While San Diego is hands down one of the most innovative and successful craft beer destinations in the world, many cerveza lovers are unaware that our neighbor to the south, Baja California, is home to Mexico’s biggest and most important craft beer movement. And this is no coincidence. San Diego’s independent craft beer movement has crossed the border into Tijuana, Rosarito, Ensenada, and Valle Guadalupe.
We will take you to 3 of them!
You’ll have the opportunity to taste some of the most delightfully delicious and adaptative microbrews in the world. Secretly, more than a few of San Diego’s top brewmasters are actually from and live in Baja, and are doing some brewing south of the border. Here, small three and five-barrel brewing systems are the norm instead of mass-production systems. Keeping it small means tighter control of quality and more room for experimentation with very interesting local ingredients. All of this while enjoying the drive along the awesome coastline and getting a taste of food and Beer!
No more having to put salt or lime on bland cervezas!
We can pick you up and drop you off at your hotel, residence, or designated spot. You also have the option of meeting us at the border.
8 A.M. at the designated spot.
Passion, Safety, and a Memorable Experience are what you can expect on our tours in Baja and San Diego.
We bring our extensive resumes, cultural knowledge, language; English and Spanish, and rare expertise regarding San Diego, California, and Baja California Norte, Mexico.
With these jaunts, we show you how amazingly culturally diverse the surrounding San Diego area is and that we are not alone here, we have Tijuana and Northern Baja California which have been and are forever connected in so many ways. Most people do not notice this but once our clients experience Mexico, they realize the many similarities but also, the major differences which exist today and will in the future. This includes the restaurants, eateries, food trucks, wineries breweries, and of course, the Margaritas on both sides of the border.
Our trips throughout our region include many interesting, eclectic, and awe-inspiring locations which you will not receive from the other tour companies. We are not just a drive and drop off Tour Company, we are in constant interaction whether it is on the bus or on the ground.
We love sharing in a fun, safe, and energy-filled environment which we hope will open our client’s eyes to what it is to really see and experience the incredibly fascinating places in our neck of the woods.
We encourage multi-day custom trips so you can really get the feel of San Diego and Baja.
8:00am-8:40am: Meet your bilingual gastro and beer guides at your hotel or at the designated meeting spot: The Jack in the Box, 721 E. San Ysidro Blvd, San Ysidro, on the US side of the US-Mexico border.
8:40am-9:00am: Cross the border on foot with your guide through Mexican Immigration and Customs to our safe and insured tour vehicle waiting on the Mexican side of the border.
9:00am-11:00pm: Drive to Rosarito, first to our Hidey Hole Taco stop and then to El Mirador, and Enjoy the drive to one of Baja’s Primer Artisan Breweries!
11:00am-12:30pm: Brewery Stop #1: We will take a tour and then be taken to our exclusive and amazing Private Tasting spot! Have cheese and snacks while Drinking up the spectacular sights and incredible handcrafted beer.
12:30pm-1:00pm: Drive to Brewery stop #2.
1:00pm-3pm: Enjoy a Local Artisan Lunch at our favorite Boutique Hotel.
3pm-3:15pm: Make our way to Brewery #3.
3:30pm- 5:00pm: Enjoy our last spot to have another unique tasting
5:00pm: Bummer, it is time to go back to the border.
6:00pm: Stop for drinks, snacks, and restrooms if needed, and take a drive through unforgettable scenery.
6:30pm-7:00pm: After clearing U.S. Immigration and Customs, we will walk back to your car parked in San Ysidro, California, or catch the San Diego Trolley, taxi, or Uber (while most of our groups usually experience just 10-20 minute crossing times, your arrival time in San Ysidro is highly dependent on the actual border wait time on the day of your tour, which may vary – SDBT has no ability to affect actual border wait times).
*This is a sample itinerary; after paying your affirmed invoice for the full cost of your tour (see details below), you will receive an email with your actual itinerary including any customizations you have requested and links to the boutique wineries and restaurants you will visit on tour. San Diego Baja Tours works with the region’s best farm-to-table restaurants. Specific vendor requests (wineries, restaurants, venues, etc.) cannot be guaranteed, however, we will make reasonable attempts to fulfill your reasonable requests – additional costs may apply for some vendors – inquire for details and pricing via the booking form. Please understand that our dining partners are independent businesses and we ultimately have no control over their availability, cancellations, and other inconveniences imposed by them. We work with most of the top wineries, restaurants, and venues in the Region, and if we must substitute a vendor or vendors on your itinerary, the overall quality of your experience will not be affected.
