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shari
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Ralf I assumed they would most certainly be heading down to La Bocana & Abrojos if they stopped here in Asuncion.
There are a couple of road choices between here and there...we always take the beautiful vigilancia road right at the edge of the ocean for some great
beach combing. You get on it just at the end of the first fishing village of Punta Prieta and it goes between there and San Hipolito which has some
secret surf spots too along there on a certain swell. AND a great fishing hole at the lighthouse for halibut.
You would have to be going pretty darn fast to do that road in an hour...takes us 2 safely. It is often really crappy washboard between San Hipolito
& La Bocana but generally graded from Asuncion to San Hipolito but gets back quick due to the fishermen traffic driving back and forth.
At low tide you can drive the gorgeous looooooong sandy beach between San Hipolito and La Bocana...a bit tricky getting back up on the road perhaps.
The little villages are really cute and friendly too.
JZ- we have all kinds of different accommodation options from campground to our Inn where rooms start at $40-$75 and the Beach House starts at $90 a
night...off season rates apply from April-July.
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Quote: Originally posted by shari  | Ralf I assumed they would most certainly be heading down to La Bocana & Abrojos if they stopped here in Asuncion.
There are a couple of road choices between here and there...we always take the beautiful vigilancia road right at the edge of the ocean for some great
beach combing. You get on it just at the end of the first fishing village of Punta Prieta and it goes between there and San Hipolito which has some
secret surf spots too along there on a certain swell. AND a great fishing hole at the lighthouse for halibut.
You would have to be going pretty darn fast to do that road in an hour...takes us 2 safely. It is often really crappy washboard between San Hipolito
& La Bocana but generally graded from Asuncion to San Hipolito but gets back quick due to the fishermen traffic driving back and forth.
At low tide you can drive the gorgeous looooooong sandy beach between San Hipolito and La Bocana...a bit tricky getting back up on the road perhaps.
The little villages are really cute and friendly too.
JZ- we have all kinds of different accommodation options from campground to our Inn where rooms start at $40-$75 and the Beach House starts at $90 a
night...off season rates apply from April-July. |
I'm definitely gonna do this run on our bikes in the near future. Probably on our way back in August. Start South and head North.
Will have to bring a tide chart, as I want to rip that beach section between La Bocana and San Hipolito.
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Anyone done the run from Scorpion Bay up North to Punta Abrojos. We've been to the dunes above SB, but no further. How hard is it? Worth doing?
[Edited on 7-17-2018 by JZ]
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bobrehfuss
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Bahia Santa Maria
Just south of San Quintin about 4 hours drive from Tecate is a beautiful bay with sandy beaches and in the middle is Mission Santa Maria Hotel. It
sits pretty much all by itself in this isolated, quiet location.
The hotel is about 100 yards back from the beach and all of the second floor rooms have huge balconies with an incredible view of the beach and
ocean. All of the rooms in the main hotel are large with two beds, clean, comfortable, AC/heat, TV if you want it and big showers with hot water.
There is a back part of the hotel that has smaller rooms and no view.
The hotel has a great bar on the main floor with a pool table and is kid friendly. Downstairs is a nice restaurant with the best paprika crab around.
From the hotel you can walk north or south as far as you want along sandy beaches and if you go north you will probably not see another person while
your strolling with the sea on your left and cool sand dunes on your right.
The water is calm and good for swimming unless some big storm surge is happening. If the wind isn’t blowing it’s a great beach to hang out.
The clam digging for pismos is really good in front of the hotel and especially to the north. Well, I mean that’s what Ive seen. Since I’m
American and clamming is prohibited for non Mexicans I just collect sea shells while the locals go clamming at low tide. They tell me the lower the
better.
Right in front of the hotel is great surf perch fishing. Pretty much any where you go there are fish. Clams for bait on the incoming tide to high tide
seem to work best especially if you can get enough clams to chum a bit. Clams in the shell or cleaned are readily available in the area if you ask.
If you wanna go fishing on a boat it’s only about 15 minutes to the ramp at the Old Mill where the local sport fishing fleet launches. August can be
very good for Seabass and yellowtail as well as all of the other usual suspects that inhabit those waters year around.
There’s lots of other cool stuff to do in the area but if your heading south the souther you go the better it gets. When I’m staying in the area I
do lots of stuff for days. When I’m going south I like to have dinner and drinks at the hotel in the evening. Enjoy the beach in the morning then
head out to the next place.
