Sample Itinerary – Mulege to Loreto Expedition
SELF-SUPPORTED CAMPING TRIP IN SEA KAYAKS
Subject to weather, Port closures, and other fun factors intrinsic to “Adventure” tourism.
Day 0. Meet in Loreto for a pre-trip briefing and to fit your equipment.
Day 1. Drive almost 2 hours north to a beach in Bahia Conception, and start the trip with a 4nm crossing to the Concepcion peninsula. Travel along its broad point with a rewarding view back to the Baja peninsula. The journey has begun!
Days 2-3 Paddle in solitude along the rocky coast. Camp on beaches that few people have ever seen, let alone slept on. Enjoy nights of stars and delicious darkness.
Day 4. Round the infamous Punta Pulpito, perhaps in the calm, perhaps in the miles-wide tide race that sometimes forms there. There are no tidal atlases for here, so observation and the moon will give us the only clues we have.
Days 5-6. San Basilio is the most beautiful series of coves in all of Baja! Spend two nights (this layover is also our flex-day in case of wind). Snorkel the sea stacks, refine your kayak roll and other skills in the delightful water. This is an area frequented by sea turtles. We’ve seen several on our snorkel outings.
Day 7. Paddle south to San Bruno, a broad estuary with several camping options, and explore the special environment where land and sea mix each other up. 11nm.
Day 8. Paddle down a mountainous coast and cross to Isla Coronados, island of geological conundrums. The volcano is young by geological standards, just 160,000 years since the last eruption. But the raised marine deposits around its western flank are relatively old. 11nm.
Day 9. Circumnavigate Isla Coronados,, about 8nm, visiting the curious sea lions on your way, and seeing if you can find the secret slot on the north end if the seas are glassy. 8nm.
Day 10. Head back to Loreto. Lunch on the beach and say goodbye to the little band of sea gypsies you’ve grown to like so much. 7nm.
Day after. Wake up late because you can! Treat yourself to a well-deserved massage in Loreto, or some colorful recuerdos to take home to friends. Fly back to somewhere, carrying with you great memories of life without walls.
