网际旅游

Map:
loscabosguide.com/maps/overview.htm

Restaurant map:
maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=21541954886…
www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g152515-s5/Ca…

SAT - SJD $410

Airport transportation: - we use RIU hotel service

Itineraries:

Day1 (1/2 day) check in hotel and relax
Day 2 (Christmas Eve day) picture day, relax day, happy day - need to reserve restaurants in the morning.
Day 3 (Christmas Day) road trip - one day car rental
Day 4 activity day - whale watching
Day 5 activity day - snorkeling ?
Day 6 (1/2 morning) - horse-back riding, then check out

Kayak Rental:
Kayak rentals are available all along Medano Beach. 2 persons were $20/hour last week and $15 for a single. I did not make the trip out to the arch but my teens did. Out and back with a little wandering around takes about an hour. I’m sure if you want 3 or 4 hours they will negotiate prices. Easier in the morning when there isn’t as much activity/wake on the marina but still very easy when the marina is crowded.

If you do choose to go out on the water on a board or kayak, the mornings are calmer.

Car Rental:

en.AlamoMexico.com.mx/ 54.39
The manager at the Alamo office in Cabo is Jonathan Gonzalez JGonzalez@AlamoRentACar.com.mx No problem arranging a car rental and picking it up.
Here is a map with the location: goo.gl/maps/LTWnD

Insurance with rentals can spin your head and triple quotes from some rental agencies. Thats why the regulars usually deal with Dominic, Alamo or Cactus car rentals.

Hotwire - mid size $226/5 days - Alamo Rent a car. Need to pay extra mandatory insurance.

mandatory liability insurance of approximately $12 per day.
most American Express/Travel Rewards/Visa cards include the LDW/CDW coverage in Mexico.

Activities:
Horseback riding - Cuadra San Francisco (ranking is high at tripadvisor)
www.loscaboshorses.com/tr.html
Two hour Mixed Trail Ride -One hour to the beach and one hour to the hills of Cabo Real
Call directly from your hotel 144.0160 ask for an outside line and our bilingual staff will assist you!
Closed on Sunday
Cancellation Policy -24 hours $110/2hour - too expensive.

Beach:
Chileno Beach, Cabo San Lucas
Playa del Amor (Lover’s Beach)
Costa Azul - surfing

Playa Santa Maria - Santa Maria Beach - drive to Hwy1 Km 12. Great place to snorkel from the beach, You can simply walk right off the beach and within 20 yards you are surrounded by the most amazing fish. quiet water for snorkling
Hotel Twin Dolphin Parking Area, Cabo San Lucas 23410, Mexico

Surf lessons at Zippers Beach near San Jose or at Cerritos Beach near Todos Santos

Whale watch: top 1 ranking
whalewatchcabo.com/whale-watching-cabo-s…
2.5 hour tours 8:15 am 1:30 am and 2:45 pm
Meeting at Dock LMN of the Cabo San Lucas Marina 15min early
$71 Adults, $47 Kids Book online Cash discount price of $71 USD

www.cabo-adventures.com/tours/whale-watc…
2 hours plus transportation
$85

Off shore whale watching location:
Just off Solmar Beach is a ledge/drop-off that the Whales like to rub against. It’s pretty neat. This is one of those amazing sights for fisher peeps that I like to mention. When you’re out fishing , the Whales are all over ! I have seen hundreds over the years. They show up when you least expect it. Now they are cruising up the Sea of Cortez from the Pacific to have the little ones. By January they are heading back down with them and you can see the small ones.

Another great place to sit and watch is divorce beach. Take a water taxi to lovers beach/the arch and hang out on the Pacific side for the day. You will see them for sure…….

Snorkeling:

Times: 9am y 2pm daily
Length: 3 hours
Price: $70 USD/per person
www.hightideloscabos.com/snorkel.html

Cabo Outfitters (very high rating)
www.cabo-outfitters.com/tours/kayaking-s…
$70 per person including tax

Cabo Adventures
3 hours plus transportation
$75 USD Adults$60 USD Children
www.cabo-adventures.com/tours/snorkel-an…

Airport transportation:
Private round trip $100-200. Shared $30-40.
www.cabosanlucastours.net
www.insideloscabos.com

it is less expensive to the Tourist Corridor (Zone 2) or to San Jose Del Cabo (Zone 1)

