La Paz Baja California Sur

One of the great advantages of La Paz is its close proximity to raw Baja nature. One can travel a relatively short distance in any direction from town, and be smack dab in the middle of nowhere in short order. If one has to live in a big town, but still wants to enjoy the splendor of Baja’s wilderness, La Paz is numero uno!

El Coromuel is the first beach north out of town. convenient, but still within the harbor. It has been extremely popular with the local crowd as with the new malecon improvements, it’s an easy walk from downtown. The water here gets much better flow with the tide change and is suitable for swimming. The bottom is also clean sand and rock further out. There is some snorkeling here as well.

Playa El Tesoro is located approx 13 Kilometers north of town and is a great little beach in particular if you have children. The crystal clear waters are very sallow where a child could actually walk out for more then a 100 meters. Tesoro Beach has about 25 shaded palapas, small restaurant and Kayak rentals. A great place to kick back and watch the kids have a blast.

Pichilingue Beach is actually located in Little or Viejo Pichilingue bahia. One beach front palapa serves food and beverages and another restaurant is located across the road with a fine upstairs view. This is a small beach compared to some just up the road. A palapa bar there is pretty popular in the hot summer afternoons. It seems to be popular with folks driving up from East Cape.

Bahia Balandra is a huge playa area but does not offer any beachside amenities. Balandra is a less busy beach where families go to enjoy the day to themselves. Parking is limited compared to the available sand space. The sandbar runs completely across the bay allowing you to wade from one side to the other, and half mile away through water usually no deeper the chest high. Balandra is one of the truly remarkable beaches in the La Paz vicinity. Sheltered from wave action from nearly every direction, the water is warm and is very safe for swimmers. The only down side is the occasional stingray and the 12 mile drive from downtown. The famous Diamond Rock of La Paz is located in Balandra. The continued existence of Balandra may be in question as developers threaten to change the bay for commercial development. It is a hotly debated issue in La Paz, as to legislatively block the development of the bay.

Playa Tecolote is the largest and most popular La Paz Beach by far. Two restaurant/bars offer shade palapas and a large number of beach vendors offer refreshments. RV camping is available along with a wide variety of water sports rentals. You can even take a panaga ride to Isla Espiritu Santo from Tecolote beach.

The most unique beach experiences in the La Paz area requires a short panga ride to Isla Espiritu Santo. You can only get to the island by boat, about 3 miles across the San Lorenzo Channel’s closest point. Your panga driver can take you to miles of clean white sand playas frequented only by the limited number of people ferried to the island and an occasional pelican. Panga transportation is available from Tecolote Beach and from downtown La Paz. You will find the best value by far to be from the beach, as it will save you over 1 hr of boat time. So if you into white, sandy beaches you have literally for yourself - that’s the place to go.

In addition to that beaches is the beach at the Cortez Beach Club, a major hotel in the area and the beach front at the La Concha Pearl Luxury Condominiums

Our favorite beach?? On the other site of the bay, going out of La Paz past the airport and El Centenario, when you see the last Pemex gasstation the street forks of from the carretera (highway) to the right. Go to kilometer 23 in the direction San Juan de la Costa. Great beach and not very populated, cristall clear waters.

La Paz Tags: baja, balandra, East Cape, Kayak, La Paz, La Paz Beach, palapa bar, Pichilingue Beach, Playa, sandbar, Tecolote Beach, tesoro beach