Bahia Kino Attractions

Some 115km/72mi west of Hermosillo lies a beautiful bay, the Bahía Kino, with the fishing village of Viejo Kino and the tourist resort of Nuevo Kino, with facilities for many kinds of water sports. The names commemorate the famous Jesuit missionary and explorer Eusebio Francisco Kino (1644-1711), who established more than 25 missions in Sonora at the end of the 17th and beginning of the 18th c. and thus helped to open up the region. It was the Austrian-born Kino who proved that Baja California was not an island but a peninsula. A visit is recommended to the Museo Regional in Calle Puerto Peñasco in Nuevo Kino, where Seri Indian handicrafts are exhibited.