Wednesday, January 16th and we were ready to experience our first activity in Cabo San Lucas. We had booked a few activities the day prior and got an awesome deal on them. The first activity was the 4 hour Snorkelling Tour with Oceanus http://www.loscabosguide.com/oceanus/index.html . We arrived at the pier at about 10:20 am and it was a beautiful day. The boat was very clean and the staff was very professional and friendly. They had music on the entire time, so the atmosphere was fun! The boat was pretty full, with about 50 people. On the main floor of the boat the people were going on the MiniSub Tour and they were not allowed to drink alcohol (probably for safety reasons.) On the top level of the boat, where we were - most of the people were going on the Snorkelling Tour and some were simply just on the Sight Seeing Tour.
We were taken to the famous Lover's Beach (Playa Del Amor) - located on the Sea of Cortez side of Land's End at Cabo San Lucas. There was the famous stone arch, called El Arco, a magnificent natural rock formation at Land´s End. The rock formations were really cool!
Most people hire a water taxi at the Marina to actually get to Lover´s Beach or Divorce Beach. We were told that swimming can be quite dangerous because the currents are quite powerful and the waves of the Pacific are often really strong. Swimming and snorkelling should only be attempted on the Sea of Cortez side of Lover's Beach.
They also took us near Divorce Beach - stretch of clean white sand located on the Pacific coast a short walk from Lover's Beach. Divorce Beach is great for sunbathing and relaxing, but again it is very dangerous to swim on this beach. Stay out of the water along this beach, swimming is best at the bay side of Lover's Beach.
Other beaches we were taken to were: Playa Costa Azul (Blue Coast Beach) - half mile stretch before Palmilla Bay is the world famous surf break called Costa Azul; and Playa Acapulquito - Just west of Playa Costa Azul is a little stretch of beach called Playa Acapulquito, known as Old Man's Beach; and Playa Barco Varado (Shipwreck Beach.) I believe our final destination was Playa Chileno (Chilean Beach) - just southwest of the Hotel Cabo San Lucas, a great beach for swimming and snorkelling, located on the Sea of Cortez side of Land's End at Cabo San Lucas. I guess it is very popular with the locals on the weekends, but it´s not too congested on weekdays. With an amazing reef, Chileno is perfect for snorkelling and scuba diving.
The entire time we were served `all you can drink´ beverages and we decided to order some alcohol. Once we arrived at the snorkelling area we were given our equipment and were basically left on our own. This was not a guided tour and we really didn´t see any extraordinary water life other than a few schools of fish (pictures of the snorkelling will be uploaded when we develop the film from the water camera.) So in our opinion the snorkelling was not that great but lots of fun since we were left on our own for almost an hour to explore the waters. After the snorkelling trip we were provided a snack of tuna salad and nachos and of course, more beverages of our choice. The music was loud the entire time on the boat and we really had a great time! We arrived back at the Marina by about 3 pm and went back to the hotel for a late afternoon `siesta´.
We went out to eat that night since we were beat from being out all day but this time we picked a meal for under US $20. It was really great!
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