Cabo

[Anonymous]

Any recommendations in Cabo? With a teen and tween. My kids prefer active, busy, adventurous trips. I want some quiet afternoons by the pool. Mid range pricing I guess? I'm flexible depending on what it includes.

[Anonymous]

Villa del Palmar Beach Resort & Spa for something mid range. Grand Velas is amazing but pricey. My cousin recently stayed and recommended Villa la Estancia but she doesn't have kids.

[Anonymous]

We’ve stayed at hacienda Del Mar which is mid ranged and I like it a lot. I think Marriott bought it recently. It has 2 bedroom suites which are great when traveling with kids.

Two important things about Cabo —

Many of the beaches are too rough to swim. If it’s important to you to swim from the beach, google those hotels — there’s only a few.

You probably want a car. Most of the hotels are on what’s known as the golden coast between Cabo de San Lucas and Cabo de San Jose. If you are going to do snorkel trips, sailing etc, it will probably leave from one of those towns. San Jose has a nice spuveneir/craft market near the main cathedral. Both have some nice restaurants. There’s a great Costco if you need to stock up on anything or forgot anything. So while some tours will pick you up at the hotel for an extra price if you don’t want to rent a car, it is nice to have one as it opens up options for restaurants and shopping and tours. You can’t walk from the nice resorts to really much of anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We’ve stayed at hacienda Del Mar which is mid ranged and I like it a lot. I think Marriott bought it recently. It has 2 bedroom suites which are great when traveling with kids.

Two important things about Cabo —

Many of the beaches are too rough to swim. If it’s important to you to swim from the beach, google those hotels — there’s only a few.

You probably want a car. Most of the hotels are on what’s known as the golden coast between Cabo de San Lucas and Cabo de San Jose. If you are going to do snorkel trips, sailing etc, it will probably leave from one of those towns. San Jose has a nice spuveneir/craft market near the main cathedral. Both have some nice restaurants. There’s a great Costco if you need to stock up on anything or forgot anything. So while some tours will pick you up at the hotel for an extra price if you don’t want to rent a car, it is nice to have one as it opens up options for restaurants and shopping and tours. You can’t walk from the nice resorts to really much of anything.

What kind of tours are available? Is there more to do than swim/snorkel?

[Anonymous]

We hired a guy in the marina to take us on a boat tour. We ended up doing two hours of whale watching. It was AMAZING!

We also went horseback riding on the beach.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We’ve stayed at hacienda Del Mar which is mid ranged and I like it a lot. I think Marriott bought it recently. It has 2 bedroom suites which are great when traveling with kids.

Two important things about Cabo —

Many of the beaches are too rough to swim. If it’s important to you to swim from the beach, google those hotels — there’s only a few.

You probably want a car. Most of the hotels are on what’s known as the golden coast between Cabo de San Lucas and Cabo de San Jose. If you are going to do snorkel trips, sailing etc, it will probably leave from one of those towns. San Jose has a nice spuveneir/craft market near the main cathedral. Both have some nice restaurants. There’s a great Costco if you need to stock up on anything or forgot anything. So while some tours will pick you up at the hotel for an extra price if you don’t want to rent a car, it is nice to have one as it opens up options for restaurants and shopping and tours. You can’t walk from the nice resorts to really much of anything.

What kind of tours are available? Is there more to do than swim/snorkel?

The whales are basically January to March so if you are gojng in summer I think you won’t see whales. There are some other things like turtle nesting but I think that’s in the fall. In addition to snorkeling and whale watching, we did a sunset sail and also a dolphin swim (which I feel kind of guilty about). There is also horseback riding and atvs in the desert. The horseback riding place we talked to did not have helmets though so we passed. There’s a cute small Spanish church in Cabo San Jose and a market near it so that can be a nice afternoon outing. In general I think Cabo is more laid back than Cancun — it’s basically beach, pools, golfing, fishing, nice restaurants.
If you want some nicer marine tours, try a company called Cabo Trek. They have naturalists on all their tours. I’ve really wanted to do a snorkel tour of Cabo Pulmo too — that’s supposed to be great.

There is a seedy party side near Cabo San Lucas with cheap hotels and bars near the marina. I saw a guy so drunk that I was seriously worried that he was going to fall in the water.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We’ve stayed at hacienda Del Mar which is mid ranged and I like it a lot. I think Marriott bought it recently. It has 2 bedroom suites which are great when traveling with kids.

Two important things about Cabo —

Many of the beaches are too rough to swim. If it’s important to you to swim from the beach, google those hotels — there’s only a few.

You probably want a car. Most of the hotels are on what’s known as the golden coast between Cabo de San Lucas and Cabo de San Jose. If you are going to do snorkel trips, sailing etc, it will probably leave from one of those towns. San Jose has a nice spuveneir/craft market near the main cathedral. Both have some nice restaurants. There’s a great Costco if you need to stock up on anything or forgot anything. So while some tours will pick you up at the hotel for an extra price if you don’t want to rent a car, it is nice to have one as it opens up options for restaurants and shopping and tours. You can’t walk from the nice resorts to really much of anything.

