Product Description

A where-to, how-to guide to one of the most interesting places on earth, describing the full spectrum of adventure available in Baja California, Mexico. Scuba diving, hiking, backpacking, fishing, boating, bicycling, and windsurfing are just some of the exciting activities covered.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #70377 in Books
• Published on: 1998-12-30
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 310 pages

Customer Reviews

Excellent Guide Book; review from one of the guides
Hello all, Well it was allot of fun going on trips with Walt and contribute as a guide to the making of this book. His passion for Baja and his wealth of knowledge about the whole area, and the history, stories of lost gold and stone ships; all of this went into his book. I was also one of the team with Don Nelson when we went to Canyon Tajo, Picacho del Diablo, and El Gran Trono Blanco. Be very prepared. This is all very rugged terrain, and at times you are out there with no one for miles, and no one to help you if you get injured or lost. I know that Walt and all of us put allot of work into to being geographically exact; compass readings, trails markers, exact distances and no guessing. On the trip to Picacho del Diablo we followed Robinson's guidebook for example, only to find out he had never been there and wrote it down in the 2nd and 3rd person! maybe we were the first to write the exact guide to Picacho. Anyway, it's a great guide book, thorough, full of lot's of details and anecdotes, and crammed with Walt's passion for Baja and his compulsion for detail and accuracy! Enjoy, Jim Smallwood, Santa Barbara

Anyone interested in Baja needs this book
This is a book that any true Baja enthusiast will spend hours reading. I can't go ten minutes without dying laughing at some of his stories (all of them 100% fact with no embelishment I'm sure! LOL). Peterson has to be a Baja legend - how did he have time to do it all? While I agree that it is invaluable for anyone planning a trip and I consider it to be one of the top 5 books on Baja, I do disagree with many other reviews that say it is a neccessity for taking along on a trip. I consider it much more of a pre-planning book or a fun read. It doesn't have enough current data to be a real guidebook in my opinion. That's not a criticism - just pointing out that it is not a true guidebook. For that I recommend the AAA Baja book - without a doubt the best!

Happy kayaker
Great book. Really gives a sense of the Baja experience and makes it easy to plan a vacation. Although some info goes out of date much, such as what type of fish to expect off of which island, stays spot on.