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.
Some towns you visit; Los Barriles you join. The East Cape’s hub has spent fifty years turning winter visitors into returning residents, and the result is the peninsula’s most complete snowbird infrastructure outside La Paz: RV parks with waiting lists and community potlucks, a grid of services that speaks both languages, a beach you can walk for miles, and the Sea of Cortez’s famous fishery starting at the sand.
Members read the full route guide
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.
AnglersThe bottom of the map: Los Barriles' fishing fleet, the quiet coast road, and the protected reef at Cabo Pulmo — rod on one day, snorkel the next.
SnowbirdsThe city option for the season south: a real malecón, whale sharks in the bay, island days on Espíritu Santo, and every service a long stay needs.
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.
