Cabo San Lucas (Baja California Mexico)

Cabo San Lucas is a major port city located at the southern tip of Baja California Peninsula, in Mexico's Baja California Sur state. The road distance to the less popular cruise port San Jose del Cabo is approx 33 km (20 ml), or around 30 min travel time.

Cabo San Lucas has population around 80,000 (metro over 300,000). Cabo is rated one of Mexico's top 5 tourist destinations, best known for its beautiful beaches, balnearios (medicinal baths), scuba diving locations, marine life. A heavily trafficked destination for tourists is Los Cabos Corridor, with numerous timeshares and resorts along the coast between San Jose del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas.

San Jose del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas form together a major tourism travel destination, with over 900,000 annual hotel guests. Both cities are served by Los Cabos International Airport. The airport serves domestic flights connecting to Mexico City, Culiacan, Los Mochis, Guadalajara, El Bajio, Loreto, Tijuana, Mazatlan, Monterrey. International flights connect with Canada (Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, Victoria, Edmonton, Kelowna, Montreal, Ottawa), USA (Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Portland Oregon, Sacramento, Seattle, Milwaukee, Atlanta, Salt Lake City, Detroit, Minneapolis-St Paul, NYC, Chicago, Denver, Las Vegas, Austin, Baltimore, Dallas, Houston, Washington DC) and UK (London).

Cabo houses a wide range of wildlife, including sharks, rays, birds, and fish, like striped marlin and mahi-mahi (dorado). Cabo San Lucas features the world's highest-paying marlin tournament. Despite rising concerns over general safety for tourists traveling to Mexico, Cabo remains among the safest destinations in the world. Pods of whales are often observed in the area in the winter. 

The city is also a popular call port for many major cruise shipping companies. Cabo San Lucas also provides a small international airfield, handling air traffic for general aviation flights as well as air taxi service. Many travelers get around the area via the numerous local taxis which service the primary parts of the city, the Corridor and the airport. A system of small buses is also available to be used by locals and tourists, which costs a few pesos and is much less expensive than taxis.

The most popular cruise shore excursions and city attractions are the Land’s End (rock formation rising from the ocean at Baja California's southernmost tip; with two beaches - Lovers' Beach and Divorce Beach), wildlife watching (for humpback and gray whales/December thru April), day excursion to San Jose del Cabo (approx 30-min from downtown), Chileno Bay (scuba diving and snorkeling), Playa El Medano (miles-long beach lined up with all-inclusive hotels and resorts), 4x4 and boat tours.

Cabo San Lucas cruise terminal