(355 km/208 miles)
Today we are headed for to La Paz which is (Spanish for “The Peace”), the capital city of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. We will be staying at Campestre Maranatha located in El Centenario for the next 4 nights. On arrival you will be able to check your Wi-Fi, perhaps go for a dip or have a coffee and sticky bun at the Café Exquisito located in the RV Park. We have an excursion into La Paz where you can visit the wonderful Malecon, check out the Mercado or head out and swim with Whale Sharks! We also have an excursion planned to Todos Santos located on the Pacific Ocean where we cross the Tropic of Cancer.
El Centenario is a small seaside town located in La Paz Municipality approximately 15 km west of La Paz, the capital city of Baja California Sur. El Centenario had a 2010 census population of 4,696 persons. On our first visit to Baja in 1985 we stayed at an RV Park on the beach as you enter the town which is now closed.
El Centenario was founded in the 1960s as an agrarian/fishing Ejido by approximately 25 founding families. Each of the original families was delegated land to use for farming and on which to build a dwelling, while the land remained under the ownership of the communal Ejido. During the 1990s, due to reforms associated with the North American Free Trade Agreement, Mexican Ejidos were granted rights to deliver legal ownership of Ejido land to the members, thus changing from communal ownership to private ownership.
