Fill the tank before you leave the border. Top off any time you’re at half.
MEX-5 the whole way. Return on the same highway.
The Long Winter South is a season of moving; this is the season of staying put — in the Baja city that makes staying easiest. La Paz is the capital nobody hurries through twice: a three-mile malecón built for evening walks, a bay where whale sharks feed all winter, the Gulf’s best island wilderness forty minutes offshore, and — the snowbird practicalities — real hospitals, real supermarkets, direct flights home, and RV parks that fill with the same license plates every November.
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The complete story, trip vitals verified by members who drove it, and the GPS file to take with you — every route in the library. $40 a year.
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Members get this for every route in the library — a growing library of Baja trips — plus the camping, fuel, and checkpoint notes that go with them. The file loads straight into Gaia GPS, OnX Offroad, or a Garmin. $40 a year.
SnowbirdsBorder to Los Cabos at snowbird pace — the full peninsula in easy legs, with monthly-rate parks along the way.
RV TravelersThe postcard: a palm-oasis river town and a chain of turquoise coves where the rig parks on the sand. The RV trip every member should make once.
Baja changes. Roads wash out, camps close, a Pemex that was there in March can be dry in November. Everything on this page came from members who actually drove it, on the date stamped at the top — but conditions on the ground are yours to verify.
The GPX track is a planning aid, not a navigation authority. Don’t follow a line on a screen into terrain you can’t see. Carry paper backup, tell someone your plan, and turn around when the road tells you to.
Mexican auto insurance is required by law and your U.S. policy doesn’t cover you. If something goes wrong without it, the situation gets much worse very fast. Get a quote before you cross.
