To help the Baja traveler decide what to visit, this web page will link you to trip photos, maps and road logs of various excursions from selected Baja destinations or base camps.
NEW in 2022: Interactive Map of Photographs: https://vivabaja.com/explore/baja-photos-map/
50 miles or less from U.S./ Mexico Border
- Valle de las Palmas to Cantamar
- Guadalupe Canyon Hot Springs ’01
- Guadalupe Canyon Hot Springs ’05
- Guadalupe Canyon Hot Springs Jan.’08
- Guadalupe Canyon Hot Springs Oct.’08
- Sulfur Mine near Mexicali 2001
- Sulfur Mine near Mexicali 2017
- Pyramid Resort, La Misión
- Laguna Hanson, Sierra Juárez 2018
- Pole Line Road
In or near Ensenada to San Quintin
- Guadalupe Valley and El Taco de Huitziliopochtli
- La Bufadora
- Punta Cabras
- San Quintin to Mike’s Sky Rancho to San Felipe
- Misión Santo Tomas (2 sites)
- Misión Santo Domingo
- Cielito Lindo & Old English Cemetery
- San Vicente (mission & historic house) 2001
- San Vicente Mission 2017
- La Bocana (Pto Sto Tomás) to Pta San Jacinto
- Misión Santa Catalina site 2006
- Misión Santa Catalina 2018
San Felipe Area (south and southwest of town)
- Hwy. 5 and campos (south) research trip 2017
- Nuevo Mazatlan
- Shell Island 2008
- Shell Island 2017
- Sulfur Mine 2004
- Sulfur Mine 2017
- Exotic Canyons: Parral, Berrendo, Agua Caliente, El Cajon in 2004
- Drive 32 miles in Arroyo Matomí
- Upper Matomí Canyon drive
- Extreme Matomí Canyon hike
- Cerro Matomí mountain climb
- Berrendo Canyon Blue Palms 2006
- Berrendo & Matomí Canyons in 2017
El Rosario Area
- Missions, Museum, La Bocana, La Lobera
- Missions in 2017
- Cactus Garden and Sauzalito mine ruins
- Petrified Forest & La Bocana Beach
- Petrified Forest & La Bocana Beach in 2017
- El Camino Real near Km. 80
- Las Pintas Fossil Grotto 2005
- Las Pintas Fossil Grotto 2010
- Los Mártires to El Socorro, cactus forests, petroglyphs found!
- Misión San Fernando and petros ’05
- Misión San Fernando and petros ’17
- Misión San Fernando in 2016
- El Sauce & San Juan de Dios in 2017
- Mina de San Fernando (plus mission and petros) in 2000
- El Mármol & El Volcán 2006
- El Mármol & El Volcán in 2011
- Agua Dulce historic spring (plus Baja Cactus Motel) ’05
- Agua Dulce historic spring (plus Baja Cactus Motel) ’17
- Mama Espinoza Museum & Search for Santa Ursula 2006
- Mama Espinoza & her restaurant 2009
- Mama Espinoza’s Restaurant 2022
- To Punta Baja and down the coast road
Cataviña Area
- Colorful Petroglyph Cave
- Rancho Santa Ynez café ’01
- Rancho Santa Ynez in 2017
- Rancho Santa Ynez and to Misión Santa María ’03
- Misión Santa María ’99
- Misión Santa María ’07
- Misión Santa María ’10
- Misión Santa María ’22
- Petroglyphs near Misión Santa María
- La Turquesa Grade from Hwy. 1
Bahia San Luis Gonzaga Area
- Hwy. 5 & campos research trip, 2017
- Mission-era warehouse ruins on the shore of the bay
- Alfonsina’s Beach
- Onyx Springs create a mineral glacier
- Molino de Lacy ruins & grave
- Las Palmitas oasis and Santa María Canyon
- El Camino Real to Misión Santa María
- Santa María Canyon from the air
- La Turquesa Canyon
- La Turquesa Grade
- Calamajué mission site
- Campo Beluga (Gonzaga Bay)
- Coco’s Corner 11-06
- Alfonsina’s 11-06
- more Coco’s Corner
Bahia de los Angeles Area
- Tinaja de Yubay
- Punta Candeleros & Remedios (Bahia Guadalupe)
- El Toro Copper Mine
- Camp Gecko cabin, turtle research station, & La Gringa
- Bahia de los Angeles highway, Pemex, etc. ’05
- Bahia de los Angeles Museum
- Misión San Borja
- Misión San Borja (inside)
- Old San Gregorio
- Santa Ana, San Ignacito
- Montevideo Pictographs
- Las Tinajitas Petroglyphs
- Camp Gecko ’03
- Las Flores
- Los Paredones, La Bocana, Bahia San Rafael
- Las Flores Railroad and Tramway
- Rock Palm Hill (near Yubay)
- Bahia las Animas 2004
- Bahía las Animas 2017
- Punta La Gringa
- Mysterious Ruins/ Lost Mission Site?
July 2007 Trip (Remote ‘7 Sisters’ Pacific Coast, Vizcaino Peninsula, Mulegé)
April 2017 Trip (Remote Pacific Coast ‘7 Sisters’, Punta Baja, El Pabellon camps)
Central Baja California Locations
- El Arco
- Pozo Alemán
- Mission Santa Gertrudis
- Visita de San Pablo ruins
- San Francisco de la Sierra
- Bahía Asunción
- Bahía Tortugas & Punta Eugenia
South-Central Baja California Locations
- San Ignacio
- Tres Virgenes Volcano
- Volcano Geothermal Plant
- Santa Rosalia
- Mission Guadalupe
- San Borjitas Cave
- Mulegé
- Bahía Concepción
- San Nicolas, San Basilio
- San Juan Londó
- San Bruno Fort Ruins
- Loreto
- Ligüí
- San Javier
- Comondú (San José & San Miguel)
- La Purísima & Comondú Viejo
More Baja California Sur Locations
- Laguna San Ignacio, El Dátil, San Juanico, Las Barrancas
- La Purísima, López Mateos
- Puerto San Carlos
- Mission San Luis Gonzaga, Mission Dolores (both locations)
- La Soledad, San Evaristo
- La Paz, Todos Santos, Cabo San Lucas, San José del Cabo
- Santiago, El Triunfo
- Malecon de La Paz, Playa Tecolote, La Ventana, Ensenada de los Muertos
- Punta Conejo, Playas Pacificas, Punta Marquez
- Playa Ligüí
- Mission Guadalupe de Huasinapí