Baja California is the land of boulders, boojum trees, beautiful beaches, and historic missions.
*Scroll down to see travel details such as maps, photos, links, as well as Baja California history, books, and more >>>

We recently traveled to Mission Santa María (3-28-22 to 3-31-22)! The newest trip web page ready to view: https://vivabaja.com/msm2022/
Newest additions:
Baja Books for sale, new and used: https://oldmissions.com
Padre Ugarte’s Güéribo Grove of 1719; found
‘Bajo California: The Limit of Time’ Full 1998 Movie
1963 Chevy Baja Run TV Commercial and log book
See 377 Baja Book Covers* now at the Viva Baja Library: https://vivabaja.com/baja-books/
*Including all 51 volumes of the Dawson Baja California Travels Series (1965-1992)
More Facebook group links added: Facebook Baja California History & Groups
Before you leave home, visit Baja Bound online:

The #1 Baja California Travel Club: https://www.discoverbaja.com/
This website was created in the year 2000. For the year 2022, it has been totally revised to better help you plan trips and discover more Baja California adventures!

Baja California is a thousand miles of fun! Beware, you may catch ‘Baja Fever’!

Revisit often as I update and add to the pages. The highlights will be the land and history of the peninsula. Join our Viva Baja discussion group to share your travels or ask for advice or make requests for this page.
Viva Baja Page Discussion: https://www.facebook.com/groups/vivabaja
Historic Locations Discussion: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bajamissions
You can also use email: info@vivabaja.com
These two short videos (~1 min each) were produced by Robert Marcos to help me share my passion for Baja California and my book, Baja California Land of Missions…
CLICK THESE TO DISCOVER WHERE TO GO, WHAT TO DO, and HOW TO GET THERE:
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David’s (92) Baja Bound Travel Adventure articles
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July 2022 (article #93): San Vicente Beginnings
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Subscribe to receive free Baja Bound bulletins with news and articles
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Interactive Map, showing the Travel Article Locations, Links & Photos
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Baja California Maps (1701-2021) click here for over 200 maps!
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Baja California Books “Viva Baja Library” (377 books, so far. A work, in progress.)
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See Baja California articles in Desert Magazine (1939-1993)
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2017-2018 Baja Bound Road Guide Trip Reports (with photos and maps)
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The Spanish Missions and Visitas in Baja California (Photos, GPS, History)
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Quick look Mission & Visita Photos, north to south (+ historic facts)
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Mission-basic-facts-names-dates-founders/
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Finding El Camino Real (El Rosario south to Loreto)
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Facebook Baja California History & Groups
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‘Bajo California: The Limit of Time’ Full 1998 Movie
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David’s Road Guide Maps (2018-2021)
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Kilometer Marker Guide, for Baja’s highways
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GPS Waypoints in Baja California
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Get the Benchmark Maps Baja California Atlas: SPECIAL PRICE
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Download the 2021 Digital Benchmark Baja California Map App (from Avenza Maps), for your phone or GPS enabled tablet.

*If using Mexico Highway 5 from Mexicali, reduce the mileages by approx. 80, for the Bahía de los Angeles Jct. and south.
*See the Trip Photos section, below, for more ideas of places to see!
Coming in 2022:
Click here to see: What will the new guide have in it?
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Listen to the SLOW BAJA PODCASTS (Great interviews with dozens of Baja-loving folks who have done some incredible things). Below are my times interviewed on Slow Baja:
- June 14, 2020: AUTHOR DAVID KIER REFLECTS ON FIFTY YEARS OF BAJA TRAVEL
- January 17, 2021: ON A MISSION WITH DAVID KIER
- June 15, 2021: MEET THE BENCHMARK MAPS BAJA TEAM
VIDEOS, TV shows, & a motion picture (with David Kier):
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The 1973 Baja 1000 (a Super 8 film by David), east of Ojos Negros (3 min)
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2001 Video: Amigos de Baja Caravan to the Sulfur Mine & Matomí Canyon waterfall.(18-min)
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2001 Video: Cielito Lindo Baja Bash, Las Pintas, and a Lost Mission Hunt!
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2014 Cameron Steele’s (first) Trail of Missions, on CBS Sports (my short mission chats are at minutes 5:40 & 9:37)
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2016 The Baja Extreme, a David Kier 4×4 Tour (7-min)
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Pat Malone’s 7 videos of the 2016 Baja Extreme
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2019 America Unearthed (with Scott Wolter), goes to Baja (4 min.)
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2020 The Devil’s Road, an award-winning film. 1-minute clip
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The Devil’s Road, a full-length feature film (98 min.)
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2021 The Last Mission, an Amazon Prime TV show (21 min.)
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2022 Mission Santa María trip preview (48 seconds)
2019 Cameron Steele’s Trail of Missions Tour reconnaissance trip (7 to 10 min. episodes, with David):
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2019 Trail of Missions Recon (Episode 1: Missions Guadalupe & Mulegé)
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2019 Trail of Missions Recon (Episode 2: San Borjitas, Londó, San Bruno)
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2019 Trail of Missions Recon (Episode 3: Visita de San Pablo)
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2019 Trail of Missions Recon (Episode 4: San Francisco de la Sierra)
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2019 Trail of Missions Recon (Episode 5: Bahía Concepcion, Volcán Tres Virgenes)
Our epic 2010 trip to Mission Santa María on video, from HB Murphy & Zoom.
Three Tacomas, one 4Runner, one Dakota, and a 4×4 motorhome!
- Video #1 is coming down the Widowmaker in the lead Tacoma.
- Video #2 is my Tacoma followed by the rest of the gang, coming down the Widowmaker.
- Video #3 is the first Tacoma going through the bog (be sure to have the volume up).
The trip photos: https://vivabaja.com/msm2010/
***BAJA CALIFORNIA MAPS (1701-2021) click here for 200+ maps!***