(Los Cabos) 由三部分組成﹕聖荷西岬 (San Jose del Cabo) ——機場與政府機構所在地﹐安靜的街道上滿鋪著鵝卵石﹐還有極具藝術品味的服裝店﹔走廊(The Corridor) ——連接著聖荷西岬與 聖盧卡斯岬海岸﹐沿著海邊建有許多豪華旅館﹑高檔分時度假中心﹑高爾夫球場﹔ 而聖盧卡斯岬 ( Cabo San Lucas) ——則位於半島尖端﹐有碼頭﹑酒吧﹑著名餐廳如 Giggling Marlins 和 Cabo Wabo (搖滾歌手 Sammy Hagar 開的) 。每年十月在此舉辦國際性的馬林魚 (Marlin) 比賽﹐拉開旅遊旺季的序幕。這釣魚者的天堂﹐因此被冠以世界馬林魚之都。

「陸地之盡頭」(Land’s End)
情人海灘 (Lover’s Beach) 好些人在浮潛
Get up Early and paddle out there
water taxi with Baja’s Watersports on Medano Beach right in front of Cabo Villas. $12/pp glass bottom boat to Lover’s Beach for $8 per person.walked from Lover’s Beach over to Divorce Beach (on the Pacific Ocean side)
海裡游泳戲水﹐Medano Beach 是唯一安全可游之處

Riu Sante Fe
This resort is all-inclusive. Onsite food and beverages are included in the room price (some restrictions may apply).

Gratuities and taxes are included.
Food and beverages
All buffet and à la carte meals, snacks, and local beverages included
In-room minibar (all beverages included)
Dining availability limited at one or more venues

Activities and facilities/equipment
Water activities Kayaking Scuba-diving lessons Surfing/boogie boarding

Land activities Fitness facilities Table tennis Tennis Volleyball

Guests also have access to a complimentary fitness facility, sauna, and steam bath.
Kayaking on site
Snorkeling on site

Road trip:
Road trip from Cabo San Lucas to Todos Santos to La Paz
We ended up hiring a car ($ 70 inc all insurances) which we did online a couple of days before we wanted to go and were able to pick it up at 7.30am. The road does have a lot of dirt sections but to give you an idea, it still only took us two and a half hours to get all the way to La Paz (it was a standard rental car but we are used to dirt roads - a jeep might be better if you’re not). Down at the marina we were able to hire a panga for 300 pesos each for 2 hours and they supplied fins and snorkling gear (there were four of us) - it was a fantastic experience and a lot more intimate than being on a larger tour boat with 10 or more on board and a fraction of the cost of the tour. We did quite a few other things that day, including stopping off at Todos Santos for a couple of hours and “Beer and Arts’ on the way back and ended up getting back pretty late - however I certainly wouldn’t recommend the road in the dark!!!

El Tesoro Beach - This beach is great for families – shallow waters, food, and palapa umbrellas.
Balandra Beach - Serene, quiet peaceful and a favorite among locals.
El Tecolote - This is a party beach during high season (Dec – Feb), the opposite of Balandra.

Day trip from Cabo San Lucas to Cabo Pulmo

After four years of vacationing in Cabo San Lucas and using public transportation to go on day trips to Todos Santos and La Paz, I decided to expand the borders of my personal playground, rented a car and went on my first solo driving day trip to Cabo Pulmo. Thrilled by the fact that this year the waters of the Sea of Cortez are pleasantly warm, I ventured for a snorkeling adventure in the coral reef. I drove along the corridor towards San José and took Highway 1 towards La Paz. To my left I could see the last peaks of the Sierra La Laguna, before they end up in the Pacific Ocean. At its highest point, they reach up to 6000 ft. I stopped in Miraflores for a short and uneventful visit, then continued along the Transpeninsular until the “Tropic of Cancer” sign. Soon after, I turned right and followed the directions to “Parque Nacional Cabo Pulmo“. For a long while the road is paved. I passed La Ribera, went through the tiny town of Santa Cruz and surpassed Punta Colorada. Then suddenly the road becomes dirt and rough. My automatic Renault Clio, color “dulce de leche”, didn’t like it very much, but I was not going to turn back. Except for a few small developments, the road is empty, with signs of recent and past hurricanes still visible: destroyed signs, buildings with no roofs, impoverished ranchos, with dogs barking and playfully running after my car. The emerald blue waters of the gulf framed the view to my left and to my right, the hot and dry desert, with thousands of saguaros and torote trees. All over there were bushes of some sort with bright yellow flowers, probably due to the recent summer rains.

Approximately two and a half hours after I left Cabo San Lucas, I arrived to Cabo Pulmo. A small fleet of “boats” quietly waited to be rented by visitors and sat next to brown pelicans and “Earwigs” feasting on a dead fish. Snorkeling equipment can be rented from the tour operators. The admission to the park, a legally protected area since 1995, is 42 pesos. I decided not to join the 8 people party that went on the boat tour and strolled instead towards the palapas on the beach. A few of them were occupied, but several were unclaimed. The recently opened Wal Mart, situated in Plaza San Lucas, next to Sam’s Club just outside Cabo San Lucas, had provided me with the necessary snorkeling gear and I was ready for my first look beneath the Sea of Cortez.