On your way south Parcella 12 restaurant is a great spot to stop for all you can eat, home made goodness. Another 20 minutes south from there is La
Lobera. If you haven’t been there it’s well worth the detour off the paved road to see this unique Baja gem.
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bobrehfass - what great information you shared!
jz you asked what was between the two towns and really, there are some mountains to the east. one ranch kinda sorta close to Asuncion. Two miniature
villages called hipolito and punta prieta that you detour off the road to get to.
Other than that, basically, there are dunes and beach for 1.5 hours.
I like going thru the tiny towns, and my second favorite coast ride so far is precisely the beaches between us and Asuncion. First is Bahia
Concepcion coast. For sure sometimes the road is easy and smooth as you leave Bocana but sometimes it is BRUTAL. Eventually it eases off
There are many fossils, petrified rocks and arrowheads in some of the arroyos on playa los huesos which is the last long beach before you get to La
Bocanita/La Bocana - so I have heard since I, myself, have never found any.
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| Quote: Originally posted by JZ | Anyone done the run from Scorpion Bay up North to Punta Abrojos. We've been to the dunes above SB, but no further. How hard is it? Worth doing?
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There is no road directly between Laguna San Ignacio (north of San Juanico) and Punta Abreojos. You have to go inland to San Ignacio and back out to
Abreojos.
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bobrehfuss
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Santa Rosalillita
About 4 1/2 hours south from San Quintin is Santa Rosalillita. Clearly marked off Hwy 1 is a very wide paved road that’s an easy drive to the coast.
As JZ mentioned there is amazing coastline and and pristine beaches to the north.
It’s a small rustic fishing Villiage. There is a little hotel, a couple stores and places to eat in town. I’ve never stayed at the hotel so
don’t have any first hand info but I think some other Nomads do if you need it maybe they will chime in.
There is a big abandoned marina that was going to be the Pacific port for the escalera náutica. It’s interesting to check out when passing through.
There is very good panga fishing but it’s beach launch and old school commercial panga so not sure if that’s family friendly. Here is who I fished
with if your interested.
Fishing Guide
Manuel "El Macaco"
4th house from the end of the houses.
The beaches and road to the north are pretty awesome. I haven’t spent much time there or seen all of it to the north but I believe JZ has lots of
experience there.
I hear there can be some good surf in that area but I don’t have specific info on that either.
There may be a way to enter from Hwy 1 somewhere north and then drive along the coast to town if you want an adventure. Otherwise I think it would be
a drive in, go north, come back out the same way you came in kind of journey.
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bobrehfuss
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Bahia Asuncion, La Bocana, Abreojos.
BA, is a bustling coastal fishing town. Contact Shari and stay at her beach house. Everything you like to do is there and I won’t even bother to
elaborate much cause she can give you way better info but I would recommend fishing with Juan, visit their ocean front La Bufadora Inn, enjoy the view
and a cold beer or two. Have some good food in town.
LB, just down the road but a whole different world, is a sleepy little Fishing Villiage. Everything you like to do is here as well. Just talk to
Blanca and she can get you all set up at her place and help you with anything. Fishing there is great too. I like fishing with Joquin cause we are
buds but Domingo is a very, very good captain. If you can make it happen see if you can do a day of Fishing in the lagoon with Joquin and his brother
Juancy. Nothing big and all catch and release but some of the best, non-stop action anywhere and it’s calm and sheltered from the wind. Super fun!!!
Make sure you have dinner with Blanca and Les at Joquin’s private restaurant “The Baja Cactus”. If you like good food and good times you will
not top this. Real good meat and fresh ginger are two things that you can bring for Joquin that he always appreciates. Also Blanca does so much for
that community and for the kids. Make sure ask her what you can bring to help out cause there is alway someone that can use something from the states.
Abreojos is not far from from LB and quite a bit bigger town. I’ve only been there to fish. It has a reputation for some epic grouper fishing. I
think you can only keep one but how many do you need.
Fishing Guide
Rigo Rigoberto Zuniga on
Juan de la Barrera street
Is the guy that we fished with. Groupeeeeeer, enough said!!! I don’t know anything about the town cause I have only passed through on my way to LB
or to fish. I’ve never stayed there, ate there, etc. But I’m confident some Nomad has info. Just out of town to the south is Campo Rene it’s a
really cool place on the beach/lagoon and worth a stop when you go by. There can be some great beach fishing right in this area. If you see birds
feeding in the surf just cast into them with a krocodile and sometimes it’s WFO.
