Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

Montage Los Cabos

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The takeaway

Choose Montage for a rare Cabo stay centered on an accessible, swimmable bay, with resort-scale space and residences suited to longer or shared trips.

About the hotel

Montage Los Cabos occupies 39 acres on Santa Maria Bay within the Twin Dolphin community, where Baja’s desert edge meets a sheltered stretch of the Sea of Cortez. The resort comprises 122 guestrooms, suites and casas, plus 52 Montage Residences; its low-rise buildings and broad terraces keep the setting in view. Its defining draw is walk-in access to the bay for swimming, snorkeling and diving, while Cabo San Lucas is a short drive away.

Choose it if

You want easy access to swimming and snorkeling from Santa Maria Bay rather than a dramatic, surf-first coastline.
You’re traveling with children and want an on-site program; Paintbox offers sessions for ages 5–12.
You’d rather stay in a resort community than in town, with Cabo San Lucas a short drive away.

Skip it if

You want to walk out into Cabo San Lucas’s town center; the resort is in Twin Dolphin and town requires a drive.

The property

In photographs.

Guest discussion

What real people are saying.

Reddit excerpts · separate from Rex’s editorial judgment

Guests describe WhatsApp-based butler service as pleasant but not especially impressive, with replies sometimes slow. One also cautions that Santa Maria Bay’s quick drop-off makes it suitable only for strong swimmers.

Discussion is limited; these accounts offer a glimpse rather than a broad verdict.

“There’s also a “butler” service via WhatsApp, which was nice but not exceptional - he responses could be a bit slow.”

r/chubbytravel ↗ · Nov 7, 2025

“Santa Maria Bay is one of Cabo's few swimmable beaches, but it drops off very quickly, so I would say it is definitely for strong swimmers only.”

r/FATTravel ↗ · Aug 2, 2026

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