About 13 Km (7 miles) south of Punta Bufeo is Punta Willard (see map), home of Papa Fernandez Resort, a campground with secluded palapa beach sites, outhouses (but no showers), gas, meals, and fishing pangas for rent.  Just north of the Papa Fernandez Resort, Camp El Faro offers similiar facilities.  Just a few kilometers below Punta Willard, at the south end of Bahia Willard on a sandspit connected to Isla San Luis Gonzaga during low tide, is Alfonsina's, the main supply point for visitors and residents enjoying large, pristine Bahia San Luis Gonzaga, the next bay south.  The flat, gray-sand beach is very clean and backed by clapboard beach houses, some of which are elaborate two-story affairs while others are little more than small trailer shelters.  Many are prefab structures that have been trailered down from the United States.  Airplanes, boats, and dune buggies are parked alongside.  Many visitors and residents are pilots; along the main unpaved road, airplanes have the right of way over cars and trucks.  Next to Alfonsina's is an unpaved 2,300 foot airstrip; during monthly high tides it may be partially submerged, so if you plan to stay overnight, taxi your plane up onto one of the inclined ramps just above high tide line.  Nearby, next to Rancho Grande, are two newer 4,000 foot runways that don't receive tidal inundation.

Climb Punta Final (actually a small cape with five points and a small lagoon) at the south end of Gonzaga for a good bay view.  Fishing pangas are available for rent at Alfonsina's.  Rooms and a restaurant are available.  Alfonsina's was once famous for its annual Memorial Day bash, which drew visitors from all over the peninsula.

Rancho Grande, a campground facing Bahia San Luis Gonzaga just south of the main strip of beach homes, offers palapas on the beach.  Facilities include showers, a mini-market, and several outhouses.

The entire 72.5 Km (45 miles) trip from Puertecitos to Alfonsina's takes five to six hours by car.

From Bahia San Luis Gonzaga, a mostly graded but unpaved road leads southwest 64.5 Km (40 miles) to meet Mexico Highway 1 at Km 229/230; the drive generally takes about 90 minutes - this stretch is usually in much better condition than the road north to Puertecitos.  About 38 Km (24 miles) from Bahia San Luis Gonzaga, near Rancho Las Arrastras, the same road intersects and unpaved, partially graded road east to Bahia de Calamajue, another nearly untouched bay.  Rancho Las Arrastras offers some mechanical services and sells cold beer and sodas.

Coco's Corner, roughly halfway between Gonzaga and Mexico 1, consists of a small open air cafe creatively decorated with beer cans and other discarded junk as well as desert plants.  Owner Coco sells beer, soft drinks, and burritos.  You can also camp here - a primitive toilet and shower are available.  A former Ensenada resident, Coco has lived alone in the middle of the desert here since 1990, following a 1989 accident in which he lost one leg.  He speaks some English and is happy to dispense information on the area, including Calamajue, Gonzaga, and the road to San Felipe."

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