Find Ocean and Desert Adventures in Montage Los Cabos – Forbes Travel Guide Story
My five-star adventure in Forbes Travel Guide Montage Los Cabos Starting at Santa Maria Bay, about 200 feet from the coastline, John Montoya, the then-level class flashed with a raised signal to descend. We leaned deeper, where we began to unfold along the invisible highway along the mobile school of baits, and the panoramic view of life in coral reefs including sea fans, sea urchins and puffer fish.
My brain works hard to get my new environment how close we are to the resort. A grouper lurks in the canyon. Bright blue and pink parrots hear chomp on hard coral. A small ray hidden below, partly covered by sand. We continue to go deeper. Montoya illuminated his flashlight in the cracks of the rock, where the Morrie eel stared into his mouth. Later, Montoya pointed out a ray whose wings had to span 7 feet.
I was surprised by these attractions, but I was shocked that it was easy. A few hours ago I only landed at San Jose del Capo International Airport and the process of driving in and walking into the water was almost as easy as I was going to have a simple swim.
While most montage visitors, Los Cabos, spend their holidays in chic, super luxurious accommodations and experience five-star ratings spa Or explore towns, the hotel has been seeing changes in its itinerary. “People used to come here just for spring break, but now they’re looking for adventures,” said Manuel Lopez, one of the adventure guides.
Compass Sports, Montage’s Interior Adventure Costume, streamlines everything Resort tours. So, check in and enjoy Campechana Seafood cocktail on the cliff The seaI strolled to the water sports center on the beach. Here Montoya led me to safety briefings and quick further studies, assured me: “Diver is like riding a bike.”
Now, at a depth of 30 feet, his guidance has served me well. When I resurfaced, the sun was already soaking behind the mountain. Montoya checked his dive watch and said, “Forty-eight minutes. He smiled at me with the eyes of a proud teacher, and I felt like a child who got an A in his big exam.
This is auspicious beginning. dinner MezcalThe resort’s iconic contemporary Mexican restaurant is icing on the cake as I feasted on the 16-hour rich stewed suckling pig, lamb birria and decadecadecadecation-packed Tres tres leches de Chocolate with Verbena Mousse and Black Pepper Ice Cream.
The next day, I was addicted to a veritable event menu. By 10 am, when I head to the desert Two experience streamsI’ve spent an hour on Seabob (Jet-A variety of water sleds) and FlitesCooter (an inflatable surfboard that lifts you from the water on carbon fiber foil).
Dos Arroyos Adventure Training Camp looks like a reinforced outpost for the classic West. However, it does not have horses, but instead puts the paintball stage with axe range and archery lane. Outside the main yard, I found about 20 Scott mountain bikes under the net canopy. I chose the pedal-assisted e-bike and after our guide penetrated the base of controls and power levels, I set out to the desert.
Although I stick to the trails of “green” beginners that travel through the legumes and cactus, Dos Arroyos offers options for every riding level. Advanced running from the edge of the canyon snake descends along a steep slope to a technical rewind. I could have spent a few hours on the 10-mile network, but before walking, I tasted a short journey, hiking to the dry riverbed, and then back, stopping to admire the huge yellow flowering saguaro cactus.
If the range of my outdoor experience is Santa Maria Bay and Dos Arroyos, Montage Los Cabos has beaten most resorts. But for guests willing to spend more time exploring, the magic begins further afield.
After lunch, I boarded the Gemini Dolphin, a 56-foot motorcycle yacht belonging to the James Bond movie. The yacht is as powerful as a sleek shark – the boat sails at 34 knots – but she is so smooth that the margarita still holds the ship, even as the ship accelerates and leaves the protected bay. I gave her all.
When Captain Israel set a Southwest Road along El Arco along the coastline, San Lucas’ iconic rock arch delineates the transition from the Sea of Cortez to the Pacific, it’s hard to exaggerate the beauty of the water. The shades of blue have extraordinary vitality due to the khaki and olive colors of the desert. We passed cliffs, rocky outcrops and golden beaches. The wonder is particularly dramatic when the whales spew out and surface from our harbor bow. “Today we’ll find more headbacks,” Mezza said. “This is one of the beautiful things we have in Cabo. We’ll get you close.”
The captain’s words were correct for the next few hours as we witnessed a variety of humpback behaviors, from the mother teaching their calf to diving to solo whales, striking around the feet. Some others poked their heads vertically in the vertical spy dance. When some of them hit water with leaks (sometimes five to 10 consecutive times), Mezza explains: “They are dancing. It’s the season for mating and the male is in the heat.” As an exclamation mark, a whale completely violates, twists the side of the air and then leans backwards.
For the rest of the time, I left the luxury yacht and started two full-day montage adventures: canyon and Land and ocean. The former brought me into the center of the Baja Mountains in the UNESCO-designated Biosphere. The latter follows the dry riverbed to the coastal mountain road and the beach town of Cabo Pulmo.
I started adventures and bombs early, starting with the dusty landscape in the desert off-road vehicle in Can-Am Maverick. This is my first time driving a UTV, but it’s as easy as a kart. Its thick tires and huge fox suspension allow it to slide easily over rough terrain.
My first canyon stop was the 40-foot Sol de Mayo Falls outside San Diego, where I only encountered another visitor. Despite the low water volume during the dry season, it is poured into a beautiful jade pond, which is both beautiful and refreshing. After swimming and climbing the rocks, I pressed down on the next canyon and lunch at Rancho El Refugio, a self-sustaining homestead where the owners grow fruits and vegetables, lifted the livestock and made their own leather, using local bark to make tans.
In the outdoor kitchen, owner and chef Doña Luz is adjusting legume shrub branches in the chef’s fire, stroking three separate pots, and then making tortillas by hand. I put some people into shape when she invited us to try it. Doña Luz cooked them on iron scones and stacked them on steak and cheese. Soon, I was swallowing the tortillas with spicy salsa, traditional beans and rice. For dessert, my host roasted another batch of tortillas I had with berries, mangoes and cactus honey from her farm.
When the Canyon Expedition took us inland, the land and ocean focused on coastal scenery and Cabo Pulmo, the National Ocean Park Jacques Cousteau called the “Aquarium of the World.” The old-fashioned Jeep Cherokee launched my diving boat on the rocky beach and I entered the open water. “Cabo Pulmo is a true ecological success story,” said Divemaster Dael Velazquez. “Local fishermen see fish populations decline in the 1980s and realize that they can earn better income through conservation and sustainable tourism.” Today, its reefs are the healthiest member of the ocean, which the 2011 Scripps Institute study called “the world’s most powerful marine reserve.”
I snorkeled on corals, with abundant fish, surrounded by rocks patrolling by sea lions, in the vortex of Amberjack – hundreds, just my arms would do. After returning, I followed a dozen black sharks on the boat, watching them feed in shallows and surfing.
No matter how far you can roam with your compass, the access here is incomplete Sunrise Kayaking. “It’s a guest favorite,” said Carolina Rosales, montage expedition coordinator. “You don’t want to miss it.” It’s easy to see why when I row from Santa Maria Bay at dawn. The sea in Cortez was quiet, and there was only a slightest roll of waves below us. The only sound except our kayaking was the call of seabirds. The sun destroys the bright orange in the cloudless sky, and we are in awe. As the nearby whale turns into a dive of the high buoy, its full tail glittering in the dawn sunshine, waving farewell.
