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Alaska Airlines has direct daily flights from LAX to Los Cabos International airport and regular direct flights to Loreto. Los Cabos International Airport is located between the Los Cabos San Lucas (main touristy area) and San Jose del Cabo (quieter more traditional town).Transfers from the airport are best arranged prior to arrival and need to […]

Mexican art is bright, bold and beautiful and Baja is home to many galleries and studios. Specialising in ceramics, glass, oils, tapestry, watercolours one-off traditional and contemporary treasures are hard to resist especially when most galleries offer a painless and easy-on-the-pocket shipping service.A must for art lovers is the small seaside village of Todos Santos

If golf is your thing, there are more than 20 championship courses throughout the region. For a challenge check out Cabo del Sol the Jack Nicklaus signature course sprawling over two km along the oceanfront.In La Paz, the course at CostaBaja Resort was the first Gary Player signature course built in Mexico and features unique tee

Apart from snorkelling and diving, the calm water of the Sea of Cortez is a perfect place to learn how to sea kayak or paddleboard. There’s nothing quite like seeing a humpback whale breaching from water level and if you’re lucky you might even spot a blue whale.Un-Cruise Adventures offer all-inclusive (including all equipment), 7-night

Family owned and managed, for 12 years the 6 hectares of land has been worked by hand to transform the desert landscape into foodie heaven.Be warned you will definitely need to book for lunch or dinner (and possibly even breakfast) not to mention the off-the-scale-in-awesomeness cooking classes.Leave time to join a tour of the gardens

If you went to Baja for the food alone, you wouldn’t be alone.Known as the ‘Provence’ of Mexico, freshness bursts from every dish.It’s hard to go wrong choosing where to eat but the one place you can’t miss is Flora Farms.Lying at the end of a dirt road in the foothills of the Sierra de la Laguna

I thought I didn’t like tequila. I do. I just hadn’t tasted the real stuff. Tequila is more than a drink to the Mexicans – it’s considered the soul of Mexico.Although all tequila comes from the blue agave plant, to get a grip on the difference between a Blanco (young and cheaper) a reposado (rested in

No-one knows why the grey whales swim up to the local tour boats (pangas) and want to be tickled and scratched. But they do.They teach us about forgiveness.Thought to be extinct twice in the last 60 years, not only have they survived, they’ve thrived.Called devilfish because they used to smash the whaling boats to protect

You only have to move a few metres away from the water to know you’re in the desert. Part of the Sonoran desert, Baja is known as the cactus garden of Mexico with more than 120 varieties with many considered endemic.If you’re into hugging trees, then why not hug the world’s largest cactus (no there’s

Surrounded by tiny islands (Islas), the state capital La Paz is perfect for underwater sports. A 20-minute fast boat ride gets you amongst the giants of the ocean.Snorkelling alongside whale sharks, creatures the size of a bus, is surprisingly calming and totally exhilarating (once you realise they really aren’t the slightest bit interested in eating you).From