Travel Information

See Travel Safety Information Below

Arrival

The yoga teacher training officially starts on the program start date allowing the day before as a travel day. Yandara provides transportation to and from the airport on arrival and departure days for $35 each way. Those wishing to arrive early can return to the airport the day before the program starts to be picked up by our shuttle.

 

Departure

The yoga training ends on the listed end date allowing the next day as a return travel day. Breakfast will be served on the travel departure day.

By Plane:You fly into Los Cabos International Airport (SJD).

We have found www.sidestep.com to be the best flight information sevice. *More detailed travel information will be provided

By Bus: Take a bus to from San Diego to Tijuana Mexico then Take a bus to La Paz. *More detailed travel information will be provided upon registration

By Car: It is a 900 mile drive from San Diego to Todos Santos Baja Mexico. *More detailed travel information will be provided upon registration.

For satellite video clip of Yandara location copy and paste in to google search : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hErJEkVfbnE

For further information please contact us at: yoga@yandara.com or 877-490-9883.

What to Bring to Yoga School:

• Sticky, non-slip yoga mat

• yoga belt

• sleeping bag (optional for night under the stars)

• Watch

• Toiletries and towels

• Writing materials

• Headlamp/Flashlight

• Alarm clock

• Swimsuit

• Sun hat

• Layers of comfortable clothing. It gets cold at night so bring warm clothes.

• Comfortable shoes for walking

If camping, please bring own tent, sleeping bag, etc.

If renting one of our tents, linens will be provided.

The yoga school is a smoke free environment. No drugs or alcohol allowed for the entire duration of the program, incl. days off.

 

For satellite video clip of Yandara location Click Here

 

Travel Safety Information

Health Concerns:

All necessary safety and health precautions will be made during your stay at Yandara.  For any questions or concerns you may have, please feel free to contact us by email at yoga@yandara.com, or 877-490-9883. 

 

 

Crime Concerns:

There has been much in the media about crime in Baja.  We  have included some articles below to help put this into perspective. We have been here in southern Baja for 10 years. It is the safest place I have ever lived or visited. There is no social unrest. Any kind of violent crime is virtually unheard of.
Students are met by Yandara staff at the San Jose del Cabos International airport. It is a small airport,  customs agents,  airport security and taxi drivers know Yandara and look out for our students. Students are taken by shuttle to Yandara which is located on a safe secluded beachfront property 45 minutes north of Cabos San Lucas. Students that comes here feels very safe here. Please call us for more information or if you would like to talk to previous students.

Craig Perkins
Director

www.bajainsider.com/baja-california-travel/mexico-travel-warning.htm:

First and foremost, let us remember that more Americans will visit Mexico by noon tomorrow than will visit London in a year. A vast majority enjoy that visit without incident. Most of foreign destinations, with the exclusion of Canada, are more dangerous to visit for Americans than is Mexico on an incident per visit ratio.

It should be noted that Baja California Sur, which comprises the southern half of the peninsula, is one of many blue states listed as zones with the fewest murders (1). Baja California Sur is home to its capital city of La Paz, Cabo San Lucas, San Jose del Cabo and Todos Santos."

Travel safely, use your head and enjoy the warmth of the Baja sun and the people of this amazing peninsula. As the real numbers show, the odds of a successful and pleasant stay in (Southern) Baja is overwhelming favorite bet..

http://www.wonews.com/Blog.aspx?id=529

 What a lot of folks don’t realize, even frequent long-time Baja visitors, is that Baja is two separate states…Baja Norte (Northern Baja) and Baja Sur (Southern Baja).  Ensenada is the capital of the former and La Paz is the capital of the latter.
Ninety nine percent of the violent crime is along the border of Baja Norte (Northern Baja)

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/07/travel/main3681221.shtml

 The comparatively isolated southern tip(southern Baja), with its tony Los Cabos resort, remains safer and is still popular with Hollywood celebrities, anglers and other foreign tourists.

Secondly, 95% of this rash of homicides in the Mexican border areas have been inter drug cartel exclusively. If you deduct the gangland related murders from the statistics, visiting Mexico is safer than visiting most US cities.

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Mexico-82/traveling-Baja-California-3.htm

Question
Hi, I'm planning a trip to Baja this January and I've never been there before...

Answer
Oh my. You can set aside your fears. Those things are not true in my experience. In fact, Baja should be the best place to go. People in Baja (southern Baja, for sure) speak English and are really used to tourists. Americans drive down Baja all the time so people are used to it.

Most people experience the opposite of your fears. Many Mexicans love to share their home, foods and traditions and are very generous.