Posts By: Graham Mackintosh

Baja’s Wild Side

Posted August 8th, 2017 by Graham Mackintosh & filed under Books.

A Photographic Journey Through Baja California’s Pacific Coast Region   Book review by Graham Mackintosh Hiking the Northern Pacific coast of Baja in 1983 I was struck by its wondrous… Read more »

Favorite Baja Summer Destination: Sierra de San Pedro Mártir

Posted July 6th, 2017 by Graham Mackintosh & filed under Hiking, Off the Beaten Path, Sierra de San Pedro Mártir.

By Graham Mackintosh For over 20 years I’ve been enjoying summer camping and hiking in Baja’s oldest National Park – the spectacular Parque Nacional Sierra de San Pedro Mártir. I even… Read more »

The Patchen Cabin

Posted June 5th, 2017 by Graham Mackintosh & filed under Off the Beaten Path.

By Graham Mackintosh Less than a mile off the highway just south of Cataviña, and close to the campground and runway at Santa Ines, there’s a humble cabin inconspicuously nestled… Read more »

Dollar Deals

Posted May 3rd, 2017 by Graham Mackintosh & filed under Accommodations, Ensenada, Hotels.

By Graham Mackintosh For many years, heading down Highway 1, a typical first night in Baja for me meant camping in the peace and quiet of the desert around Cataviña…. Read more »

Among the Wildflowers

Posted March 14th, 2017 by Graham Mackintosh & filed under Flora and Fauna, Off the Beaten Path.

By Graham Mackintosh What a great time to visit Baja! After so much rain its deserts and mountains have undergone a remarkable transformation. Almost every vista capable of bearing vegetation… Read more »

Ensenada’s Caracol Science Museum

Posted February 1st, 2017 by Graham Mackintosh & filed under Ensenada, Things to Do.

By Graham Mackintosh Ensenada’s impressive new “Caracol – Museo de Ciencias” has been almost ten years in the making. It is prominently situated on Avenida Club Rotario #3, sandwiched between… Read more »

Bus Back to Bahía

Posted January 9th, 2017 by Graham Mackintosh & filed under Bahía de los Ángeles, Off the Beaten Path, Santa Rosalía.

By Graham Mackintosh It took me three weeks to paddle my sit-on-top kayak from Bahía de los Ángeles to Bahía Concepción. Life was wonderfully simple… if the wind cooperated I’d… Read more »

Paddling South from Bahía de los Ángeles (Part Two)

Posted November 30th, 2016 by Graham Mackintosh & filed under Kayaking, Off the Beaten Path.

By Graham Mackintosh Amazing what you can pack into (and onto) a 12-foot-long sit-on-top kayak… and into a day of Baja adventure. Carrying over six gallons of water and a… Read more »

Paddling South from Bahía de los Ángeles

Posted November 8th, 2016 by Graham Mackintosh & filed under Kayaking, Off the Beaten Path.

By Graham Mackintosh During October and November last year I spent three weeks paddling a somewhat overloaded sit-on-top kayak from Bahía Gonzaga to Bahía de los Ángeles. By the time… Read more »

Return to Malarrimo Beach

Posted August 20th, 2014 by Graham Mackintosh & filed under Off the Beaten Path.

By Graham Mackintosh Thirty years ago I was in the middle of a two-year quest to walk around the coast of Baja California. Pacific lagoons such as Ojo de Liebre… Read more »