Ken Cooke - 8-29-2006 at 08:19 PM
My friends Brad & Rhoda want to camp there in late November. Are there any campos or cabanas for rent there? How does it compare with Bahia de
los Angeles?
Ken----
Barry A. - 8-29-2006 at 10:32 PM
---have not been there in a couple of years, but there were no facilities at all there then. There is a beautiful beach and sandspit, with a large
lagoon behind and beyond it, that you can drive out on, but it is small, and would not accomodate more than about 10 campsites, at least along the
waterfront, unless really close together. Animas is my favorite place to go, for all the above reasons.
Barry
David K - 8-29-2006 at 11:09 PM
Ken... it's a beach, lagoon, a fishing rancho, and not much more but PURE BAJA... ie. no showers or air conditioning! Here are a couple photos form my
web site: http://www.vivabaja.com/704/page2.html
The pelicans are friendly!:
[Edited on 8-30-2006 by David K]
4baja - 8-30-2006 at 06:36 AM
allso there can be lots of mesquitos there that time of year after thunder storms. lobster can be bought at the fish camp.
4baja-------------
Barry A. - 8-30-2006 at 01:34 PM
----------is that "Fish camp" now active??? In all the years I have gone to Las Animas, I have NEVER seen anybody at that fish camp except maybe
overnight. I have seen folks living at the tiny campo just before the lagoon and beach, but never out at the Fish Camp-------
Even Animas is getting "civilized" 
bahiamia - 8-30-2006 at 06:26 PM
There's been a fish camp out there ever since I first came here about 20 years ago, and it's still in operation. Still nice camping to the South of
it, but the far side of the bay is indeed mosquito-infested.
Mia,
Paulina - 8-30-2006 at 10:36 PM
What do you know of the new development, for the lack of a better word, that is being built just a bit north of Animas? We pulled the panga up to see
what looked like yurts, maybe 8 of them built around a central building of some sort. There were three pangas that were going back and forth from
town. Their names were Animas 1,2 and 3. It reminded me of Fermin's La Unica, but fancier. A new fly in maybe?
Hope all is well with you, give our best to Tony.
P.<*)))><
4baja - 8-31-2006 at 06:45 AM
barry, lobster seasons comeing up and there will be people there. most of the time i take my boat there but a few times i have taken my quad. plan on
taking the new boat down there soon.
4baja - 8-31-2006 at 06:45 AM
angle shot
Paulina...
bahiamia - 8-31-2006 at 08:41 AM
The huts you saw at Bahia Alacran are indeed a fly-in place that's been in operation for about a year or so.
I was bummed when someone put something in out there. That was me and Thomas' favorite beach camping spot. Used to anchor the panga out in front and
run the saftey line underneath our sleeping pad. That way if anything unusual would happen to the boat, we'd feel it right away and wake up. Used to
sleep right on the beach just up enough away from the tide line but not all the way to where the little dunes start. Had a whole bunch of great times
out there. Many, many memories.
Was good to see you, even if briefly and I hope to be able to hang those posters up soon! I'll keep you guys posted! Don't forget about the Ranch
either! 
Assuming we are talking about the same baylet/beach-----
Barry A. - 8-31-2006 at 09:06 AM
----a kayak tour group established a campo on that beautiful beach north of Animas, but south of BOLA. THey used to bring in their clients to BOLA
and paddle down to that campo for several nights stay. I was not aware that there was any runway there, but it has been a while since I have been
there. In the really old days, we often boated up there and had lunch on that pristine beach--------one of my favorite places in all of Baja. This
was before the little island was declared "off limits".
As for the fish camp-----I have been going to Animas for about 35 years, and the fishcamp was always "seasonal" and often not in use. I rarely saw
people actually living there. We always were there in either October, or March/April. We ususally had the entire bay to ourselves, tho the tiny
campo in the mesquite grove just before the camping beach/spit was often occupied by permanent residents. We never encountered mosquitos there, but
after especially hard rains we did get no-see-ums, which I believe is pretty true of all of the beaches of Baja.
4baja-----
Barry A. - 8-31-2006 at 09:09 AM
----that is one beautiful boat!!!!! I am envious!!! 
bahiamia - 8-31-2006 at 12:35 PM
Alacran....
Clarification....no, there is no runway out there. The people fly in and land here at the airstrip in Bahia, then are taken out to the location by
Panga. There are several bays between here and Animas; Puerto Don Juan, Quemado, Pescador, & Alacran. There are a few other small inlets that
are nice to camp on too.
The place you describe, with the "little island", is Bahia Pescador & Isla Pescador. Very, very beautiful spot indeed.