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Boojum trees and cardon cacti are the most noticeable features of one of the world's most unique deserts. Baja's colonial and historical heritage, date palms, coconuts and mangrove swamps are all items to look for.
Be sure to look at your watch as you head southward, too: south of the 28th parallel, the hour changes; mountain time (to the south) is an hour ahead of Pacific time (to the north). Here you also enter the 25,000- sq-km Reserva de la Biosfera El Vizcaino, Latin America's largest single protected area. It sprawls from the Peninsula Vizcaino across to the Sea of Cortez and includes the major gray-whale calving areas of Laguna San Ignacio and Laguna Ojo de Liebre, and the Sierra de San Francisco with its stunning pre-Hispanic rock art.
Beyond Guerrero Negro the Desierto de Vizcaino is flat and desolate, punctuated by the surprisingly Saharan oasis of San Ignacio. Paralleling the gulf, the Sierra de la Giganta divides the region into an eastern subtropical zone and a western zone of elevated plateaus and dry lowlands. Mulege is considered by many to be the most beautiful town in Baja. Santa Rosalia and Loreto each have similar, though slightly different charms.
The southernmost part of the peninsula contains La Paz, La Ventana, Cabo Pulmo, Todos Santos, and the popular resorts of Los Cabos, the towns of San Jose del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas. After the quiet isolation of the North, Los Cabos and the Los Cabos Corridor (the strip of giant resorts between the two towns) will either be a jarring shock or a welcome relief.