At the end of our hike from Carrizal we stumbled upon this beautiful deserted beach
The Pacific coast of Baja is largely unpopulated – most anchorages featured a small fishing camp or village, or perhaps a small town. The coast of mainland Mexico is different. While it’s not crowded by any definition, it is rare to find a protected anchorage that doesn’t also have a town.
And Mexican towns have generally been great. Anchoring in a town has been a good way to meet people, to load up on fresh food and drinks, and to enjoy the ubiquitous palapa restaurants on the beach.
Checking out the view from above
Change is good, though, so we were delighted to pull into Ensenada Carrizal to find … nothing. No cars, no people, and not even a building in sight. Just jungle tumbling down the steep hillsides to the calm waters and a grey rock beach at the head of the bay.
Enjoying the solitude of Ensenada Carrizal
Ashore, a short climb from the beach led to a network of roads. A developer had big plans for a vacation community at Carrizal and laid out well-built roads with signs for houses, condos, and the beach club. While the roads and signs remain, none of the rest of the development was ever built.
An impressive Superbowl spread on S/V Volare- twice baked potatoes, cheeseburger dip, fresh pretzels, caprese skewers, clam dip and brownies
So, we enjoyed walking through the jungle on the nicely paved paths to the beautiful deserted beach on the other side of the hill that created one arm of the bay. We enjoyed a huge Super Bowl Sunday spread with Jess, Adam, and Foxy aboard S/V Volare. We enjoyed the fantastic snorkeling along both edges of the bay – some of the best we’ve seen in Mexico.
And mostly, we enjoyed feeling like we were away from civilization for a few days.
