The resort town of Cabo San Lucas, named for the slender cape extending eastward from Baja's southernmost tip, has gradually developed over the last 40 years into one of the most popular vacation destinations in the world.

Already known for extravagant beach front hotels and time share residences, Cabo San Lucas is also becoming one of the most popular areas for real estate investors. Whether a spec builder looking to make a profit or a vacation home owner, buying real estate in Cabo San Lucas by foreign investors is on an incredible rise. With the advent of the availability of American Title Insurance, buying real estate in Mexico has never been safer.

Activities abound in Cabo San Lucas. Beach activities include sun tanning and relaxing in the shade of large umbrellas, beach volleyball, horseback riding, snorkeling, water craft riding, and going to Cabo San Lucas for a day of shopping. The number one activity in Cabo San Lucas is the world class deep sea fishing and the number two activity is golf.

Cabo San Lucas is known as the "Marlin Capital of the World" and deservedly so, as there are more marlin caught here than any other place on earth. Unlike other well known fishing destinations, where days, and many dollars can be spent in pursuit of this most prized sport fish, it is not unusual to capture one or even more on your very first trip, whether you are a beginner or an expert.

Once reserved for the wealthy, fishing in Cabo is now within reach of almost all visitors and an encounter not to be missed. Not only will you experience the thrill of battling a creature of incredible beauty and size, or landing smaller species and eating them, your fishing excursion gives you an opportunity to view the Cape and its landmarks from a unique perspective and often allows you to get a close up look at whales, dolphins and seals.

Cabo San Lucas and the Los Cabos area, in the span of a few short years, has become one of North America's hottest golf destinations-and it's no wonder.The Tom Weiskopf designed eighteen-hole Desert Course at Cabo del Sol, marks the sixth championship golf course to open here in the Cabo San Lucas area.

From humble beginnings at the nine hole Campo de Golf in San Jose del Cabo, in the last decade golf has grown to become the number two attraction in Los Cabos.

In 1990, it was Don Koll, a dedicated golfer and successful California developer who commissioned Hall of Fame great, Jack Nicklaus, to design twenty-seven holes of golf at the Palmilla (now One&Only Palmilla) resort.

The impact on Cabo San Lucas and the Los Cabos area has been phenomenal. Koll envisioned this area as a world-class resort vacation center, and today there are three Nicklaus designed golf courses in Los Cabos-twenty-seven holes at Palmilla, eighteen holes at the Eldorado Golf Club at Cabo Real, and eighteen holes at Cabo del Sol.

To round things out, there are the Robert Trent Jones II designed Cabo Real Golf Club, Dye Corporation designed Raven Golf Club at Cabo San Lucas and the Tom Weiskopf designed eighteen-hole Desert Course at Cabo del Sol along the Tourist Corridor between San Jose del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas.