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AguaDulce
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camping near ensenada
Leaving tomorrow to check out the Baja 1000 in Ensenada as part of my 8 day camp trip. Hotels should be booked up , so are there any decent sites to
camp near or south of town? Thanks
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BajaGeoff
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Estero Beach Hotel has campsites that might still be available. I have camped there a couple times and it's very nice.
http://www.hotelesterobeach.com
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DENNIS
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La Joya and Villarino's in Punta Banda.
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MMc
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San Miguel at the end of the toll road.
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J.P.
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Camping
There's a huge Campground just south of Manendero called LA CANADA it has about anything a camper would wish for.
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bajabuddha
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| Quote: | Originally posted by J.P.
There's a huge Campground just south of Manendero called LA CANADA it has about anything a camper would wish for. |
I pulled into there once, and asked the price; it was about $15 US then, and I thought, ok, that's doable..... until I was told the price was PER
PERSON, not per rig, nor just a surcharge for a few more people... and, there were 'chipping' prices for water, electric, etc., so be sure to ask of
all the costs up front; it ain't cheap. Fancy, yes. Expensive, yes. Usually empty, yes.
I have always stayed at La Joya on the Punta Banda road; just before Maneadero take La Bufadora road to the west, out about 5 - 6 miles, it's on the
right. the RV parking has diminished to almost zero now, with only one or two 'electric' hook-ups (IF they don't spark at you when you plug in). All
is close to the beach, and the beach is beautiful; but the entire front row gets crowded with local tent campers every weekend, can be crowded. I
was also told by a local full-timer Americano to watch your stuff really well; anything take-able will grow legs. The Dueño of the camp still drives
through twice a day in his pick-up, wonderful family runs the place, and the price is great too. At low tide there are hot springs in the beach sands
just a few hundred yards to the east of the camping area.
[Edited on 11-10-2014 by bajabuddha]
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San Miguel- gated beach, closer to town but...
pretty rustic. I think bathrooms had only cold water last time I checked- maybe OK for summer. Not sure what current fees are.
Pros: gated/secured entrance, 24 hr. Oxxo adjacent for last minute supplies, good restaurant for breakfast short walk up hill from beach, only 5 K
from centro, easy access right off Hwy 1 past (closed) toll plaza, good surfing
Cons: some road noise (quieter now that toll road is closed) and not sure if they have any hook-ups (water, electricity etc.)
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajabuddha
I was also told by a local full-timer Americano to watch your stuff really well; anything take-able will grow legs. |
That would be neighbor campers that are causing those problems although La Joya doesn't really have that reputation. Any stranger off the street or
beach wouldn't last two minutes in there without being questioned and told to leave.
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bajalearner
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Anyone have coordinates for La Joya?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by bajabuddha
I was also told by a local full-timer Americano to watch your stuff really well; anything take-able will grow legs. |
That would be neighbor campers that are causing those problems although La Joya doesn't really have that reputation. Any stranger off the street or
beach wouldn't last two minutes in there without being questioned and told to leave. |
Dennis, do you know the guy (forget the name) that has the Li'l concession trailer right by the (used to be and sometimes is) boatramp? Blonde local
guy, he's the one that told me to tie it all down. Yes, they patrol. Yes, they're a great family. Yes, chit happens, really quick-like, que no
amigo?
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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MMc
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Whale-ista
pretty rustic. I think bathrooms had only cold water last time I checked- maybe OK for summer. Not sure what current fees are.
Pros: gated/secured entrance, 24 hr. Oxxo adjacent for last minute supplies, good restaurant for breakfast short walk up hill from beach, only 5 K
from centro, easy access right off Hwy 1 past (closed) toll plaza, good surfing
Cons: some road noise (quieter now that toll road is closed) and not sure if they have any hook-ups (water, electricity etc.) |
If you ask they will turn on the water heater at the bathrooms on the first row. with the road closed it is quite quiet.
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I stop every year both ways at Ejido Uruapan just a ways south of Mandero. It's on the AAA map. It allows me to screw around in Ensenada and still get
South of the mess for the evening. And on the way North I can still hit Tecate at a reasonable hour.
$6 u.s. to dry camp in their little camp ground/orchard. Except for some truck noise on the highway I was fine. I felt very secure. Nice people too.
You have to go find the guy to pay.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Gulliver
I stop every year both ways at Ejido Uruapan just a ways south of Mandero. It's on the AAA map. It allows me to screw around in Ensenada and still get
South of the mess for the evening. And on the way North I can still hit Tecate at a reasonable hour.
$6 u.s. to dry camp in their little camp ground/orchard. Except for some truck noise on the highway I was fine. I felt very secure. Nice people too.
You have to go find the guy to pay. |
directions ? signage ?
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Gulliver
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12 miles South of Maneadero on the left (East side of the road). I believe there is a sign. After you turn off of the the highway then within a block
or less you turn left in under the trees. Lots of concrete fire thingies. Some garbage cans. I park wherever I want to as I've never had to share the
place. Sometimes the rope is tied up across the entrance. I just untie it, park, and walk across the side road to the ejido office. Maybe there will
be someone there. It's Baja.
I drive a class B with kayaks on top towing a cargo trailer and I have to be aware of limbs overhead.
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Turn at Manedearo and head to LaBufadora (the blowhole)
Right after the first speed bump (tope) turn right into LaJolla (LaJoya) Beach Camp
31 42.59 77N/116 39.53 87W (or there abouts)
Continue straight past LaJolla 100 yards and turn into Villarino's
| Quote: | Originally posted by bajalearner
Anyone have coordinates for La Joya? |
[Edited on 11-11-2014 by bajaguy]
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AguaDulce
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Wow , thanks for all the info and I will let you know what happened. I am tent camping . But security is a factor as I have been ripped off in
Ensenada Wal Mart
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Tell us the story.....please
| Quote: | Originally posted by AguaDulce
Wow , thanks for all the info and I will let you know what happened. I am tent camping . But security is a factor as I have been ripped off in
Ensenada Wal Mart |
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by soulpatch
I always like Villarino's... they, when I was camping there more than a few years ago, always kept things locked down and we never worried about our
stuff when we were out fishing.
Nice people, too.
And the showers were hot! |
They have Wi-Fi as well, as does Paty's coffee shop in front of La Joya.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajabuddha
Dennis, do you know the guy (forget the name) that has the Li'l concession trailer right by the (used to be and sometimes is) boatramp? Blonde local
guy, he's the one that told me to tie it all down. Yes, they patrol. Yes, they're a great family. Yes, chit happens, really quick-like, que no
amigo? |
That's Butch Lowe. Great guy. He and his wife, Liz, are only local part of the time. They live up in Orange county.
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AguaDulce
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no big deal. . Just stop at Wal mart many times on the way to my place in San Juanico. Got comfortable . Some body slim Jim my toyota and took a lot.
Passports fine tequila new wetsuit and I pod from 2 persons travel bags . All the clothes! So the rest
Of the trip my friend and I bought 2 of everything so we always were twins. Had fun and went back across the border without passports . the Border
person laughed at us .Now I keep an eye on things .
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