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Walt & Malia Young

This stop was the highlight of the trip, as far as ports. We booked a kayak/snorkel excursion through an outfit called Baja Wild. www.bajawild.com. It was great! They picked us up on the pier in a nice van, picked up a few other people at hotels on the way to a little beach where we loaded up the kayaks and went to Santa Maria bay. We snorkeled there for a while, then continued on to the Chilleno Bay/Chilleno Reef area where they had drinks, beach chairs, and snacks awaiting us. This was a more extended version of the cruise ship’s excursion, but a better structured version, with more time kayaking and snorkeling, and better service, at a price of $50, compared to the cruise ships $69 price. Some of the best snorkeling I have done, with tons of fish and surprisingly clear water. A great time. Had us back to the pier at 1:00, leaving just a little time for last minute shopping before catching the last tenders back around 1:30. Definitely could have used a full day here, and definitely need to return here some day. I thought Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo were bookends to endless beachfront development and we were pleasantly surprised to find that most of the beachfront between the two cities is pretty much empty. I would love to have time to just wander up the coast, north of San Jose del Cabo, in the sea of Cortez. Our guides say there is all kinds of empty shoreline up there.