Isabel Sanchez

Isabel Sanchez grew up in the wild beauty of Baja California, where her love for the outdoors began at an early age and has only grown since. Exploring tidepools, hiking desert trails, and learning from the land sparked a lifelong passion that led her to a career in guiding. For the past 37 years she's been sharing that passion with guests from around the world.

 

Guiding has taken her across diverse landscapes in both Mexico and the United States, each place adding to her knowledge and appreciation of the natural world. She has a special love for desert environments, with their quiet strength, surprising diversity and deep cultural roots. Over the years, Isabel has immersed herself in the study of plants, ethnobotany, geology and local history, always eager to share the stories and science that bring these landscapes to life. Whether she's pointing out a cactus used for centuries in traditional medicine or explaining the forces that shaped the desert over millennia, her deep connection to the land and her love of sharing it with others is why she has brought a sense of wonder and fun to every adventure she has led as a naturalist guide for 27 years.

 

What Isabel enjoys most is helping people feel at home in the landscapes she holds dear. Warm, knowledgeable, and endlessly curious, she's all about creating memorable experiences and sharing the joy she's felt in nature since childhood.