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Baja Day Tripper: Punta Banda Beach, Estuary and Hot Springs

Words by Melanie Lamaga

Photos by Willow River Studio (www.willowriverstudio.com)

South of Ensenada, on the road to the world-famous blow hole known as La Bufadora, there are some lesser-known delights often overlooked by tourists, and even locals.

A large portion of the pueblo of Punta Banda consists of a five-mile spit that extends between Todos Santos Bay and El Estero de Punta Banda. Part of this estuary and the surrounding marshes and dunes comprise a Mexican Natural Protected Area that is home to nearly seventy species of marine and terrestrial birds. This includes several endangered species such as the light-footed clapper rail, the California least tern, California brown pelican and Belding’s savannah sparrow.

Only about two-thirds of the spit is inhabited; beyond that stretch miles of dunes, ocean and sky. Across the bay downtown Ensenada can be glimpsed, but from this vantage even the giant Mexican flag and the occasional ship heading into port seem insignificant. The mountains that encircle Ensenada and Todos Santos Bay form a distant ring that stretches from north to east to south; the only sounds are of birds, wind and surf. The light seems more golden, the waves larger.

Last Updated (Monday, 23 May 2011 02:02)

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Texto de Melanie Lamaga
Imágenes de Willow River Studio (www.willowriverstudio.com)

Una versión de este artículo apareció previamente en Baja Insider

¿Qué le parecería regresar al tiempo para visitar el sur de California, tal y como era hace 100 años? Imagine un desierto intacto, montañas majestuosas y el Pacífico abundante con peces, langostas, abulón, elefantes marinos, leones marinos, ballenas y aves marinas. Esos días quizá ya hayan desaparecido en California, en E.U., pero no en Baja California, México. Todo esto,  más una porción de una amistosa cultura mexicana puede encontrarse todavía en las remotas y vibrantes islas de Cedros y San Benito.

Situada en el Océano Pacífico, a 310 millas (498.896 km) de la frontera México-E.U. en la costa oeste de Baja California, Isla Cedros se extiende veinticuatro millas (38.6242 km) de norte a sur. Se caracteriza por su terreno rústico con pendientes pronunciadas, la vegetación de la isla incluye matorral costero, chaparral, pino, matorral de junípero y matorral de duna.

Last Updated (Friday, 22 April 2011 07:06)

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Each of these columns will cover a day’s worth of activities in different parts of Baja California, Mexico. Now I can’t guarantee that you’ll be able to get there in a day, because our readers live all over the world. But once you arrive these articles will guide you through some tried and true options for a wonderful day in Baja. I hope you’ll join us!

If you have any suggestions for an article about your favorite Baja day trip, contact me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it – I’d love to hear from you.

Melanie Lamaga is a writer, editor and photographer who divides her time between Baja California, Mexico and Encinitas, CA. She lives with her husband, marine biologist and photographer, Jose Angel Sanchez, and a white German shepherd named Luna.

 

Last Updated (Friday, 22 April 2011 07:05)

 

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