It is better to be on a rope whlie approaching the abyss of cave of swallows. The diameter on top is just 50 m, but the bell-shaped cave broadens to 150 m at the bottom. The safety line has more symbolic charkater and you should hope that the rock is solid. The depth oft he cave is 1100 feet until the first level and falls towards 1680feet to the bottom. It is called cave of the swallows, because the indigenous sailors pounce themselves by the thousands to the their sleeping places at night times.

La paz is the metropolis in the south of baja calaifornia. The ferries to the mainland mexico are starting here and there are possibilities to visit sea lion colonies and even you can dive with whale sharks. We had choosen a privat boats tour, so we could say how long we will stay at the locations and our capitain daniel nunez velderrain did a great job (+52 612 1350684)

The sea lions are very territorial and would attack any intruders on “their” island, but in the water they are curious and playful.

It was the end of their visit on the mexican coast and most of the giant whale sharks are already on their way to australia or india. Sensationally our captain was able to locate two animals. Despite having fins on the feet and kicking them with all force the animals slide with casual movements and past me easily. wow !!

we had several recommendations for this beach, it should be a pearl on the baja california. to get there, we had to drive a narrow, stony and bumpy dirt road for about 20 miles . actually the track is not designed for our car size, partly we had to cut away the thorny bushes and the occasional oncoming traffic was always a challenge. But the hassle is worth it and we met the two nice american couples again who had also recommended this pearl.

“Playa escondida” translates hidden beach. A bumpy road leads to this bay, and we were delighted to find it empty. no one but us was here. Some palmleaves covered “palapas” dispenses shadow, clamshells edges the beach and then alone under the starry sky. Great.