RV Campground Review: Loreto Shores RV Park, Baja California Sur
Loreto Shores is a campground / housing community that we found on Campendium. It offers full hookups, is big rig friendly, has great cell service, and it was on the water and close to town… so it was an easy decision to book it!
I love checking out places we stay on Campendium because I’m a big time planner and love to see photos and read reviews before making reservations.
Making reservations
I emailed ahead and made reservations for the 3 RVs in our caravan. Ismael, the on-site manager, replied to my emails and sent photos of the 3 spots he thought would work for our rigs. I confirmed they would work, and we had our reservation!
Ismael speaks english pretty well, but I found it easiest to use Google translate to correspond with him via email. Once we were able to meet in person, we were easily able to have conversations in English.
In February 2022 the price was $25/night, and since we received the weekly rate we got the 7th night free. We did not have to pay anything until we arrived to the park (no deposit was required to make the reservation).
You can email Ismael about availability at loretoshores@yahoo.com.
The RV spaces
We got really lucky and scored the only RV spot that had water views! (The best space for a 42 ft. Fifth wheel). There are homes in the park that are beachfront and those obstruct most of the views from the RV spots. There are quite a few Americans and Canadians that have homes in Loreto Shores and live there seasonally. Most are very friendly!
The main part of the property that contains most of the RV spaces is a gravel lot and doesn’t have much character. The spaces are pretty tight with no trees or barriers to define the spaces. Our caravan happened to get the 3 spaces that are nestled in the homes section and not in the part of the park where most of the RVs are.
Other RV Park Details
The park is well maintained and there is nice landscaping throughout. There is a community pool with ocean views (the pool water was unheated and was chilly in February), community bathrooms and showers, and a small common area/clubhouse.
The beach that the park is on is more of a rocky beach with some dark sand, and we didn’t really spend time on it. The park is gated, but the front gate never closes and there is no guard or security at the entrance. Even so we always felt safe and never had any issues.
The park offered free WiFi but we found it to be unusable. We had good TelCel signal though so we relied on our hotspots. There were a few businesses in town that offered wifi that we took advantage of as well.
The park was in a good location. It was a 5 minute drive into old town Loreto and the Malecón, and about 15 minutes from the super-Americanized community of Nopoló. It was not a super quiet area however, and there were lots of barking dogs in the area at night.
We really enjoyed the town of Loreto and everything there was to do and see in the area. You can read about what we did in Loreto HERE! (Coming soon). Also if you’re considering road tripping through Mexico, be sure and read our article on Crossing the border and what we did to prepare for our Baja trip so you will be prepared and know exactly what to expect!