Valle de los Cirios

Baja California · Mexico

Valle de los Cirios, Mexico
Photo: Tomas Castelazo, CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
November to March
Budget
$
Accessibility
not-accessible
Coordinates
Open in maps

This vast protected desert in central Baja is named for the tall boojum trees that rise like candles from the arid landscape. Giant cardón cacti and boulder fields make it one of the most distinctive deserts in North America.

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