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By Car

Almost every visitor to San Felipe comes here by road. The most popular route from Southern California, Arizona and points north is to come via Interstate 8 (San Diego-Yuma) to El Centro and then head south on California Route 111 to Calexico where you cross the border into Mexicali continuing south to San Felipe (about 2 hours drive from Mexicali on Mexico route 5).

Around 10% of the visitors arriving by car decide to go first to San Diego and then cross the border to Tijuana and take the scenic toll road to Ensenada. From Ensenada, there is a well maintained two lane highway that runs across the Baja peninsular and joins up with the Mexicali-San Felipe road about 30 miles north of town.

By Air

Although San Felipe has an airport (symbol SFE) there are no commercial flights here. Visitors travelling from distant locations in the USA, Mexico or internationally will want to fly into a major airport. The closest ones are San Diego (SAN) in California, and Mexicali (MXL) and Tijuana (TIJ) in Baja California. Imperial airport (IPL) in El Centro does have commuter service to Los Angeles and Phoenix where connections to all major intercontinental carriers can be made.

If you are flying into San Diego, you can rent a car there and drive to San Felipe. Check for rental car agencies that allow their vehicles to be taken to Mexico (check with the agency and be aware that you will have to sign up for their Mexican insurance package which could add another $20-30/day to the cost !) or you can take a bus to Tijuana and then catch a bus that will bring you to San Felipe (either via Ensenada or via Mexicali).

Visitors from Mexico and Latin America can fly to Mexico City or Guadalajara and connect to flights to Mexicali. Again a rental car or bus service will bring you to San Felipe.