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Guerrero Negro is a city in Baja California Sur, on the edge of the Vizcaino Desert just south of the state border about halfway down the peninsula. It is best known for the whale watching, although its primary industry is salt.

Get in

The easiest and more comfortable way is by plane: there is a company that flies from Ensenada to Guerrero Negro on Monday, Wendesday and Thursday at 11:30, it makes a stop at Isla de Cedros. The company is Aeroservicios Guerrero, and the phone number is +52 (615) 157 01 37.

To get to Ensenada you may fly to San Diego and take the bus at the station that is just across the border in Tijuana. There is also a bus that leaves from the airport in Tijuana each hour since 8:30 am and it arrives to Ensenada two hours later.

Other way is to rent a car in Tijuana and make the 12 hour drive, it is a long drive but it is worth the trip, and it is cheaper if you are two or more people.

The last way is to take a bus from Tijuana Central Station to Guerrero Negro it leaves at 12:15, 16:00 and 18:00 hrs and it takes about 12 hours to get to Guerrero.

You can also fly to Los Cabos and to rent a car there or to take a bus to La Paz and from La Paz to Guerrero Negro (12 hours from La Paz) and it leaves at 10AM, 4PM and 11PM.

Get around

The lagunary complex of Ojo de Liebre has been recognized as a wetland of international importance by the Ramsar Convention and as a Hemispheric Importance Site for shore birds conservation so bird watching is a must.

There can be visited also the sand dunes around the Guerrero Negro Lagoon.

There are guided visits to the largest open salt company and to the rock paintings at San Francisco and Santa Marta Sierras as well to the much unknown paintings of Mesa del Carmen, north from Guerrero Negro.

See

Guerrero Negro is the place with the highiest concentration of grey whales in the world. Scammon Lagoon is one of three areas in Mexico where grey whales migrate to in winter to give birth and to mate. The whale watching tours in this area are almost mandatory,

Also, visit the largest salt works in the world, bird watching in winter, giant sand dunes and one of the largest concentrations of Osprey's in the world (they hatch by the end of february), Malarrimo Restaurant have a little museum on the bar side with a nice collection of flotsam recovered from Malarrimo Beach. There were sand blasted bottles, fishing floats from japan, pieces of ships, wooden oars, round army containers about three feet long and eight inches in diameter, lots of construction helmets and a wooden ships wheel, etc.

Do

Grey whale spy hopping in Scammon Lagoon
  • Eco-Tours Malarrimo was the first private operator permitted by the mexican government to conduct tours in the area; still in this days, Malarrimo Ecotours it's the most popular whale watching tour in town. Besides, was the first one to offer cave painting tours, bird watching, salt tours, peninsula pronghorn and worked with film crews like CNN, Animal Planet, TBS Japan, Globo Brasil, Televisa, TV Azteca,ABC,three movies and TV Comercials [1]

Tours leave at 8am and 11am and cost US$50 or MX$650. (as of Feb 2012)

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  • Mario's Tours offers a wide variety of tours including whale watching tours, bird watching, rock paintings an more [3]
  • Whale watching in nearby Scammon's Lagoon (Laguna Ojo de Liebre).

Buy

  • Casa El Viejo Cactus. Gift Shop. Baja books and maps, great collection of local and national crafts,souvenirs like t-shirts, caps, key chains, cups, mugs, Tequila shot glasses, etc. Many of these crafts and souvenirs are made of marine and whales motifs , since whales and other marine life is the main attraction of this region.

Eat

  • Malarrimo restaurant, Blvd. Emiliano Zapata s/n (On Blvd. Emiliano Zapata at entrance into tow), ☎ (615)157 0100,www.malarrimo.com, info@malarrimo.com [6]. Daily from 7:30am. The favorite place in Guerrero Negro to visit by locals, bajatravellers and tourists since 1973, with seafood, Mexican & international specialties. Full bar service, banquet facilities. Tourist information & assistance. ANYTHING ELSE...CAME LATER!!
  • Tacos El Muelle. Fish tacos
  • Eat at Mario's, the biggest palapa in Baja California, with a very unique ambiance and very nice local sea food specialties. [4]

Drink

  • Malarrimo restaurant, Blvd. Emiliano Zapata s/n (On Blvd. Emiliano Zapata at entrance into tow), +52 615 157 0100. Daily from 7:30am. A favorite with visiting tourists since 1973, with seafood, Mexican & international specialties. Full bar service, banquet facilities. Tourist information & assistance.

Sleep

Realize that all accommodations are very basic.

  • La Pinta hotel. Basic, but clean. Army base next door provided the "alarm clock" in the AM.

Go next

Geting out is not easy as it is a wonderful place to spend some days, any how, the ways out are the same to getting in.

Routes through Guerrero Negro
EnsenadaCamalu Template:Lfarrow Jct File:Mexican Federal Highway 12.png E  N  S  Santa RosaliaLa Paz


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