imagination) and an equally large Mexican flag. Jesus Maria is a good place to fill up, gas or diesel, as oſten we have found long lineups or no gas in Guerrero Negro. As you cross the state border you will be stopped at an agricultural inspection station. Te people there always ask what you have for fruit, and sometimes they will inspect your rig. On rare occasion they request your travel documents. Once across the border there are three
Guerrero Negro -
Grey Whales Galore & Salt To Go!
places to stay with your RV: two RV parks and one campground. About 40 minutes from town is the Ojo de Liebre Lagoon (Scammon’s Lagoon) Campground. Only accessible during whale-watching season (mid December thru mid April), inexpensive and very tranquil, you camp around the edge of the lagoon and can listen to the whales at night; tours also available. We have never visited this campground as the drive out has been reported as very rough to hideous. Commonly RVers who do this journey talk about shaking and rattling as they roll along (not enjoyable in a motorhome). Also remember to keep your pets close; lots of hungry coyotes around, so do not leave your dogs out at night! Te other two choices are the
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No visit to BAJA is complete without a stop in Guerrero Negro, Spanish for Black Warrior, founded in 1955 when an American by the name of Daniel Ludwig, who also constructed the hotel Acapulco Princess in the port of Acapulco, decided to install a salt works to supply the demand of salt in the western United States.
Tis lagoon has vast tidal flats full of salt, which makes this area the world’s number
one salt producer. Te harvest machines are able to collect 2,000 tons of salt per hour. Te salt is transported around the world to the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Japan. By 1962 they had exported one million tons of salt. Te town is located just south of the 28th parallel that separates the northern state
of Baja and southern state of Baja South (Sur). As you drive south on Mex 1 past Villa Jesus Maria you will see a large upright structure which represents an eagle (use your
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Malarimmo RV Park, and Mario’s Tours & Restaurant. We stay at both on our tours that include WiFi. Malarimmo (named aſter the famous Baja Beach) is where we stop when heading south. Tey have working showers, an excellent giſt shop, a good restaurant, a convenience store and the best Whale Watching Tours on Baja. We stay at Mario’s when heading north. It is a little less expensive and it also has a restaurant, facilities and services that most always work, and they host whale-watching tours for folks who are interested in doing this again. Mario’s has great drive-thru sites and scallop shells you can harvest by the bucket. We have eaten at the restaurant several times with no complaints. Guerrero Negro is probably best known
to travelers as one place to view the Grey Whales in Scammon’s Lagoon. Tis is truly an experience that rivals any major “Wonder of the world”. At $49 per person, this Whale Watching Tour is absolutely extraordinary and unique. Te whale mothers oſten push the babies right up to the boat and you can touch them! Te town is named aſter an old American whaling ship from Duxbury, near Boston. Te ship called the Black Warrior (Guerrero
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