DIRT ROAD CONDITIONS FROM LOS BARRILES TO SAN JOSE DEL CABO

Jana and I flew down to SJDC and rented a car from Budget.
I will never again rent a vehicle from them. They quoted one price and after presenting my reservation form to the clerk, they could not find my reservation, and consequently cost me over $200 for 4 days. The guy next to me was paying his bill and he had the same small car and paid $74.00 for 10 days.
Lesson learned!

Our original trip was for celebrating Valentine's Day, but we also spent time house-hunting between Los Barriles and Los Zacatitos (just north of SJDC).
I know that Blanca wrote a great road report down to Cabo Pulmo (which is a diving mecca because of the natural reefs there).
We drove the dirt road from Los Barriles to just west of SJDC.
The road is easily accessible in a two wheeled drive vehicle with no soft sand.
Cabo Pulmo was a really nice diving beach and they had lots of outlets for one to rent equipment. The souvenir store was well stocked with lots of local artifacts and other memorabilia reminiscent of Todos Santos (artistic).
What was disappointing was the lack of beach access throughout the entire road. From La Ribera South, the road was barb-wired on both sides of the road, and 90% of the time there was no beach view because of a large hill that blocked the water view from the road. There were three small narrow paths that were so designated as beach access, but no parking spots were available, therefore one had to park on the road.
There was lots of properties available (all being off the grid), and they were fairly pricey ones. The beaches in the home areas resembled that of Punta Chivato.

The entire road can easily be driven in about 6+- hours at about 25 MPH.
When we did reach Los Zacatitos, we visited a friend, Hobie Alter. He has a VERY NICE home on the waterfront on a romantic white sand beach. Lot size was close to an acre.
For those of you who have this road as one on the WISH list, I highly recommend it even though the beach view is blocked most of the time.

One of the beaches along the road.


Another scenic beach view along the road


Hobie Alter's house in Los Zacatitos


Another beach view from Hobie's House



Lunch with George and Lynda Bergin in Los Barriles



One of the beach access view points.



Here is what happens to an RV that stays parked on a beachfront too long.



Lifeguard tower at Cabo Pulmo



View looking south from Cabo Pulmo



Road signs along the dirt road that designated the area as a turtle habitat



Some of the beach cattle we encountered along the road

The interesting part of this cattle heard, was that the lead bull had a bell around the neck as well as the last bull. Everyone in the middle had no bell!

[Edited on 2-17-2013 by Udo]

[Edited on 2-17-2013 by Udo]