Be part of the legend as you enjoy this pirate adventure in Cabo. Being aboard this pirate ship is a fun adventure for all ages. The Buccaneer Queen offers Snorkeling Tours, Sunset Tours, and during whale season, Whale Watching Tours.

The Snorkeling Tours depart at 8:30 AM (June, July and August) and/or 12:00 noon all year round. The tour is a 3 hour adventure complete with lunch, snorkeling equipment and drinks.

Sunset Tours depart at 5:00 PM in the winter and 6:00 PM in the summer for a 2 ½ journey. The tour includes snacks, an open bar, Pirate Show and “Surprises”.

Whale Watching tours take place January to April and depart at 8:30 AM for 2 hours of fun.

For more info contact info@bajasurvacationrentals.com.

Swimming with the dolphins has become a family favorite activity in Cabo and Cabo Adventures offers a variety of programs suited for all ages.

Dolphin Swim: The 35 minute program offers you the opportunity to pet play and swim with these beautiful marine mammals while enjoying an educational program full of fun, excitement and unique activities.

Dolphin Kids: This 20 minute program is designed to give young children the opportunity to learn about bottlenosed dolphins. After a short presentation by experienced trainers, children enter the shallow platform to meet their dolphin. Fun and interaction are all part of the program. Adults may watch their children from the observation area without any extra charge.

Dolphin Encounter: This program is 20 minutes and is created for families or guests who are not confident in deep water. The shallow platform allows close up, one to one interaction with a dolphin.

Trainer for a Day: The day begins by selecting your uniform and meeting the dolphin trainers. You become part of the team, help prepare their daily diet in the morning and learn about how the dolphins are cared for in the on site lab. Free time in the water with the dolphins and assisting in the daily training of the dolphins is included and a full dolphin swim is included. Lunch is served in the deli lounge. After lunch you become an actual dolphin trainer as you assist with a Dolphin Swim program. The day is complete with you receiving your diploma, photo and DVD and knowing that you became a “Dolphin Trainer for a Day”!

For more info contact info@bajasurvacationrentals.com.

Tropical storms occur along the Baja Peninsula each year.  The season officially begins on June 1 and officially ends Nov. 30.  Most of our storms in southern Baja occur in late August to mid October.

Our first hurricane experience was post Isis in September 1998.

We were driving on our first trip down the Baja Peninsula to move to Cabo San Lucas and had to traverse several washes (arroyos) through southern Baja. Thankfully we missed the worst of the storm and had no problems arriving in Cabo and to our new home.

During the 11 years we have lived in Cabo we have seen several storms and many others have just missed us.  The worst during our tenure in Cabo has been Hurricane Juliette which landed and stayed for a few days in September 2001.

Juliette was a cat 4 with 145 mph winds and wreaked havoc at the tip of the Baja.  For those of you who love Medano Beach you wouldn’t have recognized it!  The airport was closed for several days and supplies were brought in by ships to the Los Cabos area.  Cabo and San Jose del Cabo were cut off from the rest of the peninsula due to the damage on the highway.  In fact for 3-4 days there was no access between San Jose del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas.

Storms during our years in Cabo include: 1999 Tropical Storm Greg, 2000 Jimena and Ileana, 2001 Julio and Juliette,  2003 Marty and Ignacio, 2004 Javier, 2006 John, 2007 Henrietta, 2008 Julio, and this year Hurricane Jimena and tropical storm Patricia.  We prepare for each storm by stocking up on water, food and gas and buttoning down all the hatches.  Our Cabo staff  members check on any visitors staying in our vacation rental homes and advise them regarding the storm and preparations.  During an intense storm it can be pretty scary however the worst of the storm, in my opinion, is not the storm itself but the effects after the storm.  Lack of services, inaccessibility and clean up are part of this along with heat and humidity and usually go on longer than the storm.  For our vacation rental visitors it may mean an extra few days of vacation which is a plus for most of them.

Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo were very lucky this Aug. 31 when Hurricane Jimena took a turn and landed north of Cabo.  The communities north of us were not so fortunate.   Constitucion, Loreto, Mulege and surrounding small communities in the area were devastated when this destructive storm hit.  The people of these areas are still recouping from Jimena.

Tropical Storm Patricia is leaving its mark with plenty of rain, 60 mph winds and some delays at the airport.  We love it when it rains in Cabo but are always glad when that glorious sunshine returns and we are back on the beach!

You can find more pics about the hurricane season on our Flickr page.

Los Cabos Humane Society presents the Sixth Annual “Dog Day Afternoon” – November 8, 2009 @ Flora’s Farm

The Los Cabos Humane Society invites all animal and food lovers to attend “Dog Day Afternoon,” a fundraiser at the Greene’s Fabulous Flora’s Farm on Sunday, November 8, 2009, from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Our Humane Society continues to benefit from everyone’s generous gifts and donations. Since the inception of the CARE and the Cabo San Lucas Humane Society merging in May of 2009  the society continues making a much needed difference to the lives of those who can’t speak for themselves and improves the quality of life for all in Los Cabos. This culinary event enables the society to continue reducing the number of animals through adoption, spay and neutering, and rescue.

• Sample original cuisines by local chefs. This year includes local Restaurants including Local 8, Edith’s, El Vaqueros, Salsitas, The Fire Grill, Voila, Frutopica, The French Riviera,  Casianos, The Office, Edith’s,  ‘H’, El Matador, Xoco, and Seven Seas. This year will be better than ever.
• Our local celebrity judges will judge the restaurants in 7 different categories with our special guest Judge Troy Chandler from Bonsai Bistro in Couer D’Alene, Idaho and Rusty Staub legendary New York Met baseball player.
• Relax with friends in a fantastic farm setting
• Bid on silent and live auction items!  Packages include art, jewelry, spa treatments, fishing trips, tequila collections, Napa valley trip and more — something for everyone!
• Special 100 bottle wine collection raffle
• Special Guest Ursula Hermacinscki, well known Auctioneer who has been involved with Wine auctions and fund raisers throughout Napa Valley and Aspen.

Driving Instructions

• Park at the Soccer field at Puerto Los Cabos, Shuttles will take you to the farm
• Please note that parking attendants will guide you, and all vehicles will be watched by security

Tickets

• $650 pesos (US $50 dollars) Available in October at Mex Sun Day Spa, Spa Cielo, Pez Gordo, Baja Fire Grill) Located at the Saturday San Jose Organic Market. In Cabo San Lucas Realty – Executives and Tropica Calypso )Puerto Paraiso Mall
• Corporate tables are available for $1500 – this entitles you to a table in the shade with priority parking at the farm, seating and restaurant tasting, by allowing entry an hour early.

The area that is known as Los Cabos was first populated by the Pericue tribe.  Starting in 1533, Herman Cortes sent expeditions to explore the Californias.  He founded the Puerto de Santa Cruz (Port of the Holy Cross) in 1535 which today is known as La Paz, the capital of Baja California Sur.  In 1697 the conquest of this region truly began when Father Kino and Father Salvatierra, Jesuit priests, founded the Loreto mission and began the evangelization of the Indians.  In the 16^th and 17^th centuries the Sea of Cortez side of the peninsula was a favorite hiding place for pirates who plundered the Spanish galleons.

Not much was heard about Cabo until the early 1950’s, when private yachts, wealthy Americans and Hollywood celebrities began mooring in the Cabo bay to get away from it all.  In 1973 the Transpeninsular Highway #1 was completed offering 1,050 miles of peninsula to be traveled by car, motor home and motorcycles.  The area has been transposed from a small fishing village to one of the fastest growing resort areas in Mexico with excellent sport fishing all year round.

The area known as Los Cabos today is actually comprised of the city of San Jose Del Cabo and the city of Cabo San Lucas that are joined together by what is known as “the corridor”.  Resorts, housing developments, beaches and places to visit are located in both cities and all along the corridor between them.  There is something for everyone in this vacation paradise.

Plan your next vacation by finding a rental in Los Cabos right now!