ADVENTURE
activities, including cooking lessons, music shows, yoga and parties, but if you want to recharge your body instead of your glass try a trip to the Hard Rock gym or the Rock Spa.
Putting yourself in the hands of an expert for a 50-minute massage is an excellent way to feel serene, but energised and ready to roll again.
Hard Rock not only plays a lot of music, it also gives you the chance to make your own. You can borrow a Fender guitar to practise or just pose in your room. You can even record a track at the Music Lab.
In the words of Steppenwolf’s Born To Be Wild, it was time to head out on the highway lookin’ for adventure. And what came our way was an exhilarating zip-lining experience in a canyon.
Armed with the excursion credits given to guests at Hard Rock, we were briefed by Cabo Adventures’ staff, then kitted out and driven up a dirt track to the starting point.
Wobbly bridges, a Tarzan swing, abseiling and rock climbing followed in a build up to the longest and fastest zip line in Mexico.
With goggles on, strapped into a harness and facing down, I felt powerless to do anything but enjoy the Superman ride, flying threequarters of a mile over
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The line is to run a cetaceanspotting programme in a partnership with marine conservation charity ORCA.
It aims to collect information on the number and species of whales and dolphins sighted treetops at 60mph. Back on the ground there were more thrills as we took electric 4x4 Polaris vehicles for an exciting drive over bumpy tracks.
Fortunately I’d listened to the instructions to watch out for the cactus and the cows.
There was no problem with the former – although you would not want a cardon cactus landing on you. They are the tallest in the include Black Watch’s
16-night Voyage To Remote Spitsbergen, departing Liverpool on June 25 and starting at
£2,599 per person, and Boudicca’s 16-night Fjords And Icebergs Of Remote Greenland, sailing world, reaching 60ft, and can weigh in at up to 25 tonnes.
The cows were a different matter – I had to brake hard to avoid one young calf which wandered in front of me.
Cabo Adventures also offers luxury sailing trips from Cabo San Lucas, past the peninsula’s jagged, white natural arch, to the calm Santa Maria Bay in the Sea of Cortez. It’s perfect for paddleboarding and snorkelling.
For a less active excursion, visit the pretty town of Todos Santos where shops sell local ceramics like lavishly decorated cups celebrating Mexico’s Day of the Dead. There’s even a Hotel California and, in another nod to rock legends Eagles, a bar called Tequila’s Sunrise.
Owner Emmanuel makes his prize-winning damiana (a local plant) margaritas in front of you. Great show, even better drinks. They’re not cheap at $10, but more than one may write off an afternoon.
The Hard Rock at Los Cabos was a blast. If only the final lines from Eagles’ classic Hotel California were true and I could check out any time I liked... but never leave. from Dover on August 11 and priced from £2,199pp.
A spokesman said: “Whalewatching is a real highlight for those taking holidays with us. Having ORCA on board enables our guests to learn more about the marine wildlife they see.”
See fredolsencruises.com.