Bajabound T
HE BAJA PENINSULA is a 1,000-mile-long invitation to adventure. In places you can stand on mountaintops and see both the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Cortez. The
Pacific coast is where expedition paddler Dan Kennedy broke his nose over the deck of his Nordkapp while landing through surf. The Sea of Cortez is where most sea kayak companies run trips. The Sea of Cortez is the world’s youngest and richest ocean
at about 100 miles wide. The Guaymas trench, in roughly the middle, plunges nearly a mile deep and contains belching volcanic and hydrothermal vents which support life based on hydrogen sulfide instead of sunlight. That discovery was a major shift in our understanding of what makes life possible. Baja seems to be a place of new perspectives, a place of opening. Something moves people. Is it the incredible scale of
AN INSIDER’S GUIDE TO PLANNING THE PERFECT BAJA GETAWAY BY GINNI CALLAHAN
FROM DESTINATION TRIPS TO ROAD TRIPS TO MAJOR EXPEDITIONS,
the landscape? The inspiring tenacity of the plants and intertidal life? The hugeness and mystery of the whales? Is it what a vacation does to people? Those who are tuned into energy fields say that between
the coastal Sierra de la Giganta mountains and the islands near Loreto is a basin for catching energy. No matter how you look at it, the view from Carmen Island stirs the soul as the evening sun works its way over the peaks and long rays pick out Los Tres Reyes and other spires in turn. There are four ways to trip in Baja with something for every
type of paddler: destination trips, mini expeditions, road trips and full-on expeditions. Here’s a sampler with a taste of each so you can dream and plan your own perfect Baja trip.
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