TAKE A camper van road TRIP IN BAJA CALIFORNIA

Renters on both routes will pick up their van from 9 am-12 pm at Peace Center in La Paz. We recommend staying in La Paz the night before your pick-up date to avoid a long travel day. You can stay at Peace Center, an urban campground, or in a local hotel. Suppose you have a full day in La Paz before starting your road trip. In that case, we recommend the following activities: whale shark and sailboard tours, visiting world-renowned beaches, walking the Malecon, and dining at local restaurants.

El Triunfo is a small town inland filled with museums and history. Explore this old mountain mining town in your van and check out sites like Museo Ruta de Playa, Cafe El Triunfo (for the best almond croissants you’ll ever have), and Cactus Sanctuary. Enjoy access to nearby hiking and biking trails and local restaurants and breweries. You’ll spend the night camping under the stars with views of the Sierra de la Laguna Mountain Range.

In San Dionisio, you’ll stay on a gorgeous mountain ranch. Relax at the vast campground and enjoy an outdoor cooking area, toilets and showers, a plunge pool, and more. Spend the day exploring the area's natural beauty by hiking one of our favorite trails, swimming in waterfalls, and relaxing by the river (all within hiking/driving distance).

Check out Cabo Pulmo National Marine Park, where you’ll snorkel or scuba dive in one of the world's most beautiful, crystal-clear spots. After a long day in the water, head into town for tacos at one of our favorite local restaurants. Then, drive up East Cape Road to your campsite, just a 5-minute walk to the beach, where you can enjoy the sunset.

Cerritos is one of our favorite spots in Baja due to the endless activity options. Take a surf lesson from a friend of Peace Vans and relax on Cerritos Beach. Enjoy a unique stay at an ecotourism hostel with an ocean view from the terrace and nearby farm-to-table restaurants. In the morning, go on one of our favorite hikes and play with puppies at a non-profit café and dog rescue.

Spend the night in this thriving artistic town on the Baja Peninsula. Meander through the cobblestone streets and visit the town’s stunning art galleries. Your campsite will be near a freshwater river swimming hole and gorgeous sandy beaches. This spot is also known for having sea turtle hatchling releases that visitors can watch from a safe distance. Grab a delicious meal at one of our favorite restaurants or breweries!

Self-Guided: $3295 (taxes and fees included) for six nights in a Vanagon, a complete gear package, linens for sleeping, campsites for each night, and booking assistance for all excursions or extra nights in the van.

Each additional night rental is $425/night.

A $1000 deposit is required to reserve your dates. The remainder is due 60 days before travel.

You’ll spend your nights in one of Peace Vans restored VW Camper vans. These vans have two fantastic full-size beds. As far as camping each night, we’ve spent considerable time on this as we developed our Baja program. We felt it was vital that you have a dedicated, available and vetted camping spot every night with people we know and trust. We partnered with five different campgrounds, each with unique characteristics, so that you can have a dedicated campsite each night of your trip. Each site meets our Peace Vans Camps standards for adequate amenities, location, and overall experience.

The trip package does not include flights.

The vans come equipped with our standard Peace Vans Rentals equipment kits. We added more for Baja to make your experience top-notch: snorkeling gear, beach umbrellas, fresh drinking water dispensers, solar panels, and other special touches.

Self-guided: You must follow our well-thought-out itinerary, staying at vetted campsites each night. The itinerary is not a minute-by-minute route and allows you to choose from countless suggested activities each day—surf lessons, snorkeling, beach time, food, food, and more food.

Guided: We’ve got that covered! You’ll follow us :)

Nope. While traveling some dusty roads on your route, you must stay on the path we recommend.

Purchasing a trip comes with access to our 24/7 helpline. If you have a mechanical issue, we’ll swap vans within one-day maximum. Each van is restored meticulously by our VW shop in Seattle, WA, and our local partner in La Paz is one of the best Vanagon mechanics on the planet. You’re in good hands!

Nope, but you’ll have plenty of time to get to the beach while en route. In fact, many of our recommended activities involve getting in the water!

We recommend traveling with one to four people for maximum comfort.

Each van has a thorough mechanical inspection by our dedicated VW mechanic in Baja before every trip. This includes checking all fluids for leaks, tire pressure, camping systems, and other essential safety and comfort measures.

Loudly! It is a road trip, after all. All vans have upgraded stereos with Bluetooth connectivity.

Yes. Your van will be full of gas upon pick up, and we request the same when you drop it off. There are plenty of locations to fill up along the route.

We require renters to stay on our designated route and campsites in Baja, as we've vetted each site and have beautiful partnerships. You'll love the grounds and the people you meet!

Our vans do not have household-style 110 power. If you need to charge a laptop or similar, we can supply a supplemental battery pack—you must let us know before you depart on your flight.

