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Desert
and Sea
Day
1: Arrival
to La
Paz.
Arrival
at La
Paz,
capital
of
Southern
Baja
California,
surrounded
by an
arid
desert
and
built
between
ancient
palm
trees
and
sea.
Pick
up the
Jeep
at the
International
Airport
and
lodging.
Day 2:
Tecolote
Beach.
After
breakfast,
you
will
drive
to the
northern
point
of La
Paz
bay
and
set on
the
endless
Tecolote
beach,
comfortably
served
by an
excellent
restaurant.
Full
day of
bathing
and
relax.
Overnigth
in
hotel.
Day
3:
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,
before
to
relax
one
more
night
in
La Paz.
Day
4:
La Paz
- Loreto.
267
miles.
Traveling
north,
you
will
ascend
into
the
earth
of the
Sierra
de La
Giganta,
to
contemplate
the
mission
of
San
Javier,
a true
architectural
jewel,
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
5:
Isla
Coronado.
You
will
circumnavigate
Isla
Coronado,
an
unbelievable
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 6:
Loreto
-
Punta
Chivato.
109
miles.
Breakfast
at the
hotel.
The
paved
road,
at
first
winds
in
the
desert
covered
with
cactus,
then coasts
Bahìa
Concepciòn
and
its
numberless
bays
and
coves.
You
will
arrive
at the
oasis
of
Mulegè
with
its
short
river
which
flows
through
thousands
of
date
palms.
After
having
visited
the
sober
mission,
you
will
continue
to the
junction
with
the
dirt
road
that
will
take
you to
the
wonderful
bay of
Punta
Chivato,
where
you
will
lodge
in a
beautiful
hotel
on the
sea.
Day 7:
Punta
Chivato.
Full
board.
One
more
day
will
be
spent
at
this
marvelous
bay
for
some
deserved
relax
and to
explore
an
impressive
desert
forest,
with
the
some
of the
most
majestic
cactus
of all
Baja.
Day
8:
Punta
Chivato
–
Sierra
de San
Francisco
-
San
Ignacio. 165
miles.
After
breakfast,
you
will
visit
Santa
Rosalìa,
whose
vestiges
of a
rich
mining
past,
draw
back
in
time,
while
you
stroll
in its
picturesque
streets.
You
will
then
cross
the
volcanic
area
of
Las
Virgenes,
pass
through
the
Vizcaino
Biosphere
Reserve
and
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
rest
at
San
Ignacio,
one of
the
largest
oasis
of
Baja.
Day
9:
San
Ignacio
-
Bahìa
Magdalena.
313
miles.
After
a
short
visit
to the
Cave
Paintings
Museum
and
the
church,
you
will
travel
south,
passing
again
through
Santa
Rosalìa,
Mulegè,
Loreto
and
the
agricolture
fields
of
Ciudad
Constituciòn,
where
from
you
will
arrive
to
Puerto
San
Carlos,
on the
edge
of the
immense
sand
dunes
of
Bahìa
Magdalena.
Day
10:
Bahìa
Magdalena
- La
Paz.
170
miles.
The
entire
morning
will
be
dedicated
to
observe
the
huge
population
of
this
practically
virgin
ecosystem,
like
Hermann’s
Gulls,
Cormorants,
Ospreys,
Blue
Herons,
Egrets
and
Storm
Petrels.
You
will
go
ashore
the
barrier
island,
to
explore
the
immense
extension
of
moving
dunes
and,
in the
afternoon,
you
will
drive
to
La Paz,
the
charming
capital
of
Baja
California
Sur.
Day
11:
La Paz
-
Los
Cabos.
63
miles.
The
old
road
to the
south
will
take
you to
the
coast
of the
Sea of
Cortez
and,
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
tourist
corridor
of
Cabo
San
Lucas.
Day
12:
Los
Cabos.
One
more
day
will
be
spent
in
Cabo
San
Lucas,
to
give
you
enough
time
to
enjoy
a
beautiful
glass
bottom
boat
excursion
to the
famous
granite
Archway and perhaps to do some shopping.
Day
13:
Los
Cabos
- La
Paz. 89
miles.
You
will
travel
north,
along
the
Pacific
coast,
to
visit
the
mysterious
and
romantic
oasis
of
Todos
Santos,
on
your
way to
spend
one
more
night
in
La Paz.
Day
14:
Departure
from
La
Paz.
You
will
drop
the
vehicle
at the
international
airport
and
check
into
your
flight.
It
is
strictly
forbidden
to
utilize
any
pictures
or text
of
this
page,
without
written
permission
of
the
author.
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