Bienvenidos a Loreto!
Our San Javier Mission, rancho, and desert tour is a wonder-full day tour to take from Loreto. It includes stops at points of interest, a delicious lunch of regional cuisine, and an insightful tour of the mission and surrounding orchards and farms as well. This is an experience that is certainly best experienced with an insiders knowledge. On this tour you travel back in time for a wonderful adventure. Viggé Biaundó is the native name for this small valley oasis in the Sierra de la Giganta (Mountains of giant women) where in 1699 Father Francisco Maria Piccolo first established the site. Mission San Javier is the best preserved of all the Missions in the Californias. The first time I went up to San Javier we stopped to take pictures of the views, visited the Mision, walked around town a little and came back. My second trip was on a tour. I could not believe all the amazing things I learned about the desert, the history of the area, the local Rancheros, and of course the Mision. This tour is shows you such a special and unique part of the world you really, really should take a guided tour.
Learn about local flora and fauna and the uses of various plants. This tour is also a great opportunity to witness the dynamic geology of the Sierra de la Giganta
Learn about the indigenous peoples of that lived in the Sierra de la Giganta mountains, the Jesuit Padres that settled here, and the Ranchero families that still live in the mountains today.
Tour includes: transport from Loreto, English speaking guide, lunch at local restaurant.
This is a rough estimate of tour times. Start and end times can easily be adjusted. If your tour is in the hotter months, we are more than happy to start early. Cruisers may need a later start due to tender schedules. No worries.
Sunscreen, sunglasses, hat, extra snacks, camera, batteries, warm layers in Winter and Spring months.
To learn more about the original California Cowboys, Watch this wonderful documentary below
Check out the additional services and tours that we offer. We have discounts for folks who do multiple days of activities with us as well as group rates.
