CABO SAN LUCAS ATTRACTIONS

The magic that you experience in Cabo San Lucas cannot be found anywhere else. It only takes to look up in the sky of Cabo San Lucas to witness wonders like the sun and the moon rising over the Sea of Cortez and setting over the Pacific Ocean, or the full moon floating above the Sea of Cortez, and the clear night displaying the Milky Way like if it were possible to reach it.

The bay of Cabo San Lucas, crowded with fishing and sightseeing boats and all kinds of vessels, shines at night reflecting the stars and in the daytime it becomes a colorful display of elements.

Moreover, Cabo San Lucas embraces a perfect climate, and different ecosystems, like: the woodlands of oak and pine in the Sierra de Laguna hills, miles of immaculate desert and white-sand beaches in the valleys below and waterfalls. These spectacular natural environments promote life such as a variety of estuary fauna, and the congregation of sea creatures.

Cabo San Lucas Watersports

The beaches of Cabo San Lucas’ area are so tempting that it will be difficult for you to stay out of the water, places like Medano Beach offer you some kayaking excitement with a perfect view of the bay every time. Crossing over to Lovers Beach can become an unforgettable event when spotting the fauna of the area including eagle and bat rays, sea lions, pelicans, sea turtles, pods of multi-hued fish and dolphins. From March through November, you can even count on paddling beside a humpback whale or a dolphin.

At Medano Beach, you can also rent jet skis, wave runners while at Cabo Real in the Tourist Corridor boogies and paddle boards, and sailboats are the way to go.

Chileno in the Tourist Corridor offers you more isolated kayaking. From here you can also go on a guided excursion to Cabo Pulmo that will take you kayaking, snorkeling, and diving.

If you surf, the beaches of the area, such as Monuments, Cerritos, Costa Azul, La Roca, and El Tule, will have you enjoy the enchanting waves and the cool breeze while practicing your surfing skills or learning more tricks.

Cabo San Lucas Boat Cruises

Most of the two-hour sunset cruises of Cabo San Lucas leave an hour before sunset, include unlimited drinks and take you to see El Arco, the charming Lover’s Beach, and the sea lion colony. There are tours that either approach the open ocean for a broad look back on Cabo San Lucas Bay, or go up the Pacific side as far as the old lighthouse. Cabo Discovery Cruises on a triple deck trimaran feature discovery land tours as well.

If you like romance, there is the Oceanus, a fun double decked yacht; and the Sunrider, which also include a full open bar and all-you-can-eat Mexican Buffet for a reasonable price.

Cabo San Lucas Ecotourism

Ecotourism in Cabo San Lucas is an opportunity to admire the effort to preserve the natural beauties of the area. The amazing 25-mile journey through the resort's ecological reserve of Cabo San Lucas seems to be a fantastic way to appreciate the desert ecosystem and learn more about the flora and fauna of the domain, since the Marine Reserve contains over 150 species of sea life, superior pinnacle rock formations, cliffs, deep walls, canyons as well as awe-inspiring coral growths, streams, mountains and narrow canyons.

If you have heard of whale watching tours, Cabo San Lucas is the place. From January through March, there are day excursions from the marina up coast to Bahia Santa Maria and Bahia Chileno that include three or four hour snorkeling.

Cacti Mundo is the newest installation in the heart of the San Jose del Cabo tourist zone, which features a unique tour through the Cacti Universe at Los Cabos Botanical Garden where mutations can be observed since they have been carefully preserved.

Cabo San Lucas Outdoor Activities

To quench your thirst for exploration in Cabo San Lucas, you can go for a walk along the beach at sunset or a hike to the waterfalls at Santiago. But for those who are adventuresome, there is the sight of lizards, jack rabbits and rattle snakes of the desert that individual and group hiking tours can lead you to. Mountain bike riding specially the off-road trip to beautiful Punta Gorda, can also give you the adrenaline rush you are looking for, and bikes for rent are available at most hotels or at a variety of biking centers.

Cabo San Lucas Golf

Cabo San Lucas and its surroundings was not always the golf Mecca, as it is known now. By the 1980’s, there was only a nine-hole golf course in San Jose del Cabo, and it wasn’t until 1990 that Don Koll, a professional golfer and prominent California developer, realizing of the potential of the area, assigned Hall of Fame Jack Nicklaus, to work on twenty-seven holes of golf at the Palmilla, which was named One & Only Palmilla resort.

Today there are three Nicklaus-designed golf courses in Los Cabos area: twenty seven holes at Palmilla, eighteen holes at El Dorado Golf Club at Cabo Real, and eighteen holes at Cabo del Sol. The Robert Trent Jones II-designed Cabo Real Golf Club, Dye Corporation-designed Raven Golf Club in Cabo San Lucas and the Tom Weiskopf-designed eighteen-hole Desert Course at Cabo del Sol at the Tourist Corridor between San Jose del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas are other beckoning golf courses.

Since 1995 the PGA Senior Slam Tournament has been hosted in Cabo San Lucas, with golf professionals like Raymond Floyd, Dave Stockman and Hale Irwin.

Cabo San Lucas Fishing

The abundant existence of billfish in the waters of The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Cortez started drawing sport fishermen from all over the world since the 1940’s. Nowadays, important sport fishing tournaments are held in Cabo San Lucas such as The Annual Bisbee’s Black & Blue Marlin Jackpot Tournament in October that grants 2 million USD in prize money. There are other popular fishing tournaments like the East Cape Big Game Blow Out, a two-day fishing tourney with over $20,000 USD in prizes or Cabo San Lucas Tuna Jackpot Tournament with over $600,000 in prizes.

Being the Marlin Capital of the World, Cabo San Lucas also offer a great variety of fish species like marlin, tuna, sailfish, wahoo, dorado and dozens of other fish species, such as red snapper, yellowtail, sierra, jack crevalle, roosterfish, grouper and many more.

Fishing in Cabo San Lucas will give you an ideal way to enjoy the sapphire blue waters and the magnificent landscape of the bay from an enviable perspective.

So, the adventures you long for will become real in your Cabo San Lucas vacations.