I would like to hear some recommendations from folks who have been there recently of some good places to stay SOUTH of San Felipe.Also does anyone have any experience at VILLA MARINA RV park IN San Felipe?Name your favorites and tell me why. But please try to give me a "feel" for the place. Shady, Friendly, Crowded, noisy...you get the idea. I am interested in your critique of the good and bad.I am headed south in two months and want to spend some time in Baja. (I have been before but many years ago)The places I am looking at are: Punta Estrella, Bahia Santa Maria, the area around Playa Agua Azul de Acapulco and Puertocitos.Those of you who want only to post why I should NOT go. Please don't just move on to another topic.Thanks in advance

Are you considering Bahia de Los Angeles?

profdant139 wrote:Are you considering Bahia de Los Angeles?Well mostly I wanted to stay on the San Felipe to Puertocitos road. But Who knows I may end up going farther south.So Yes let me know if you have a good suggestion...I may go just to check it out....

We stay at Villa Marina for the winter, have a space leased there. The spaces are close and tight. They do have metal covers which will be good this time of year. Beach access is right there. There should be space available this time of year. The only time it gets noisy is holiday weekends. Full hookups.

I don't have current info on BOLA -- it has been nine years since we were there. But I will say that it is an area worth seeing, especially if you fish (which we don't). We mountain biked all around the bay, and there were many thick "fish boils" out in the calm water -- bait fish fleeing underwater predators, stirring up the water, and getting picked off by seabirds.

Thanks for the replies and the help. It surprises me there arent more people (on this forum) that go there. (Maybe it was the statement that I didnt want to hear from all of those who were just gong to tell me not to go to Mexico...Maybe they should rename this forum.)According to the GS Travel Guide there are something like 16 parks listed under San Felipe. The information is so scant on the parks as to be embarrassing. And so many of the websites that are up about travel to Baja are very out of date. In addition I think the LATEST guidebook I can find is 2012 publication date meaning research done in 2011.This all surprises me for a place that is so popular with tourists, Fishermen, Surfers and RV'ers

Great Places to stay South of San Felipe | Good Sam Community

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daveB110
Explorer
Jun 28, 2015
Club de Pesca is far enough from town to have tranquility. There were two 40 foot motor homes parked near the long concrete apron's entrance but they would be too long to go any farther. Wifi was at the club house/store. We enjoyed a month's stay, even without sewer hook up, we've been known to Blue Boy it.
daveB110
Explorer
Jun 19, 2015
We did San Felipe two years ago, in mid- January, three motor homes 30 -34 feet. Very problematic to find RVs sized for us near town, even separately. Went to the first one we stopped at, manager said go ahead and look, that's my price, I'll be back (a couple of days later) when you decide if you want to stay here, or not. We could find no better than Pesca RV. We did not have sewer hookup, but it was right on the beach, on a long concrete apron. At the time, it was for sale. Suggest you inquire about other Baja places on Baja Nomads site.
bigdog2
Explorer
Jun 18, 2015
Had to go out to the motorhome to get my notes. As of last fall the pavement ended at Gonzaga.(There may be a little more paved by now on the flat.) From Gonzaga it is 24 miles to Coco's Corner, The first few miles is flat & washboard then into the mountians with steep, rocky up and down. Flattens out again for a while before Coco's.
From Coco's to Chapala ( paved hiway 1 ) it is 14 miles. More up & down, rough, rocky till about 2 miles before pavement.
Big trucks do it. Last year we met some hauling some oversized tanks. They said it was better than dealing with all the rules etc going through Ensenada.
I would not do it with a motorhome or travel trailer. Too hard on suspension and no place for repairs.
4X4Dodger
Explorer II
Jun 16, 2015
coloradotallman wrote:
It is now down to 20 miles unpaved. The northern 10 is really just washboard and reasonably flat. It's the southern 10 that I would not want to drive a Class A.

What is the southern ten like? What are the road conditions?
Kidoo
Explorer
Jun 16, 2015
This is really sad, we could take one way down and another way up.
coloradotallman
Explorer
Jun 15, 2015
It is now down to 20 miles unpaved. The northern 10 is really just washboard and reasonably flat. It's the southern 10 that I would not want to drive a Class A.
Kidoo
Explorer
Jun 15, 2015
Thanks, maybe one day when they complete the road.
bigdog2
Explorer
Jun 15, 2015
The pavement ends a little south of Gonzaga. From there it is 30 miles ( i think ) of rough road. It could be done but I wouldn't.
Kidoo
Explorer
Jun 14, 2015
Is it possible to drive a Class A from San Felipe to Laguna Chapala to reach Highway 1? I see on google there is a new paved road.
bigdog2
Explorer
Jun 13, 2015
I sent you a pm

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