The second battery (which charges your camping systems) will last at least 48 hours without charging. All vans have solar charging, and the battery charges while you drive, so you won’t lose charge your whole trip.

Yes. Much of our route has excellent cell phone coverage, and most campsites have wifi access. Check with your cell phone carrier about charges and data plans.

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Peace Vans Baja HQ is in La Paz. La Paz is an utterly fantastic place to start and end a trip. There’s amazing stuff to do, great food, and it’s effortless to get around. We highly recommend spending a couple of nights in La Paz before or after your Peace Vans trip.

Cancellations must be made via written request and received within 45 days of pick-up for a refund of your trip reservation cost less $500.

If you must cancel a reservation within 45 days of travel, we will offer you a credit valid for one year (Baja spots are limited and not guaranteed).

We require a $1000 security deposit against damage, unreasonable use, or excessive cleaning requirements. This charge automatically applies to your credit card for reservations three days before pick up. Any damages to your van or Peace Vans property deduct from your security deposit. We release the security deposit within three days of returning the vehicle.

Peace Vans reserves the right to cancel a reservation at any time (including at pick-up) based on natural disasters, changes in business conditions, unforeseen natural occurrences, or other situations that would make renting a van unsafe. This includes but is not limited to a renter showing up intoxicated or unable to operate the vehicle safely. If Peace Vans initiates the cancellation, we will issue a full refund.

While we will do our best to place you in the van you have reserved, the nature of renting vintage vehicles is such that we have to make a last-minute substitution from time to time. All of our vans are "equal" in quality, and if we cannot provide you with the van of your choice, we cannot offer any discount or refund.

We provide you with drinking water to start your trip. You can refill a limited amount of fresh drinking water at each of our campsites. We also provide a set of location recommendations that can fill our drinking water tanks.

The vans do not have AC. Having driven the route multiple times, we prefer having the windows down and the music loud. We will provide a small USB fan to use at night if you sleep warm.

Even with some great side trips, the trip is under 400 miles of total driving. We didn’t want you in the car all day, every day—there’s a lot of exploring to be done at each spot.

Peace Vans will provide you with a list of provisioning locations along the route. For a small additional cost, we can have your van stocked when you pick up with enough food to get you going for the first day or two.

Depending on what you’d like your trip to look like, you can fly into La Paz or Los Cabos airport. Both have their perks! La Paz: easy start/end to the trip from our HQ. Los Cabos: you could spend a night exploring the city of Cabo.

Heck yea! While we have an excellent local partner, key Peace Vans team members staff the office all winter.

We partner with some top Baja folks to give you access to excellent options. A lot will ultimately be up to you—active vs. chill.

We do not recommend driving at night. We recommend being at your campsite by 5 pm. This is not because of security concerns but rather because of the lack of lighting on the highways and the fact that cattle and other animals tend to feed next to the dark highways at night to stay warm.

We bring four Volkswagen Vanagons from our rental fleet to Baja: Duckabush,

Whatcom, Columbia, and Chilliwack.

Unfortunately, bringing your van is not an option this year. We hope to do this in the future!

While we love dogs, some sites have a no-pet policy, so please leave your pups at home.

These are self-guided, like our PNW trips, but follow our detailed itinerary.

If you’re interested in mountain biking or kiteboarding, reach out, and we’ll work with you to send you our top recommendations.

Each campsite has a bathroom, drinking water, picnic table, and shade. Some along the route will have showers and additional amenities. During your driving days, you’ll have plenty of options to stop for food and use a bathroom.

Flying into La Paz instead of Cabo San Lucas is a much-preferred option for Peace Vans customers. Peace Vans HQ is in La Paz, and all trips begin there. It is a beautiful, laid-back city, and the airport is extremely easy to navigate. However, flights into and out of La Paz from the US are minimal, with only a few connections through Phoenix, LA, and Houston.

We recently explored a new option. The Tijuana airport (TJI) is on the US/Mexico border crossing known as "CBX." You’ll cross a pedestrian bridge, enter the customs/immigration building, and then will be in the TJI airport. Then, just a few minutes walk to your gate for a flight to La Paz. Volaris has two flights a day from Tijuana to La Paz, which are affordable.

The CBX border crossing and Tijuana airport is a 25-minute cab ride from the San Diego airport. This option might make great sense depending on plans and the costs of direct flights into Cabo.

It was a straightforward and enjoyable process when we did it recently. The flight from Seattle to Cabo was expensive ($750 one way), but the combined flight from Seattle to San Diego and the Volaris flight from Tijuana to La Paz was about $350. We also saved $180 on the taxi from Cabo to La Paz (+ 2.5 hours travel time). While we saved a lot of money, the overall travel time was a bit longer, and the two airplane flights definitely added to the complexity. If you have to stop to get to Cabo anyway, consider the option of San Diego -> cab to CBX -> flight from Tijuana to La Paz.