What kind of tours are available? Is there more to do than swim/snorkel?

The whales are basically January to March so if you are gojng in summer I think you won’t see whales. There are some other things like turtle nesting but I think that’s in the fall. In addition to snorkeling and whale watching, we did a sunset sail and also a dolphin swim (which I feel kind of guilty about). There is also horseback riding and atvs in the desert. The horseback riding place we talked to did not have helmets though so we passed. There’s a cute small Spanish church in Cabo San Jose and a market near it so that can be a nice afternoon outing. In general I think Cabo is more laid back than Cancun — it’s basically beach, pools, golfing, fishing, nice restaurants.
If you want some nicer marine tours, try a company called Cabo Trek. They have naturalists on all their tours. I’ve really wanted to do a snorkel tour of Cabo Pulmo too — that’s supposed to be great.

There is a seedy party side near Cabo San Lucas with cheap hotels and bars near the marina. I saw a guy so drunk that I was seriously worried that he was going to fall in the water.

Thank you! I'm op, and we recently had family move within quick flying distance, so we are flexible on the time.of year. We can even eventually do separate trips, with the kids and without.

[Anonymous]

Without kids, the One and Only Palmilla. We stayed there pre-kids before it was a One and Only resort and it was great.

[Anonymous]

We did a whale watching tour over spring break one year and it was incredible. I am used to seeing a hint of a flipper but we saw lots of whales jumping out of the water.

We could do better whale watching from our hotel beach than we got on a boat in San Diego.

[Anonymous]

Casa Dorada or Corazon are right on Medano beach so the kids can walk up and down the beach, spend time at the pool or walk around the marina for a bit. Beach is swimmable there and everything is walking distance and super convenient.

If you're flexible on time of year I would caution against the end of July/and August. It's cheaper to go then but unbelievably hot and humid and no where to go really to get out of the heat (except your hotel room). Very few places have air conditioning as they are indoor/outdoor including your hotel lobby and restaurants/bars. Made that mistake....once. September is the rainy season and also hurricane season so avoid that as well.

We LOVE it there and are going back in June! Just booked our flights this morning . If you fly in on a Tuesday, you get way better rates ($355 for each of us!) and you'll breeze through customs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We’ve stayed at hacienda Del Mar which is mid ranged and I like it a lot. I think Marriott bought it recently. It has 2 bedroom suites which are great when traveling with kids.

Two important things about Cabo —

Many of the beaches are too rough to swim. If it’s important to you to swim from the beach, google those hotels — there’s only a few.

You probably want a car. Most of the hotels are on what’s known as the golden coast between Cabo de San Lucas and Cabo de San Jose. If you are going to do snorkel trips, sailing etc, it will probably leave from one of those towns. San Jose has a nice spuveneir/craft market near the main cathedral. Both have some nice restaurants. There’s a great Costco if you need to stock up on anything or forgot anything. So while some tours will pick you up at the hotel for an extra price if you don’t want to rent a car, it is nice to have one as it opens up options for restaurants and shopping and tours. You can’t walk from the nice resorts to really much of anything.

What kind of tours are available? Is there more to do than swim/snorkel?

There are kayaking tours around the natural arch thing, lots of sunset boat-type tours again going by that arch. The snorkeling I didn't love - you need a wetsuit and the water is not as clear as Caribbean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We’ve stayed at hacienda Del Mar which is mid ranged and I like it a lot. I think Marriott bought it recently. It has 2 bedroom suites which are great when traveling with kids.

Two important things about Cabo —

Many of the beaches are too rough to swim. If it’s important to you to swim from the beach, google those hotels — there’s only a few.

You probably want a car. Most of the hotels are on what’s known as the golden coast between Cabo de San Lucas and Cabo de San Jose. If you are going to do snorkel trips, sailing etc, it will probably leave from one of those towns. San Jose has a nice spuveneir/craft market near the main cathedral. Both have some nice restaurants. There’s a great Costco if you need to stock up on anything or forgot anything. So while some tours will pick you up at the hotel for an extra price if you don’t want to rent a car, it is nice to have one as it opens up options for restaurants and shopping and tours. You can’t walk from the nice resorts to really much of anything.

What kind of tours are available? Is there more to do than swim/snorkel?

There are kayaking tours around the natural arch thing, lots of sunset boat-type tours again going by that arch. The snorkeling I didn't love - you need a wetsuit and the water is not as clear as Caribbean.

The water is very cold, it's the Pacific, and there isn't much to see snorkeling. It's dark and there aren't coral reefs. Instead there are a lot of sunset/booze cruise type things. Also fishing. With the desert right there you can rent dune buggies to drive around and horseback riding on the beach.