TLBaja79
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Where to camp in Ojo de Liebre???
I haven't been to Ojo de Liebre in over 15 years.
Still good areas to camp along the lagoon?
I know nobody wants to give up there secret spot but are there good spots around. Safe?
Thanks for any suggestions
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I think during whale season, just the one camp by the whale viewing is the only place open??? The rest of the roads are owned by the salt works and
closed to public traffic... Again, just based on my reading.
Now San Ignacio Lagoon has several...
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At Ojo De Liebre the camping is excellent, and very safe. It's only access is guarded and gated. There are several very nice palapas, some larger
than others, and the shore road goes west for a mile or so with several pull-out campsites (boondocking) with great views; you can see the whales from
most of them. Some are great for smaller rigs and tents; I saw half a dozen I could park my 5th wheel in.
The restaurant is open during the whale season, but only until sunset... they run on solar, so eat early. I was surprised on how nice a camping area
it really is. The panga fleet are smaller boats, the pilots are great (tip well!). Highly recommended.
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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TLBaja79
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Ok great, so it sounds like going to the restaurant and then off from there we'll be able to find a good spot to set up? Not looking for a camp
ground but if that's the only thing available we may still go.
Ya camping on the beach checking out the whales sounds like a great time!
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http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=77756
Captures the experience very well. 
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There are also "overflow" palapas in the parking lot by the elevated latrines.
Two dirt roads diverged in Baja and I, I took the one less graveled by......
Soy ignorante, apático y ambivalente. No lo sé y no me importa, ni modo.
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Quote: Originally posted by TLBaja79  | Ok great, so it sounds like going to the restaurant and then off from there we'll be able to find a good spot to set up? Not looking for a camp
ground but if that's the only thing available we may still go.
Ya camping on the beach checking out the whales sounds like a great time! |
Again, palapa camping, AND boondocking; dry camping, no facilities or (close) outhouses. You aren't going to find total privacy and seclusion this
time of year, and if you want security, you don't want it either. My advice is, try to arrive mid-day / mid-afternoon so you have time to first,
stop in at the restaurant and check out the times for eating, and have a beer... then have time to drive westward (to the right from the restaurant)
and pick a good spot..... the road meanders for quite a ways, and lots of nooks to pick from.... earlier you get there, the more spots will be
available. People generally tend to hit the road before noon.
[Edited on 2-20-2015 by bajabuddha]
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The nice thing about this "overflow" upper parking area at night is the view of the lagoon & surrounding area (raised elevation) and proximity to
bathrooms (for those without facilities in campers, or unwilling to brave the outhouses down below)
You are also closer to the restaurant. They claim to open at 8 am, close at 7, but YMMV. However, they will cook with gas stoves by candlelight if
solar lights run low, as it did last week when the clouds cam over. (We offered them our camp lanterns/flashlights to use in the kitchen, they also
had candles)
Unfortunately, they also ran out of gas Monday 2/16, so no cooking was possible due to the BIG crowd for President weekend- hungry people gobbled up
the food & gas used to cook it.
For those who want to view more shorebirds- head west (turn right past entry shack) and drive to end of beach, along the shore of the large inlet. Out
there is very quiet, more isolated- and the birds are amazing when the tide is out.
(Hearing whale breathing is good from there also.)
But basically, I suppose you could dry camp anywhere so long as you don't enter the worker's area (east) or the federal/Mitsubishi saltworks areas to
the north, which are well posted.
\"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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Just stay at the whale center. Really don't think you can just camp anywhere out there except in the designated areas at the whale center. The
property is either federal, Mitsubishi leased salt works and/or Ejido.
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TLBaja79
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Good info, we'll stop in at the Whale Center and or restaurant and get a feel for it once we are down there.
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Be there Sunday
Can't wait
Getting there is ALL the fun!
Ok being here is fun to
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We will be there on the 1st of March I have been going there for years and never seen the camp ground full even if it were to fill up its still
pretty spread out not like the usual camp grounds north of the border where everyone is backed up to each other and crammed in to small campsites
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I have a palapa saved for you Mick! Camping at the lagoon is excellent and very very safe with fantastic sunrises and sunsets and great food at the
restaurant...come and see us at Palapa #2...ask for Shari at the gate!
this is the view from our camp...and where we swim
[Edited on 2-20-2015 by shari]
[Edited on 2-20-2015 by shari]
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Shari, Can we have campfires there?
Getting there is ALL the fun!
Ok being here is fun to
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yes, campfires are allowed- they have set up simple rocks around small firepits in front of the palapas for visitors to use.
no fires allowed elsewhere, I believe
\"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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Past the string of palapas (effective if the wind is blowing), the road continues, with several designated camping sites for another mile or so - most
perched cliffside. Excellent exploring. IMO, this is some of the best Baja camping (even if it is a campground!).
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Shari save a palapa for us if you can. we will be there Sunday Sent you a U2U We can bring you some goodies let me know what you'd like us to bring
ya. Should be there around 4:00pm
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This is our favorite camping location in Baja. Obviously whales, but birds solitude with a good restaurant thrown in.
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and great sunsets!
[Edited on 2-24-2015 by tripledigitken]
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^^yes!
\"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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