Welcome to the East Cape

The EAST CAPE is a large, quiet area on the East side of the Los Cabos area, filled with lots of small towns, mountains and beaches. The East Cape is probably best known for its famous diving and windsurfing, as well as the Cabo Pulmo National Park that includes protected forested desert and underwater "aquariums".

Since the East Cape is a good drive from "civilization", it is a place where people who really just want to get away from it all really can. It's quiet, almost "back in time" feeling really are something special and rare to find these days.

Surrounded by the mountains to the West, you can find natural cascades and waterfalls, ancient cave paintings, even fossils of whales and sea life several hundred feet above sea level. The little town of Santiago offers the only zoo in the state. The town of Los Barriles offers some of the most famous wind surfing conditions.

The East Cape area starts just North and East of the Los Cabos International airport. Most of the area is along the Sea of Cortez, and has access from Highway 1. There is an old road (the best views are from this road) starting in San Jose del Cabo that follows the Sea of Cortez around north to the little town of Buena Vista and Los Barriles.

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