What to do San Felipe / Discover Baja California

What to do San Felipe

During most of the year sport fishing for species like sierra, trout, lobina and corvina is one of the major recreational attractions of San Felipe. Other options like kayaking, diving or swimming in the crystal clear waters are also very good ideas to enjoy this quiet place free of large tourist developments.

San Felipe and its landscape is surrounded with sand dunes and rough terrain, which makes this tourist destination an excellent environment for four wheel vehicles, rock climbing and off road cycling. Open spaces for "trailer parks", shops specializing in fishing, bars, restaurants, hotels, Mexican arts and craft shops, gas stations and internet access complete the attractions and services of San Felipe.

In the vicinity of San Felipe there are fascinating horizons and untouched hidden treasures ready for relaxation and enjoyment . From Punta El Machorro, in the boreal part of the Bay to Punta Estrella in the southern region, 18 km from golden beaches for barefoot hikers, offering serene sea waves and romantic sunsets to admire the wonderful marine life found here.

Driving South, you will find up to 70 km of pristine beaches, where camping is allowed in some of them. Be sure to visit the town of Puertecitos (to 55 km south of San Felipe, travelling road 5). In this place, starred nights, springs, beautiful views of the sea of Cortés, all basic services, and an astonishing repertoire of flora and fauna are your travel companions.

The benefits of dry warm weather, refreshed faint breeze of the sea, have attracted a good number of American residents who year to year come to these beaches to pass the winter season. In view of the increasing interest, desert real estate developments are increasingly being built around of the coastal desert area, an excellent site for well deserved leisure life .For this newcomers and those who enjoy golf, a professional golf course the Caras de Mexico has the infrastructure to fully enjoy the sport.

Ecotourism

The waters, and banks of the Sea of Cortés house a biodiversity of worldwide importance. Example of this is the upper Gulf of California and Colorado River Delta biosphere reserve, not more than 5 km from San Felipe. With great presence of endemic species, the monster gila, lizard totoaba fish and vaquita marina are the main exponents of the wildlife that inhabits it.

Traveling inland about 15 km south of San Felipe,on the road to Puertecitos you reach a magical site known as the Valley of the Giants, a place where the largest cardones cactus in the world rise up to 17 meters. To learn more about permits and reservations please contact the reserve officials at (agolfo@conanp.gob.mx)

Vaquita Marina (Porpoise)

Is the smallest cetacean on the planet it weighs about 50 kilos, is endemic to upper Gulf of California and is in danger of extinction. There currently are around 600 porpoises in the area . To learn more about this animal that only exists in the upper Gulf of California please visit www.vaquitamarina.org