One of the most famous beaches in Cabo San Lucas is Playa de los Amantes. Not because it translates as ‘Lovers’ Beach’, but because there is a kind of stone archway in the water, which is an amazing photo spot.
Access to this beach you officially only have by boat tour, as there is no official direct access to the beach. To be honest, I back then thought it would be pure marketing, because I had been told more than once the sentence ‘you can’t get there without a tour’ and in 99 per cent of the cases it’s simply not true. So I took a look at the area around Playa de los Amantes and noticed a path that starts at Playa Coral Negro and leads to Playa de los Amantes. It didn’t go down to the beach, but it led right up to Playa de los Amantes. And since I know from experience that, just because a path isn’t marked on a map, that doesn’t necessarily mean that it doesn’t exist in Mexico, I took a chance. I mean after all I knew I would at least get some really nice views – the path runs along the sea, as you can see on maps.me and organic.maps. Means: beautiful views.

So I set off with a friend from the hostel, found the ascent at Playa Coral Negro – it wasn’t particularly difficult to find it using the ‘map’ – and off we went.
The views along the way and also Cabo San Lucas from above are really beautiful! First, you get a view of Playa Coral Negro and shortly afterwards of the entire bay of Cabo San Lucas. Really, really worth seeing. Later, when you are no longer walking so close to the sea, you also get to see a bit of the mountains, some plants and cacti. Pathwise, apart from the ascent, the path is relatively flat, but slightly dangerous in some places because you walk along a fence bordering the rest of the mountain that runs relatively close to the precipice. Meaning that you sometimes walk very close to the precipice. So it’s not necessarily suitable for children. Just so you know 😊

When we arrived at the point where there was no official way anymore, there indeed was no clearly visible or well-trodden path down to the beach. Of course, there was a view of Playa de los Amantes and a small glimpse of the stone arch, but no way down. However, as I have never been easy to be discouraged, I went on a discovery tour and… let’s just say I ventured step by step down a slope that I’m not sure I would do again today. Simply because… it was definitely not safe and I did not know if I would be able to climb back up afterwards – even though it was obviously the only way back. So not particularly smart, really. But anyway, I made it back to my hostel in one piece 😀 To be honest, I don’t think I would have gone down there if I hadn’t seen a Mexican man climbing down at the same spot. Still, it wasn’t my smartest move.

Once I reached the bottom, I was very proud of myself for making it, but unfortunately you can’t see the stone arch from the beach unless you go out to sea. The beach is still beautiful and has some cool rock formations that you can climb on. I probably would have done so if I hadn’t known that I had to still go back the way I came.

Go or not? The climb and path up to the view of Playa de los Amantes, yes. But please don’t take children with you, because… there are some parts that really aren’t suitable for children. I’ll leave it up to you to decide whether to go down to the beach 😀 It’s possible, but I would say that I was also a little lucky. And I don’t know what it’s like today and whether it would have worked if I had gone down at a different spot. And the spot where I went down wasn’t really safe either. So… be careful 😉 But the path to get there is really cool and has some very nice views 😊 (and yes until a certain point even with children 😊)