Native Trails MyTrails 2026 29 Baja California Sur 4 Excursion Sierra San Francisco & Cueva del Ratón Duration: 01:30 h · Level: Medium Visit the Sierra San Francisco. During the trip, the Sierra opens wonderful views of the Pacific plain and the rugged canyon scenery. As the altitude is increasing, the vegetation changes from epiphytic tillandsia to ferocacti growing on the slopes and to the endemic Idria columnaris. On a short hike, you will see the rock paintings of the Cochimí Indians. The Cueva del Ratón features paintings of deer, men, birds, and fish greater than life. 5 Rock paintings Sierra de San Francisco - Santa Martha Duration: 08:00 h · Level: Difficult On your way to the Sierra San Francisco enjoy wonderful views over the Pacific plain before arriving into the rugged canyon scenery. On a technically quite challenging hike you learn more about the rock paintings of the Cochimí Indians at Santa Martha. A box lunch is supplied before your return to San Ignacio. 6 Extended walk along the Tres Vírgenes volcano Duration: 05:00 h · Level: Medium The volcanic chain of the Tres Vírgenes consists of three volcanoes at the southern end of the high plateau of San Ignacio. It is a protected zone for the endemic desert bighorn sheep and will impress you by its diverse desert fauna and flora. On your walk over the lava fields at the foot of the volcano, you pass countless giant cardones and thick-stemmed elephant-foot trees. At the end of your excursion, you visit the lonely power plants to generate geothermal energy. 7 Short hike at the volcano Tres Vírgenes Duration: 01:00 h · Level: Medium On the MEX 1 you cross the lava landscape at the foot of the “Three Virgins” – Volcán Las Tres Vírgenes – volcanic summits nearly 2,000 m (over 6,000 ft.) high. The landscape becomes more and more volcanic in character. At 1,920 m (6,299 ft.), the highest “virgin” is an imposing mountain. At the foot of the still active volcano, you take a walk to enjoy the extraordinary atmosphere. 8 Short tour of Santa Rosalía Duration: 02:00 h · Level: Easy Santa Rosalía owes its rise in the 19th century to a French mining company called El Boleo. Most of the impressive industrial plants are in decay or lost (some industrial monuments are now marked for preservation), but the remnants of French influence are still there: typical villas, a former administration building (now the Museo Histórico Minero), the Hotel Francés, and the church of Santa Barbara de Santa Rosalía built of iron and designed by Gustave Eiffel. 9 Short tour of San Ignacio Duration: 01:30 h · Level: Easy You will experience the green palm oasis like a fata morgana – more than 80,000 date palms and fig and orange trees thrive along a river that flows above the surface of the volcanic rock only here. San Ignacio, founded in 1728 as a mission to convert the local Cochimí Indians, lies in a lava landscape. Visit the center of the village, the impressive mission church, and the informative museum, which focuses on the rock paintings. 10 Visit of Museo de Pinturas Rupestres in San Ignacio Duration: 01:00 h · Level: Easy The small Museo de Pinturas Rupestres was opened in 1994. It contains reproductions of various prehistoric rock paintings that were found in the caves of the Sierra de San Francisco. One of the caves has even been reconstructed true
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