after
lunch,
you will
drive to
La
Paz,
the
charming
capital
of
Baja
California
Sur.
Day 9:
La Paz
- Los
Cabos.
161
miles.
The old
road to
the
south,
will
take you
to the
coast of
the
Sea of
Cortez.
After
driving
across
the
Tropic
of
Cancer,
the
incredible
trail
that
parallels
the Gulf,
will
allow
you to
discover
a
majestic
succession
of
isolated
beaches,
before
it takes
you to
the
picturesque
San
Jose del
Cabo,
access
point to
the
touristic
corridor
of
Cabo San
Lucas.
Day 10:
Los
Cabos -
La Paz.
89 miles.
You will
enjoy a
beautiful
glass
bottom
boat
excursion
to the
famous
granite
Archway
and
perhaps
some
shopping,
before
to
travel
north,
along
the
Pacific
coast,
to visit
the
misterious,
romantic
oasis of
Todos
Santos,
on your
way to
spend
one more
night in
La Paz.
Day 11:
Departure
from La
Paz.
You will
drop the
vehicle
at the
international
airport
and
check
into
your
flight.
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strictly
forbidden
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any
pictures
or text
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without
written
permission
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