La Bufadora

45 minutes away from everything... EXCEPT the flea market you are forced to walk through in order to get to the blow hole. Very aggressive "salespeople", make sure to barter & buy from local artisans! Costs at least $1 to use the restroom WITHOUT toilet paper. You'll need to pay more for that 😉 and soap? No sir. Bring your sanitizer.

The blow hole was really amazing. Could just spend hours watching it. The only negative was all of the vendors out in the middle of the street trying to get you to buy something, anything. It is literally a tourist trap to get in and out of this natural beauty.

It's a bit of a drive and a bit busy. I think my favorite part was the drive, the views you get to see in the way over are really nice. Had some cute stores but if you are not buying don't give in to trying their stuff.

La Bufadora Blowhole Located 17 miles south of Ensenada at the tip of the Punta Banda peninsula, La Bufadora (The Blowhole) is an amazing natural marine geyser that is capable of shooting water well over 60 feet in the air. La Bufadora is considered to be the second largest marine geyser in the world (the largest is located at Makapuu Point in Oahu, Hawaii) This marine geyser phenomenon is caused by ocean waves being forced into a partially submerged sea cavern, causing great amounts of air and water pressure to build. The air and ocean water are expelled through the only exit, launching it several stories into the air. Getting to La Bufadora is very easy, and the drive provides spectacular views of both Bahia de Todos Santos and the mountain range on the southern end of the bay. Head south out of Ensenada on the Mexico 1 for about 30 minutes until you reach Maneadero. There are clearly marked signs for the exit to La Bufadora. You will proceed west along the base of the mountains and drive for about twenty minutes. The road is paved and well marked with signs that lead into La Bufadora. There are several parking lots to choose from, and it costs a couple of dollars to leave your car in a lot with an attendant on duty. If you visit with a tour guide, especially from a cruise ship, you may have to be patient since most tour guides will stop at several road side vendors and introduce you to the product that they sell, including leather goods, silver jewelry, clothing, food etc. Because of the path from the parking lot to the blowhole watch area is lined on both sides with shops and vendors of all types, including pharmacies, Mexican foods and drinks especially tequila, and Mexican made ware. So it takes at least 15 to 30 minutes to walk the 150 yards down to the blowhole viewing area. However, if you go there by yourself, you can ignore the pestering vendors that tried very hard to sell their ware to you. You can also take time to check their ware out after you visited the blowhole. The spray of the blowhole is spectacular and you may get wet if you view from the very edge of the retaining wall. The timing of the intervals of the water sprays depends on the roughness of the sea, wind direction and speed. They could be every minute or five minutes. And if the sun is shining, rainbows are formed from the water mist right after each water spray.

Love to see nature in action. Loved going down and up to it. The excitement meeting ppl on our road trip was just awesome.

Although one you have to visit once in a lifetime , it's crowded with no control whatsoever, everything is extremely overpriced.. Almost all the stands sell the same thing over and over. Nothing unique to the area. It used to be such a beautiful place to see nature at its finest now just another tourist trap. Definitely not for kids, if you want to drink at over priced drinks and walk around maybe get something to eat and hang out probably your ok. We had no luck trying to get a picture of the famous bufadora low tide I guess.

It was busy but, not too bad. You have to do this at least once in life. Walking the alley of vendors is a task with everyone trying to seek you something.

Go early before the cruise ship people arrive. We went in December - it’s chilly but fine is you dress appropriately. If you haven’t done a lot of travel in Mexico, it’s like other places where you’ll need some pesos to use the public restrooms. 10 P for the toilet farther from the bufadora, 15p for the one right by it. As expected , plenty of vendors on the short walk to the bufadora. Parking is 50p for the day. You’ll probably spend 20-45 mins here, unless you stop and eat as well. Quick morning trip!