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David K
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| Quote: Originally posted by bobrehfuss |
I love your maps David. Perhaps you can post a few showing the places I’m talking about as I don’t have that resource and I’m hoping some folks
with more knowledge will fill in the blanks that I leave and even suggest places that I’m not familiar with.
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Hi Bob,
Thank you for your contributions!
It is a good thing to hear from others about all the great places in Baja.
You are welcome to use my maps if they help your posts. They are all in the Road Conditions forum: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=88771.
When you click on one, it should take you to the Photobucket page it is hosted on where you will see links along the side menu. Copy and the IMG link
and then paste it on the Nomad posting where you want it. The maps go with the road guide I produced from all my 2017 travels.
Here are five that cover the Asuncion to Abreojos area and access roads from Hwy. 1:
Note, the 15 kms of unpaved road to Tortugas shown near San José de Castro, are now paved.
[Edited on 7-18-2018 by David K]
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thebajarunner
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Note that the cutoff road between San Jose de Castro and Asuncion is not paved.
Also, if you are going up to Punta Falsa, as I recommended earlier, this cutoff has a very small sign, so keep heads up.
We did not take this road, my other traveling guys wimped out and opted for pavement both directions, which was good all the way.
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shari
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another note is that the fish camp of San Pablo north of Asuncion has a locked gate...but you dont get to it until just before the village. It is to
keep poachers out of the area.
San Roque is open and beautiful and there is a road that goes up the hills from there too.
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David K
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| Quote: Originally posted by thebajarunner | Note that the cutoff road between San Jose de Castro and Asuncion is not paved.
Also, if you are going up to Punta Falsa, as I recommended earlier, this cutoff has a very small sign, so keep heads up.
We did not take this road, my other traveling guys wimped out and opted for pavement both directions, which was good all the way.
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Correct, other than Hwy. 1, paved roads on these maps are heavy black lines. The direct road between Asuncion and San José de Castro is a graded
road, easy in 2WD, but has some rough areas, mostly on the end near Asuncion, typical of heavy traffic and lack of fresh grading. Just leaving
Tortugas for Punta Falsa is also very rough for about a mile then is an excellent dirt road.
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bobrehfuss
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David, I wasn’t aware that your maps were available like that.
Super cool, thanks.
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David K
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The pleasure is mine!
The maps don't help anyone if they are not available after the work I did plus the Nomads input with their proofreading and corrections!
I may have missed it, but how about a post about you and what drew you to Baja and why you like helping others?
EDIT: I did go back to your first trip report to recall that... very nice. I hope your back recovered after you left San Ignacio. Maybe make it
further south next big trip?
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bobrehfuss
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Well, back is still giving me trouble. Haven’t made it past Gonzaga or Ensenada since last November cause driving hurts.
I actually had a small surgical procedure today and in recovery now. Should be back on my feet by Sunday. Physical therapy after that. Unfortunately
no trips for me for a while. If not better in 6-8 weeks the fusion surgery will be necessary.
I’d be happy to post what originally drew me to Baja and when, why I continue to return 8-12 weeks a year, where I’ve been, what I do and why I
like to share Baja and Fishing info with others.
As I don’t feel this is the appropriate place for that can you please recommend where I should post that and I will.
Thanks
Bob
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David K
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I hope you have a speedy and successful recovery!
If you want to share past trip reports, then I would use the Trip Reports forum and include the year in the title/subject line of the post.
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JZ
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What's the 70km road like between Laguna San Ignacio and San Ignacio?
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David K
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Where is it saying 70 kms anywhere?
On my map, just above, you can see Km. 47 just before the pavement ends (ie. it's a good Paved Road). It is 6 more miles to the shore of the lagoon or
about 52 kms. from San Ignacio. Those last 6 miles are elevated over the salina and ready for pavement, ie. easy for anything to drive. It is 4 more
miles to the village or to Antonio's or Kuyima Camp, depending which fork you take. See my map. If you are continuing on to San Juanico, word from
Desert Bull is the High Road is now super fast with new grading. It's about 70 miles from the lagoon to San Juanico.
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JZ
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Gotcha. Thx.
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Bobrehfuss, thanks for taking the time to post all this! I appreciate it! I'm printing these out along with David's maps to piece it all together.
Thanks again! 
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