I am a Mexi-Canadian who has lived and raised a family in Baja Sur for 30 years. I operate La Bufadora Inn, Campo Bufadora and Whale Magic Tours. I love all ocean sports and sharing my beautiful little paradise with my guests.
Beautiful location overlooking the ocean. The room, Dolphin, had large picture windows with great views; however, the room was very small and overcrowded with unnecessary furniture, little space allocated for clothes, etc. the cooking space was inadequate and dirty. The bathroom was tiny and unclean.
I had booked this room for 5 nights, but upon checkin was told it was booked by another party and would have to checkout after the third night. Fortunately, another room was open to move into for the next 3 nights. It was larger with a better kitchen and living space, but unclean. Woke to cockroaches on the sink in the bathroom, which also needed to be cleaned in many aspects.
Waking to the sound of the ocean was wonderful.
We stopped at La Bufadora for 3 days and ended up spending 10! Shari is such a spunky lady and so full of information about the area. Super Interesting to listen to her history and whale stories! The first night we were there, she invited us out to dinner at this amazing taqueria. Her place is just a short walk to the beach, otherwise you're on the rocks get to watch whales, birds, crabs, and it's just another short jaunt into town and restaurants. We parked our van on the bluff and we heard sea lions every morning and every night and sometimes they swam into the little cove. She also has a little Casita and a couple hotel rooms. Will definitely stay again!
Three of us, two age 88 and one age 51, all veteran Baja fisherman, spent Christmas week in Bahia Asuncion staying at La Bufadora Inn. Shari Bondi, the Inn owner, is a highly personable woman, a veteran inn Keeper and hostess who made us feel comfortable. The Inn is spacious enough for three adult males, although we did strain the bathroom, the beds were good, electricity was always available, wifi also was always available, fresh water was mostly available but sometimes rationed by the community. Meals were not available at the Inn but could be ordered in. We found only a single restaurant in the community, Sunset Mary, but it served near gourmet meals at reasonable prices and we gave it all of our business.
While we caught fish, we were not impressed with Asuncion as a fishing location, although it should be noted that we were fishing in December, not a prime fishing month in Baja. We were impressed with catching Dorado in December, not a month noted for Dorado fishing..
Altogether, we rated our trip as succcesful and we recommend La Bufadora Inn.
My family has spent a lot of time traveling Baja, this was our first time in Asuncion and we are in LOVE! We will be returning very soon and very often! Thank you to Shari for sharing the beauty of the area and it's people.