ZOCO SURFING ADVENTURES

SURFING HOLIDAYS IN MEXICO, BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR

PUNTA ABREOJOS SURFARI - ITINERARY

This is a 'day-by-day' outline of your trip from San Diego to Punta Abreojos. For more info. on Getting to San Diego from Europe (or anywehere else), plus details on transfers from San Diego International Airport to your pickup point at the King's Inn in Mission Valley. Please see: Flights & Transfers

DAY 1

San Diego (California, U.S.A) - Guerrero Negro, Baja California, Mexico.

Meet guides at the King’s Inn in Mission Valley, San Diego at 8 a.m.
Brief orientation and introduction, load gear on rack, and drive south into Mexico, stopping at the busiest border crossing in the world to acquire tourist permits for all guests. The contrast between affluent San Diego and the city of Tijuana is drastic and eye opening. After about 2 hours of driving we leave civilization behind and continue through a variety of breathtaking desert landscapes. At Cataviña we will have a glimpse into the past at some ancient Cochimí cave paintings. Total drive time today will be about 10 hours. (Overnight: Motel in Guerrero Negro)

DAY 2

Guerrero Negro – Punta Abreojos
Meet at 8:00 am in motel for breakfast, pack up and drive the final 2 hours to Punta Abreojos. Set up camp. Surf!

DAY 3 – DAY 8

Punta Abreojos
Surfing. Surfing. Surfing.

This is a typical day: wake up with the sunrise, refreshed from a full night’s sleep, excited by the waves reeling by in front of the camp. Warm up with a bit of optional morning yoga, led by one of our guides. Have a light breakfast of banana pancakes or cereal. Then go surfing! Beginners will have a 2 hour surf lesson at the most favorable section of beach, beginning with a beach talk about surf safety, surf etiquette, the formation of waves, types of waves, tides, and everything surfing. Experienced surfers paddle out to the peak currently offering the best bowls and barrels. After surfing yourself silly, come in for a rest. Play cards, read a book, philosophize, goof off, take a nap, write in your journal…or we may do a group field trip to get a tour of the local fishing co-op, or taste some fresh abalone at a nearby farm. When hunger calls eat some lunch, perhaps some of Pia’s fresh fish tacos or a salad. After food digests and energy is restored head out for another surf in the groomed offshore waves. Beginner surfers do their afternoon surf lesson, perhaps practicing turning the board, or turtling, or ‘reading’ waves. Come in when you have surfed yourself silly. Take a beach stroll as the sun begins to set. Sit by yourself or with a new friend and soak up the desert and sea beauty around you. Under the kitchen canopy Pia’s delicious hot gourmet camp meal (perhaps a chicken curry or vegetable stir-fry) and a cool drink await you. Finish the night sitting around the campfire sipping a cold beer and swapping surfing stories while staring at the blanket of stars above. Retire to your tent, exhausted from a fun and challenging day. Get lulled to sleep by the sound of waves outside your tent and dream of the barrels you will get tomorrow.

DAY 9

Punta Abreojos to El Rosario
This morning you will have your final surf. After breakfast and packing up camp we will drive north to El Rosario where we will stay the night at the famous Baja Cactus Motel and be rewarded with showers, toilets and beds! There is a famous restaurant in town where we will have our last night’s farewell dinner and fiesta. Time to goof off and reminisce with all our new friends before going our separate ways. Total driving time today will be about 5 hours. (Overnight: Baja Cactus Motel)

DAY 10

El Rosario (Mexico) to San Diego (California U.S.A)
Today you will have breakfast in El Rosario, then drive north to San Diego. Total driving time today will be about 9 hours. Guests will be dropped off at The King’s Inn at approximately 7 p.m. Prepare to feel like Tom Hanks in Castaway as he tries to reintegrate into modern civilization. Your mind may stay in the beautiful Mexican desert and sea for a few more days…

Note: You do have the option of not returning north to San Diego ;-). You can either stay at Punta Abreojos (if you have all your own camping gear) or get dropped off at San Ignacio, which is on the main highway near the turnoff to Punta Abreojos, if you want to continue your adventure to the south.

Please contact us with questions or for further information.