Flight is the prefered means of traveling to Cabo. The regional airport, Los Cabos International Airport (IATA: SJD) (624) 146-5111, is located outside of San Jose del Cabo and will take approximately 30-45 minutes to travel to Cabo San Lucas.
The following airlines fly to Los Cabos.
If you plan on arriving to Los Cabos via plane, a transfer bus is the cheap method to get to your hotel if you do not plan on renting a car. A reservation for a transfer needs to be made before arrival to Los Cabos and is significantly cheaper than a taxi.
Get around
There are many car rental agencies in Los Cabos, most of which have names familiar to travelers in the Americas. If you are staying in a villa or plan on many day-trips that are not covered by a resort or timeshare shuttle, then a rental will likely be the most cost effective.
Taxis are readily available and rates are negotiable.
One of the best and most exciting ways to travel around Cabo is to rent a BMW motorcycle. Cabo BMW Rentals rents BMW motorcycles as well as scooters, they will provide you with helmets. You can ride north out of the tropics and to Los Barriles which is a great stop for a bite to eat or to do some walking on the beach. Its called the "Cabo Loop" which consists of a 200 mile paved ride, starting in Cabo San Lucas and visiting the larger cities of San José del Cabo, Los Barriles, Todos Santos and returning to Cabo San Lucas.
See
From January to March a must see is the whales, they come to Cabo in this period of time and many little boats can take you to watch them for a little price, it is amazing the way this great mammals swim, go out of the water to take a deep breath and then dive again letting their impressive tail make an impressive view and a great experience.
Do
Cabo San Lucas main attraction is sport fishing.
There are lots of things you can do in Cabo San Lucas, if you enjoy adventure you can do parasailing, for around US$35 you will get a really good experience! There's no view like this one; you will be flying around the famous arch, medano beach and over the Sea of Cortez.
Also you can do scuba diving, this is specially good in Cabo because you can watch the sandfalls under the water is an amazing spectacle provided by the nature. If you are looking for something more relaxed perhaps you want to go to the lover's beach or to one of the multiple romantic restaurants in Cabo.
JT Watersports http://www.jtwatersports.com/ - They offer Parasailing, Wave Runners, Kayaks, Snorkeling, they also have a sunset cruise that will take you out to explore lovers beach or "El Arco". They have brand new top of the line equipment and they are completely mobile, so they can cater to your needs anywhere from Cabo San Lucas to La Paz to Todos Santos to the entire East Cape area of Baja California Sur. They are located On Playa Medano In Cabo San Lucas.
The Cabo San Lucas Glass Factory, http://www.glassfactorycabo.com/, is a really fun place for the entire family to visit. Their are tours at the Glass Factory. You get to witness a first hand glimpse into the centuries-old art of glass blowing.
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The main beach of Cabo is located near the marina in the bay. On the beach there are some great places to eat and drink including The Office, along with many others most of the places have outdoor tables on the beach. The beach overlooks lands end. You can also take a ride to Lands End by boat and also lover's beach one of the best beaches in the world. Great Shells
If you want great deals of activities and have plenty of time to kill, sit in on a timeshare presentation. Representatives are everywhere, the airport, on the streets, in restaurant and hotel lobbies, even in the small grocery markets (Mini Super).
The nearby town of Todos Santos is a perfect side trip from Cabo. Todos Santos is a small community with approximately 4000 people. The town is filled with artist and culture.
Cabo San Lucas (popularly known as just Cabo) is a small city at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula at , in the municipality of Los Cabos in the state of Baja California Sur, Mexico. As of the 2005 census, the population was 56,811 people. It is the largest community in Los Cabos municipality, and the second-largest in Baja California Sur, after La Paz.
Cabo San Lucas is quickly becoming a high-end holiday destination with a number of resorts and timeshare clubs appearing along the coast between San Lucas and San José del Cabo.
History
It is thought the first humans came to the southern end of the peninsula 14,000 years ago. When the first Europeans arrived, nomadic groups of PericĂş survived on a subsistence diet based on the gathering of fruit, seeds, roots, and shellfish, as well as hunting and fishing. They lived a Neolithic lifestyle, without metals.
The Town's Founding
According to Hatsutaro's narrative contained in the book Kaigai Ibun, when he arrived to Cabo San Lucas, on May 1842, this place consisted of only two houses and about twenty inhabitants. However, American authors like Henry Edwards and J. Ross Browne claim that Cabo San Lucas' founder was an Englishman nammed Thomas Ricthie, aka Old Tom Ricthie. J. Ross Browne says that the Ricthie arrived to Cabo around 1828, while Henry Edwards says that he died around October 1874. On the web check Tres Semanas en Mazatlán
At the beginning of the 20th century a fishing village began to develop in that area. In 1917, an American company built a floating platform to catch tuna, and ten years later founded the CompañĂa de Productos Marinos, S.A., which gave rise to the village.
The Development Rush
The warmth of the waters at Cabo San Lucas, the beauty of its beaches, the abundance of sport fish, and other qualities, motivated a great number of both foreign and Mexican vacationers to spend their vacations in large-scale tourist developments there, starting from 1974 when the Mexican government created the infrastructure to turn Cabo San Lucas into one of the most attractive centers for tourism in Mexico.
Tourism
Cabo San Lucas has become an important vacation and spa destination, with a great variety of sites of interest, and timeshares that have been built on the coast between San Lucas and San José del Cabo. The distinctive El Arco de Cabo San Lucas is a local landmark. Cabo San Lucas has the largest Marlin tournament in the world. In the winter, pods of whales can be observed in the ocean. They bear their calves in the warm waters there.
Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo are served by Los Cabos International Airport. The town is also a popular port of call for many cruise ships.
In 1990, California based Rocker Sammy Hagar of Van Halen and Montrose fame, opened his own nightclub and restaurant, The Cabo Wabo Cantina with the three other members of Van Halen. In the mid-nineties he bought out the other owners, his bandmates, and assumed complete ownership of the club. To this day it is one of the most popular attractions in Cabo San Lucas. He is known to play live at the club at least once a year with his band, The Wabos on his birthday, October 13th, and shows often include many famous guests and friends from the music industry.
Other clubs in Cabo are El Squid Roe,The Zoo,Gigglin Marlin, NoWhere Bar, Tini bar, The Jungle Bar, are all bar/clubs including others that are popular.
The people mentioned on the MTV show take their spring break here. Small sections of the motion picture Troy were filmed on some of the beaches near Cabo San Lucas. Professional hockey player Brett Hull married longtime sweetheart Darcie Schollmeyer on Cabo San Lucas.
The area of Cabo San Lucas or "Cabo" is frequently mentioned on the TV drama The OC.
It is also the final destination of the main character of the TV comedy Arrested Development at the conclusion of the series.
On April 26, 2007, Jon Stewart mentioned on his show, The Daily Show, that he is banned from Cabo San Lucas.
The Golden Corridor
Cabo San Lucas raucous party atmosphere and San Jose’s laid-back colonial style are bridged by a golf course- and resort-studded Tourist Corridor that stretches between the twin towns in 20 miles of pristine white sand beaches and craggy coves.
Exclusive hotels and gated residential communities attracting a wide clientele of rich and famous weave seamlessly amid this wonderous landscape and comprise this region known as “the Corridor”. Many of these properties, which are considered some of Latin America’s top resorts, have become havens to Hollywood stars, Fortune 500 C.E.O.s and even the U.S. president during the 2002 Asia-Pacific Economic Conference (APEC).
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