About David, and how he connected with Baja California
Lost Mission Ruins?: Found! 1966 & 2009
Octopup’s 4×4 van and his amazing Baja California 2002-2019 Trip Reports:
(Click the Trip Map to see where Octopup went):
>>>HERE are Links to more interesting Baja California Sites (Baja Travel Web Sites; Specific Baja Locations; Baja Home Pages; Baja Book Authors; Misc. Baja Web Sites, and more)
Mexico Ted’s BajaVisitor.com Blog
HISTORIC PHOTOS OF BAJA CALIFORNIA
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Margaret Brown Baldwin Photos from ~1900
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All the Peveril Meigs’ Northern Baja Photos (1925 to 1936)
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*Marquis McDonald’s Color Mission Photos of 1949-1950*
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*Correction Guide to the enlarged Marquis McDonald Color Photos.
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All the Marquis McDonald Baja California Photos (1949-1950)
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Howard Gulick’s Baja Photos Album (1950-1967)
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All the Howard Gulick Photos Collection of 1950-1975
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1963 Chevy Baja Run TV Commercial and log book
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Harry Crosby’s El Camino Real Details (1977)
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All the Harry Crosby Photos Collection of 1967-1992
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Erle Stanley Gardner’s 1960s Baja Expedition Photos
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Choral Pepper and the 1960’s Gardner Expeditions (from Choral’s camera)
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Baja California articles in Desert Magazines (1939-1993)
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Jack Swords’ Mission Photos (2000-2004)

CLICK HERE to quickly find photos of specific Baja locations (1999-2022)!
My Baja California Travel and Camping Photos (1965-2022):
- 1965-1999 Photos “David K’s Old Baja Photo Album”
- 1999 – 2004 Baja Trip Photo Albums (28 albums)
- 2005 – 2007 Baja Trip Photo Albums (28 albums)
- 2008-2010 Baja Trip Photo Albums (15 albums)
- 2011-2014 Baja Trip Photo Albums (10 albums)
- Apr. 2015: The 1942 Pole Line Road
- July 2015: Shell Island, San Ignacio, Bahía Concepción, La Magdalena
- July 2016: Shell Island and Mission San Fernando
- Sept. 2016: The Baja Extreme Tour
- Jan. 2017: Baja Bound Road Guide Research Trip #1 (S. Felipe to Pta S. Francisquito)
- Feb. 2017: Baja Bound Road Guide Research Trip #2 (S. Ignacio to Loreto, Comondú)
- Mar. 2017: Baja Bound Road Guide Research Trip #3 (Mexicali to S. Felipe, Matomí)
- Apr. 2017: Baja Bound Road Guide Research Trip #4 (Remote Pacific Coast +)
- May 2017: Shell Island family trip
- June 2017: Baja Bound Road Guide Research Trip #5 (El Arco, El Barril, Bahía Tortugas +)
- August 2017: Baja Bound Road Guide Research Trip #6 (San Ignacio to Cabo San Lucas)
- October 2017: Baja Bound Road Guide Research Trip #7 (Tijuana to San Quintín & San Pedro Mártir)
- Aug. 2018: Baja Bound Road Guide Research Trip #8 (Hwy. 3, 5 & Sierra Juárez)
- Feb. 2019: America Unearthed TV Show Baja Trip
- May 2019: Trail of Missions TV Show Recon Trip (Missions Guadalupe, Mulegé, San Ignacio; Visita Londó; San Bruno Colony; Caves San Borjitas, Ratón; and more!)
- Trips planned in 2020 & 2021 cancelled because of Covid travel restrictions.
- Mar. 2022: Baja Lifestyle & Travel Expo in San Diego
- Mar. 2022: Mission Santa María, with friends

David K’s Viva Baja Party Photos:
- A Message from Choral Pepper
- October 2000 Viva Baja #1
- May 2001 Viva Baja #2
- February 2002 Viva Baja #3
- February 2003 Viva Baja #4
- November 2006 Viva Baja Cactus
Contributed Baja Photos & Stories:
- Jack Swords’ Baja History Gallery
- Baja Ken’s Sierra San Pedro Mártir Trip
- M’s El Tomatal Mystery
- M’s Photos of Graham Mackintosh
- M’s Total Eclipse Photos, 1991
- Seatwill’s Checkpoint Picture
- Desert Rat Walks to Gonzaga plus Wild Bill in the Sierra
- BajaBoy’s July,’01 Trip to Central Baja.
- Bedman’s 2001 Photos (San Quintin, Coco’s, L.A. Bay)
- Bedman’s 2002 Photos (L.A. Bay & San Borja)
- Borderline Adventure By Greg Joder
- Neal Johns 2002, explores Baja by truck and mule
- Neal Johns 2003: Yubay and other central Baja sites
- Jide’s Sierra Juarez Canyon Photos
- Carlos Fiesta’s CIRCUM NAVIGATION of the Baja Peninsula – Book edition.
Please allow me to help you find fun, and adventure, in Baja California, as I have for TV shows and documentary films!





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NEW: To discuss this website’s contents that are not about history, a new Facebook group in addition to the Baja Missions group, has been created: https://www.facebook.com/groups/vivabaja