For many people, one of the first acts of any New Year – right after chewing a couple of aspirin to chase 
away the Champagne hangover – is to sit down and compile a list of resolutions, the bulk of which are geared towards self-improvement and an enhanced quality of life.
If you’re shivering while you read this, the first enhancement should involve a plane ticket to Los Cabos, where daytimes temperatures hover around 80 degrees, and the only things covered in ice are cervezas.
After the flight lands and you’ve traded in your parka for a pair of flip flops, here are three other resolutions you might want to consider.
Catch a Giant Fish…or Swim With One
Cabo San Lucas was built on big-game sport fishing, and local charter boasts stay busy chasing abundant dorado, wahoo and striped marlin during the winter season. Those unimpressed by bill and game fish can travel to Baja California Sur’s capital city, La Paz, to swim with 20-ton whale sharks, the world’s largest fish. Many of the world’s largest mammals are also within splash range, thanks to whale watching excursions that bring visitors up-close-and-personal with breaching humpbacks.
Drink Champagne and Watch the Sun Set Over Land’s End
Los Cabos’ famed Arch is one of many evocatively shaped granite monuments at Land’s End, the half mile headland that marks the southernmost point of the Baja California peninsula. Watching the sun descend in a blaze of red beyond Land’s End is one of the great local pastimes…best enjoyed from the Taittinger Champagne Terrace at Sunset da Mona Lisa, a scenically situated dinner specialist that the New York Times has called one of the five most romantic restaurants on earth.
Play One of the World’s Best Golf Courses
Los Cabos now boasts 15 completed golf courses, the majority of which were designed by major champions like Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Greg Norman, Davis Love III and Tom Weiskopf. Nicklaus has designed six local loops himself, including a breathtaking Ocean Course at Cabo del Sol. The Ocean Course, along with Love’s Dunes Course at Diamante and Tom Fazio’s gorgeous layout at Querencia, are currently ranked among the 100 greatest courses in the world by Golf Digest.
Party Like a Rock Star
Those unclear on the concept should start at Cabo Wabo, the bar founded by Sammy Hagar and his former Van Halen bandmates in 1990. If waboritas (margaritas made with the bar’s signature tequila) and live music don’t quite do the trick, head to one of the two local Rock & Brews, the cantina chain founded by KISS stars Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, where the operating ethos is “I want to rock and roll all night…and party every day.”
Live Like a Movie Star
Hollywood royalty aren’t the only ones living in the luxury villas that cling to the hillsides in Cabo San Lucas’ most exclusive neighborhood. Moderately priced villa rentals make Pedregal accessible and affordable for many travelers. Hence the saying: “You don’t have to be a king or queen to live like one.”
Potential Links:
Get Rich or Let Fly Tryin’ – Fishing Los Cabos Tournaments 2016
Los Cabos Pro-Am Golf Tournament Tees Off Again in January 2017
Why Villa Rentals are the Gold Standard for Los Cabos Getaways 2016-17
Please let me know what you think about this!