Snapshot of Cabo San Lucas

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If you are new to Cabo San Lucas-or simply Cabo, as it is often known-it will not take you long to get your bearings. Just remember, Cabo is at the very southern tip of the Baja Peninsula, so the water from town is always south. The distinctive sea arches at Land's End are to the southwest. If you see land ahead of you it has to be east or north; check where the water is and you will know for sure....

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Cabo San Lucas Neighborhoods

Corridor

Highway 1 dips into arroyos and climbs into a floodplain studded with boulders and cacti between San José del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas. This stretch of desert corridor is home to wealthy residents. more neighborhoods

History

Before Cabo San Lucas was known as the tourist town it is today, the beaches were inhabited by a nomadic Guaycura Amerindian group called Pericu. The Pericú were hunters and gatherers; the shores around...

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