Cabo Pulmo is a tiny village, and the diving is limited to 2 dive shops (at least when we were there last summer, that is all that we could find). We went with Cabo Pulmo beach resort dive shop.

Looking is a most rewarding experience in Baja California. Despite the aridity of the landscape, there’s something exciting every time you set your eyes onto it: a tiny hummingbird hovers over the yellow flowers of a saguaro, a brown and white rabbit makes its way across the road you’re driving on, two California quails run amidst the desert brushes, tilting forward the dark plumes on their heads, yellow and black butterflies are everywhere. The same happens underwater. At first, I only noticed schools of tiny indigo blue fish. Then the variety of details sets in: yellow stripes on the backs of slowly moving fish, cerulean scales on thin bodies, their mimetic qualities that simulate the rocks I can touch with my hands. Suddenly, under the sand, I noticed a lazy stingray… I stared into her bulgy dark eyes, knowing that she couldn’t see me and hoped that she would smell me or use her electro receptors to detect me, feel threatened and swim away. Instead, she didn’t move an inch… She was probably happy where she was, feeding from the coral reef, her favorite feeding ground. I felt like an intruder, stepping into someone else’s garden. Knowing that stings are equipped with a razor-sharp stinger that contains venom, I decided not to find out if she would attack me or move away, so I turned around, enjoyed other colorful fishes and went back to the beach. This decision was determined by the fact that I was alone in my swimming exploration. Had I been in a group situation, probably I would have dared to be more playful. However, even if rare, stings have proven to even be fatal. I was just happy to have witnessed that sting rays are doing well in the Sea of Cortez, despite the fact that some types are considered endangered.

In his 1941 “The Log From the Sea Of Cortez” John Steinbeck writes: “Pulmo is a coral reef… The complexity of the life-pattern on Pulmo Reef was even greater than at Cape San Lucas. Clinging to the coral, growing on it, burrowing into it, was a teeming fauna. Every piece of the soft material broken off skittered and pulsed with life -little crabs and worms and snails. One small piece of coral might conceal thirty or forty species, and the colors on the reef were electric… The reef was gradually exposed as the tide went down, and on its flat top the tide pools were beautiful… There were purple pendent gorgonians like lacy fans; a number of small spine-covered puffer fish which bloat themselves when they are attacked, erecting the spines; and many starfish, including some purple and gold cushion stars… Whereas at San Lucas speed and ferocity were the attributes of most animals, at Pulmo concealment and camouflage were largely employed. The little crabs wore masks of algae and bryozoa and even hydroids, and most animals had little tunnels or some protected place to run. The softness of the coral made this possible, where the hard smooth granite of San Lucas had forbidden it.”

I walked south on the beach for 2 - 3 miles and felt reassured about the fact that there are still uncrowded and pristine beaches in Baja. On this one, the sand is coarse and covered with small white pieces of dead coral. I left Cabo Pulmo and drove towards Los Frailes. The road was unpaved and very bumpy. There was traffic, since it was a week day, but mostly trucks and four wheel drives. I encountered cattle standing on the unpaved road or on its edges, grazing the desert vegetation. The thin cows looked at me calmly and did not move. Here and there a few young horses. South of Los Frailes, the road got even bumpier, even though it’s graded. At Boca de la Vinorrama I saw an American family returning to their home from a day at the beach and asked for directions. I had two choices: to continue on the same road along the coast towards Punta Gorda or to turn right and go west through Palo de Escopeta. I chose the mountain road, even though it was as rough as the coastal road. The sunset caught me on my way back, yet it provided me with a stunning view of the sea and the desert cloaked by thousand different blues, pinks, reds and yellows, until night set in. I drove more than an hour (about 22 miles) before seeing on the horizon the lights of civilization. I hit Highway 1 right at the airport, took the newly completed toll road and about three hours after leaving Cabo Pulmo, I was back in Cabo San Lucas.

In the XIXth and XXth centuries, the British used to travel to Italy in search of beauty, relaxation and inspiration. Likewise, in the XXst century, Angelenos like me, gringos in general and canadians travel to Baja California for similar reasons. A thinner peninsula than Italy, Baja California is the 4th longest peninsula in the world and it is flanked to the east by the Sea of Cortez and to the west by the Pacific Ocean. In a similar way, Italy is flanked by the Tirrenean Sea to the East and the Mediterranean to the West. I wonder how would have Piero de la Francesca painted the Baja California desert and how many more pinks and blues would his palette have created. I have indeed seen with brand new eyes…

Monica Gazzo

I would recommend a 1/2 day trip to trip to Todos Santos. - Pacific side