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Road to Bahia Asuncion
We are contemplating a future trip to Bahia Asuncion, after seeing so many positive things here including Shari's great photos. It looks like there
are two roads (or maybe one with a curve at the coast) that you need to take when getting off of Highway 1 south of Guerrero Negro. Can you
experienced folks let us know if the exit to this/these roads is clearly marked, and how wide the roads are? We would be in a Class A 29' Motorhome,
so the wider the better! Thanks much, Mary Ann & Ron
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turn off just south of the Pemex in Vizcaino. drive til the sign tells you to turn. follow that until you get to town!
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The turnoff for Asuncion is marked with a sign saying Bahia Tortugas...just after the first Pemex in Vizcaino... then you drive for half an hour or so
...watch for sand dunes on the road but it is nicely paved. Then there is a sign that says Bahia Asuncion turn left, then go another half hour till
you think...where the heck IS this place....then you will get here...at the entrance to the village,take a left just past the Pemex and a quick right
(big sign on the Beach House wall of a mermaid) to get to Campo Sirena. There is a big family rig there now enjoying the beach!
We look forward to showing you around! Call me before you leave Vizcaino so we can help you get parked..and make sure you dont break down on the road!
[Edited on 7-30-2015 by shari]
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Woody and Shari,
Thanks for the input. We are looking forward to visiting.
Ron and Mary Ann
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you'll be stoked in no time at all!
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The campground is right in the middle of all the action, and you'll be lulled to sleep (or kept awake) by the crashing waves about 100' away.
You'll never want to leave!
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Visual Aid
The route from Highway One, and is all paved now (map is 5 years old):
The 'GD' (Das, Diesel) at Hwy. 1 is the Vizcaíno Pemex station (there are now two more on Hwy. 1, south of the Tortugas/ Asuncion highway junction).
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thanks for the map DK...you can really see how close we are as the crow flies to Laguna Ojo de Liebre...the salt flats you cross to get to Asuncion
are the end of the lagoon.
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Yep... Before, Hwy.1, it was common to go from Guerrero Negro to Malarrimo or Tortugas using the roads on the salt flats (with permission from the
salt mine office) or use the old dirt road around the lagoon via Ojo de Liebre spring and Rancho El Huisache. Does anyone use these old shortcuts
instead of the paved long way around roads?
Map by Howard Gulick, 1962 Lower California Guidebook.
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there is a big gate at Ocho Bombas and you need a special permit from the salt works to go through it so the public cant use it. It is a tricky drive
along the dykes and you could easily get lost.
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Thanks so much to all of you for the great info, maps, etc. It probably won't happen until next spring, but we are already excited about it and
greatly looking forward to it.
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and here I thought you were in GN looking for the yellow brick road!
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Yellow brick roads are always welcomed and taken. Which Pemex shall we turn at?
many thanks
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The one in Vizcaino as you come into the town.
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Quote: Originally posted by shari  | | there is a big gate at Ocho Bombas and you need a special permit from the salt works to go through it so the public cant use it. It is a tricky drive
along the dykes and you could easily get lost. |
As I recall, Raul, who once was a jefe at the salt works, and later went on to build the Hotel Caraoles has/ had such a permit.
When the hotel was first opened, we stayed there, and went out on a whale trip with Raul that went through those gates.
Ever since, anyone who stays at Caracoles is escorted down to the nature center.
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that road is a different gate that the whale watching companies from GN go to...that is the gate to the port of Chaparrito.
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Much prefer going out through the nature center.
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