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October 20, 2017
The Ferry from Pichilingue to Mazatlan
http://www.liferemotely.com/trip-shenanigans/mexico/132-the-ferry-from-la-paz-to-mazatlan
This is a pretty good article and covers a lot of my questions about catching the ferry from Pichilingue to Mazatlan.
One of my biggest concerns is handling the paperwork required to get on the ferry. That, and figuring out the ferry schedule.
OK. So, it seems that the ferry goes to either Topolabambo or to Mazatlan. Looks like the ferry to Topolabambo might be a little bit shorter, and you hit the mainland of Mexico about 270 miles north of Mazatlan. So, it would cost a day of travel to go to Topolabambo. So, that's probably not the way that I'll go. I'll probably head to Mazatlan.
SALE DE (Leaves From) LLEGA A (Arrives At) Hora (Time) Dias de Viaje (Days of Travel)
Mazatlan La Paz 18:30 hrs Miercoles Viernes Domingo (Wed, Fri, Sun)
La Paz Mazatlan 20:00 hrs Martes Jueves Sabado (Tue,Thr, Sat)
lunes - Monday
martes - Tuesday
miércoles - Wednesday
jueves - Thursday
viernes - Friday
sábado - Saturday
domingo - Sunday
Barco - Ship
OK. After all of my decoding of their website, my understanding is that the ferry named Baja Star leaves Pichilingue at 8:00 p.m. every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. This is fine. The worst time to arrive at La Paz would be Saturday evening and miss the ferry, because then, you'd have to wait until Tuesday evening to sail to Mazatlan. So, you'd have 3 days to kill in BCS.
You can buy tickets for the Baja Ferries at two locations. The first is in the city of La Paz and the second is at the ferry terminal. One downside of buying tickets at the terminal is that you must go through customs to get to the ticket office, regardless of whether you are embarking that day.
Now, the thing that I didn't have last time (that I will have this time), is a Vehicle Import Permit. This is something that I will get when I cross into BCN at Tijuana. It is not required to enter Baja. It is required to enter the mainland of Mexico.
You can get the vehicle import permit at the banjercito at the ferry terminal in Pichilingue if you don't have one already. However, my plan is to get one in Tijuana, just to get it out of the way.
http://www.liferemotely.com/trip-shenanigans/mexico/124-usa-to-mexico-border-crossing
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 20, 2017 at 12:14 PM
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