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San
Felipe was baptized with the name of
San Felipe de Jesus by father Fernando Consag in 1746. But
it wasn’t
until the mid-1920’s when fishing camps were settled in
the area. However until 1951 with the completion of the paved
highway from Mexicali to San Felipe, it was when it started to
wake up as a tourist destination.
Settled
on the Sea of Cortez, San Felipe presents am incredible natural
phenomenon that is the tide change, so dramatically of 23 foot
difference from high to low tide. You can admire this phenomenon
at different times at day, just be careful because the tide come
back as fast as it goes away.
White sandy
beaches and warm waters are to be enjoyed by swimmers,
sunbathers, windsurfers and other water sports enthusiasts.
Also
the local flora and fauna are to be admire and preserved by hikers
and nature lovers as you merge into the “Valle de los Gigantes”
(the Giant Cactus Valley). Such a treasure of the Peninsula of
Baja
California.
In
town and its surroundings you can find many RV parks and
campgrounds, most of them located on the beach with additional
services needed for a pleasant stay. Besides there is a wide
selection of hotels and motels for every taste and budget, auto
repair shops facilities, a clinic and an International airport,
where charters make their arrival from Southern California,
mostly.
Here you can taste delicious and fresh seafood cocktails, clams
and all kind of tacos, right
on the malecon or Blvd. Costero, overlooking the Sea of
Cortez. For more formal dining try El Nido, Ruben’s, Padre and
George’s.
San
Felipe host International events such as San Felipe
250 o road race, the Carnaval (Mexican Mardi Gras) and
regattas. For more information contact the State Tourism Office on
Av. Mar de Cortez (tel. 01-657-71155).
TOURIST
SITES
VALLE DE LOS
GIGANTES.- The
Giant Cactus Valley is amazing with hundreds
of cactus in the desert, so tall so high, you’ll stand
under them and you’ll feel as small as ant. In the surroundings
there are desert waterfalls to be admire and the erode hills which
present strange figures cause by the erosion of water. Located a
few miles south of
San Felipe, along the highway to Puertecitos.
PUERTECITOS.-
It’s
a small village settled on a
beautiful bay, about an hour and a half south of San
Felipe. Here you can rent a rustic cabin or camp on the beach
and just relax on the sand enjoying the views and sounds of nature.
Or you can rent a pang (small boat) to go to the thermal hot springs
on the rocky forms that surround the bay or salute a colony of
friendly dolphins.
SPORT
FISHING.-
In
San Felipe sport fishing is practiced under
certain regulations
as the
northern waters of the Sea of Cortez were declared an
ecological zone by the Mexican
Government in 1993. However, there are some species you can
capture as white sea bass, cabrilla, corvine and sierra.
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