ATV tours like the one above through Cactus ATV Tours takes you through desert and mountains to Migrino beach on the Pacific Ocean. Photo courtesy of Cactus ATV
So you say you want to experience the Baja just like the drivers who tackle the Baja 1000? Well then you're in luck because Baja Off-Road Adventures can make that happen as you can see by the video above.
GOING OFF ROAD IN CABO SAN LUCAS? HERE'S SOME OPTIONS. Cabo San Lucas and the areas of Los Cabos all the way up to the East Cape are a dirt-chewing, dust-eating, off-road junkie's dream playground. You have wide open desert terrain, dry riverbeds, rocky mountains and miles of sand dunes and beach just waiting for you to put the pedal to the metal. Anything from ATV's to Hummers to tricked out Jeeps are available to get your pulse pounding... and you don't have to be a veteran rider either. Off road activities providers can teach even the greenest wannabe what they'll need to know to have a blast while still being safe and sane.
A Baja Outback Hummer blasts through a stream bed during a day's off road tour. Photo courtesy of Baja Outback
Looking for something a bit more, well, upscale? Try Baja Outback. They do things on a bit higher scale... they use Hummers. Baja Outback run tours into the desert and mountains as well as into San Jose del Cabo and Todos Santos. Watch the video below to get an idea of what their trips are like.
If you're ready to plan your vacation, you'll find contact information to a selection of tour operators and off road activities in the right hand column of this page. These are companies that we've checked out personally and they do an excellent job of taking care of their clients as well as providing good value to boot. We'd suggest booking your excursions well in advance as the top tour operators often fill up fast.
CABO ATV, JEEP, HUMMER TOUR PROVIDERS CACTUS ATV TOURS
Cactus ATV Tours offers a wide variety of all terrain vehicle adventures. Spending the day touring the natural beauty of Baja's desert, mountain and coastal landscapes gives you access to places most people who travel to Los Cabos never see. Their Migrino ATV Tour is perhaps the most popular in Los Cabos as it travels through several distinct ecosystems as you make your way to the Migrino beach down dry riverbeds. Once at the beach, you'll be greeted by spectacular oceanside cliffs where 3 miles of beach and sand dunes just ramp up the fun. Don't be concerned about being an inexperienced rider either as Cactus has tours suitable for first-time offroaders to seasoned pros. RESERVATIONS: PHONE: USA 011-52-624-130-6864 LOS CABOS 624-130-6864 EMAIL:reservations@cactusatvtours.com WEBSITE
BAJA'S ACTIVITIES
Baja's Activities is no new comer to the ATV tour game in Cabo. They've been at it since 1995 and say their goal is to give customers something to remember, the opportunity to explore Los Cabo's beauty up close and personal. Feel like getting out of town.... they have ATV tours in the East Cape where you'll get more of an old Baja experience. They go a bit further than just offering ATV tours. Baja's Activities also arranges scooter rentals – a great way to do a day of sightseeing in San Jose del Cabo or Cabo San Lucas. Horseback rides, snorkeling tours, kayaks and waverunners round out their offerings. RESERVATIONS: PHONE: USA 011-52-624-142-2922 LOS CABOS 624-142-2011 WEBSITE
BAJA WILD
Alex Vidal and the guys at Baja Wild put together a Desert Park Adventure that includes ATV's and a little bit more.
THEIR HALF DAY PACKAGE INCLUDES:
ATV or mountain biking
Rappelling
Expert tour guide
Rappel instructor
Energy bars
All beverages
Round trip transportation in an air conditioned van.
COST - $85.00 US RESERVATIONS: PHONE: USA 011-52-624-142-5300 LOS CABOS 624-142-5300 EMAIL:sales@bajawild.com WEBSITE
BAJA OFF-ROAD ADVENTURES
Now here's a group that offers desert racing thrills in Jeeps equipped like Baja 1000 racers. Their Jeeps are equipped with off-road racing suspension, racing seats with four-point harnesses, competition steering wheels and all the safety equipment needed to make your experience safe while still thrilling. BORA offers a couple of different off-road circuits including a Desert 200, Cabo 400 and Pacific 600 tours covering up to 52 miles of terrain. They also offer their Magic Tour into Todos Santos. Tours start at $135 USD plus applicable taxes. RESERVATIONS: PHONE: USA 1-866-422-0130 LOS CABOS 624-105-1815 EMAIL:info@bajabora.com WEBSITE
BAJA OUTBACK HUMMER TOURS
Baja Outback offers four different single day tours and four multi-day tour packages. The day trips include excursions to Todos Santos, Rancho la Verdad, Santiago and the East Cape. The Todos Santos trip takes you into this quaint town on the Pacific side of the cape, but it gets you there by way of dirt roads, not the main highway. The Rancho la Verdad trip takes you to a working ranch in Baja's interior where you'll find a effiicient irrigation systems that utilize desert springs to farm what would otherwise be barren desert. Their East Cape adventure even supplies you with snorkeling gear as part of that tour calls for a stop for a swim with the fishes along some of the most pristine coastline in Baja. You'll top of that day searching for fossils dating back as far as 20 million years. If you're lucky, you might find a fossilized shark's tooth from the ages old super shark, the Megaladon.
RESERVATIONS: PHONE: USA 011-52-624-142-9200 LOS CABOS 624-142-9200 EMAIL:gm@bajaoutback.com WEBSITE
