Mulegé & the Concepción Coast

The 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.
Trip vitals
Distance
636miles
Duration
10–14 days
Route shape
Out and back
Vehicle
Big rig OK
Any 2WD.
Season
Oct–May
Summer on the Gulf is a sauna; the coves empty out for good reason.
Surface mix
100% paved0% graded dirt0% 4×4
Longest fuel gap
200miles

Fill the tank before you leave the border. Top off any time you’re at half.

Start & end
San Ysidro (Tijuana) crossing → Playa El Requesón

MEX-5 the whole way. Return on the same highway.

Updated: Jul 27, 2026
Before you go
Towing a boat? You need Mexican boat insurance as well as auto — U.S. policies don’t cover either one south of the border.

If the club had to defend RV travel in Baja with a single week, this is the week. Mulegé is a date-palm river town with a mission on the hill, and twenty minutes south the highway rides the ridge above Bahía Concepción — a chain of turquoise coves where rigs have parked on the sand since before the pavement came.

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636 mi · Out and back
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What's in the file
Track (San Ysidro → Mulegé → Playa El Requesón) + 11 marked points: 4 camps, 3 fuel, 2 checkpoints, border FMM stop, and the stops worth making

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11 points
Camps · Fuel · Checkpoints

Before you go — read this

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.

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