An hour's boat ride from La Paz takes you past spectacular sheer red cliffs and delivers you to Baja Camp, located on a secluded beach on Isla Espiritu Santo. The island is a nature reserve with no hotels or marinas, and the desert landscape is distinctly Martian.
The Isla Espiritu Santo is one of 900 islands in the Espiritu Santo Archipelago protected by the Gulf of California Islands Flora and Fauna Protected Area, which was established in 1978. In 2005, Espiritu Santo and 244 other islands in the Sea of Cortez were named a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and in 2007, the Marine Zone of Espiritu Santo Archipelago National Park was established.
