Baja is part of Mexico – yet it is not . . .
Attached to the mainland United States and separated from the rest of Mexico by the Sea of Cortez, the Baja peninsula is longer than Italy, stretching 876 miles long. It is a place like no other, with its archipelago and prehistoric cave paintings protected by the United Nations as UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
This unique region is one of the most interesting and diverse geographical areas of the world and is still very much a frontier. The peninsula offers striking natural beauty in a dramatic setting formed by some of the earth’s most beautiful deserts, along with semi-tropical and mountainous regions, pine forests, and hundreds of miles of untouched beaches and turquoise water.
It is a world unto itself, with dozens of plant species that grow nowhere else. Its waters are calving grounds for Grey, Blue, Fin Back and Pilot Whales. The Marlin, Tuna and Dorado grow here in abundance and to world-record size.
The Sierra de la Laguna Mountains form the bony spine of the peninsula. They rise at points well over a mile, seemingly straight out of the sea. The alluvial fans of countless arroyos spread out from the peaks both east and west supplying fresh water to the communities and farms that checker the coastline. It is that most rare of gems where one can experience the mountains, sea and desert simultaneously.
Baja is an isthmus, a cape, a peninsula so water bound the original Spanish explorers assumed it an island. It is a world unto itself, with dozens of plant species that grow nowhere else. Its waters are the calving grounds of grey, blue, fin back and pilot whales. The marlin and tuna and dorado grow here in abundance, and to world-record size.
