Cabo San Lucas offers plenty of wonders to discover. In just one day you can watch the sun and the moon rise over the Sea of Cortez and set over the Pacific Ocean. You can appreciate the full moon floating above the Sea of Cortez, and the brightness of the stars accompanying the lights of fishing boats on the bay. The bay is crowded with fishing and sightseeing boats, and all kinds of vessels. In the daytime it's a colorful display of elements; at night glittering scenery of obscure shades.

The near-flawless climate; the friendly people but more than anything the region’s stunning range of dramatic natural environments that remain well-preserved, attract more and more visitors worldwide.

Featuring exuberant woodlands of oak and pine in the Sierra de Laguna hills, miles of immaculate desert and white-sand beach in the valleys bellow and waterfalls, Cabo San Lucas also has a rich variety of estuary fauna, and a magnificent series of rock outcroppings on the Peninsula’s southernmost point, where the Sea of Cortez merges with the Pacific Ocean while the most fascinating sea species of the planet congregate in its waters offshore.

The beckoning beaches of Cabo San Lucas and its surroundings will certainly engage you in the water activities available in the area. Most of them are simple to master although they require some stamina. Kayaking at Medano Beach with its gentle onshore and crossing over to Lovers Beach, a long stretch but so worth the effort can give you a perfect view of the bay. You may see spotted eagle and bat rays, sea lions, pelicans, sea turtles, pods of multi-hued fish and of dolphins. Paddling beside a humpback and gray whale from January through March is very possible too.

For more serene kayaking, the most suitable is Chileno in the Tourist Corridor. There are also guided excursions like the Cabo Pulmo, day trip that offers you not only kayaking, but also snorkeling, diving and lunch on the beach. For adventure lovers, sea kayak expeditions carpet the endless sapphire cover of the Pacific Ocean.

In Cabo San Lucas and los Cabos area it is easy to find spots with cool breeze and enchanting waves, where surfing becomes a must do. Monuments, Cerritos, Costa Azul, La Roca, and El Tule are the beaches where this water sport is the most practiced.

Cabo San Lucas has a great selection of boat excursions. Most of the tours leave an hour before sunset and vary in price depending on its amenities. They include unlimited drinks and take you for a two-hour sunset cruise out to Land’s End, giving you a close-up of El Arco, the charming Lover’s Beach, and the sea lion colony. According to the type of tour, you can either reach the open ocean for a panoramic 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 toursas well.

Some companies have party boats or suited for singles or families. The 42-footers of the Pez Gato catamarans are the most renown with rides on the 50-foot La Princesa catamaran fleet for instance.

For romantic alternatives, there’s the Oceanus, a fun double decked yacht; and the Sunrider, an elegant option with full open bar and all-you-can-eat Mexican Buffet for a reasonable price. At Medano Beach, you can rent jet skis, sea doos, wave runners , whereas at Cabo Real in the Tourist Corridor boogies and paddle boards, hobbie cats and even sailboats are the sports to thrill you with, while parasailing from a 600-foot rope towed by a speedboat with a colored parachute offers you the most memorable sightseeing of Land’s End.

Cabo San Lucas Marine Preserve houses over 150 species of sea life, superior pinnacle rock formations, cliffs, deep walls, canyons as well as awe-inspiring coral growths. Ecotourism in cabo san lucas area blends a passion for the outdoors with a thirst for exploration. The amazing 25 mile journey through the resort's ecological reserve resembles a mesh of connecting trails, traversing streams, mountains and narrow canyons. The trails are well marked and completely away from the highway. It is important to keep low speed so that you will not miss the stunning Sea of Cortez view and the unparallel countryside. This is a fantastic way to see the desert ecosystem and learn more about the flora and fauna of the domain. The day excursions from the marina up coast to Bahia Santa Maria and Bahia Chileno, include three or four hour snorkeling, and whale watching tours specially from January through March. They depart mostly midmorning and are conducted on a daily basis. Cacti Mundo the newest installation located in the heart of the San Jose del Cabo tourist zone, offers a unique tour through the Cacti Universe Los Cabos Botanical Garden that allows you to discover the unique mutations “Whims of Nature” that have been successfully preserved for display. Cacti Mundo, the newest installation located in the heart of the San Jose del Cabo tourist zone, offers a unique tour through the Cacti Universe Los Cabos Botanical Garden that allow you to discover the unique mutations “Whims of Nature” that have been successfully preserved for display.

Cabo San Lucas outdoor activities cover from walking along the beach at sunset to a recommended hike to the waterfalls at Santiago or a visit to the desert. Here hikers will see lizards, jack rabbits and rattle snakes, where individual and group hiking tours are available, and many include trailside discussion groups with professional naturalists . Mountain bike riding in Cabo San Lucas is ideal. Several bicycle clubs and many hotels rent bikes by the day or hour. One popular off-road trip is to beautiful Punta Gorda, eight miles away. Important biking centers are: Tio Sports on El Medano and San Jose’s Trailer Park Bicycle Club.

Cabo San Lucas has been a host of anglers around the globe approximately since 1940’s, thanks to the news of the abundant existence of billfish in the waters of The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Cortez. Nowadays, Cabo San Lucas features the most modern amenities to make fishing even for beginners a lifetime experience. Cabo San Lucas or “the Marlin Capital of the World” as it is known, has a great variety of fish species like marlin, tuna, sailfish, wahoo, dorado (also known as dolphinfish or mahi mahi), and dozens of other game fish species, such as red snapper, yellowtail, sierra, jack crevalle, roosterfish, groupers, and many, many more to target all preferences.

A fishing excursion in Cabo San Lucas can exceed your expectations. Not only will you be immersed in the excitement of battling an outstanding creature, but also you will be participant of the magnificent landscape of cabo san lucas from a privileged perspective that is often shared by whales, dolphins and seals.

Cabo San Lucas hosts many important sportfishing tournaments like The Annual Bisbee’s Black & Blue Marlin Jackpot Tournament in October that grants 2 million USD in prize money and draws many sportfishermen from around the globe. There are other popular fishing tournaments like the East Cape Big Game Blow Out a 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.

Cabo san lucas, having started out with humble golf facilities like a nine-hole golf course in San Jose del Cabo has greatly developed in the last decade to become one of the most important attractions of the destination. In 1990, Don Koll, a dedicated golfer and prominent California developer assigned Hall of Fame great, Jack Nicklaus, to conceive twenty-seven holes of golf at the Palmilla (known now as One&Only Palmilla) resort. Today there are three Nicklaus-designed golf courses in Los Cabos area: twenty seven holes at Palmilla, eighteen holes at the Eldorado 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 in the stretch of the Tourist Corridor between San Jose del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas are other outstanding golf courses.

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

The six signature golf courses can be considered high-priced but experiencing the accomplishment of their design that exhibits the exquisite almost rain-free terrain with the sight of the chromaticity of the Sea of Cortez makes it all worth it.