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.
Every RV club needs a shakedown route — the trip you run before the big one to find out what rattles. San Quintín is ours. It’s a half-day from the border on decent pavement, the fuel stops never stretch past normal, and it still delivers the full Baja reward: a huge Pacific bay ringed by cinder cones, a dune beach that runs to the horizon, and seafood that goes from water to plate inside an hour.
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.
Van TravelersThe van-sized classic: surf points, street food, and cliff camps down the old free road from the border to San Quintín.
SnowbirdsBorder to Los Cabos at snowbird pace — the full peninsula in easy legs, with monthly-rate parks along the way.
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.
