ensenada, new road to get around the traffic mess...

interactive map of ensenada

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Ensenada Info Links

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here is the route going north, going south is a bit easier.



here is the crowded tourist zone circled



this is the circle of the above crowded zone. You want to be veering to the left, so you want to be in the left lane but not the furthest left lane.

this road now is extended past walmart to the military base.

so heading north turn left after the military base and take a right on the road that is behind the walmart complex. follow down a good distance and take another left to get on the malicon and follow that to get to the road to TJ and you stay out of the nightmare area.

going south it is easy, you just follow the water malicon till it ends, take a left go to the next major intersection take a right till it ends at the military base just after walmart/ movie theaters/office depot area. take a left up to hwy 1 south take a right.

Road report 2, a way to get around some of the nightmare congestion in Ensenada…. I just drove the baja on a motorcycle. On a motorcycle to me I have better visibility and maneuverability in congested driving areas.. So I try new and different ways because it is painless to change route or backtrack if you do not like what you have entered.

I did this in Ensenada going south not liking the main road. I continued on the malicon road much farther than I had in many years. Well they just opened a new malicon section that was great just keep on the water heading south and you will not be in the mad 8 lanes of traffic to the Wal-Mart area. I stayed on the Malicon road south and went to the last big sign that said to Buffador to the left.

This puts you on the main road 1 heading south right before the Wal-Mart/ the waldos $1.00 store, so you just have a few lights. I did notice that just to the south before the Wal-Mart (could have been at the north side of the military base) there was a road many vehicles were turning there heading towards the water so that road may be a way all the way around the Wal-Mart section too. Only one caution right now on this malicon road there were no stop signs yet but at the major spots people were stopping like there was a stop sign.

this will save you time and is a much more scenic less stressful route. They made a very nice malicon section there where it would be a nice place to just stop and eat your lunch and enjoy if you wanted a nice break. Plenty of parking.