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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=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.  [/quote]

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

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.  [/quote]

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