The Best Adventures in Cabo by Group Type: Couples, Families, Friends and Thrill Seekers

The right adventure in Cabo depends on who is in the car with you. A couple on an anniversary trip and six college friends do not want the same day. So we sorted the trips we actually book by group type, with duration, price per guest and minimum age from our own listings. Every price is per guest, plus 16% IVA.

Couples: keep it small and time it for sunset

Private Sunset Sailing Experience

This is the one we send couples to first. A French-made sailboat reserved for just your group, a 5pm departure from the Marina district on Boulevard Paseo de la Marina, three hours on the water, a premium open bar and gourmet appetizers while the Arch and Land's End go orange. It holds a perfect 5 rating. $200 USD per guest plus 16% IVA, minimum age 8.

Los Cabos Luxury Sunset Sail

The shared version of the same idea. Small group, 2.5 hours, 5pm from the same Marina dock, premium open bar and bento-box appetizers for two. A 4.9 rating. $119 USD per guest plus 16% IVA. If you do not need the whole boat, this gets you the same sunset for less.

Families with kids: camels, e-bikes and easy wins

Outback & Cabo Camel Ride

The lowest minimum age on this list is 5, which makes it the family default. Three hours at a private desert ranch: a camel ride from the desert to the Pacific coastline, a guided nature walk, a tortilla-making lesson and an oceanfront Mexican buffet. The afternoon departure adds a sunset bonfire. Departures at 9am and 1pm, round-trip hotel pickup from most hotels. Rated 4.8. $128 USD per guest plus 16% IVA.

Electric Biking Beach & Desert Adventure

For families with kids 8 and up who want to move but not sweat. Fat-tire e-bikes take the effort out of pedaling across cactus trails and open Pacific beach, then the ride ends at a ranch with a Mexican buffet lunch and a margarita-making class for the adults. Three hours, 9am or 1pm, helmets and protective gear included. A 4.5 rating. $129 USD per guest plus 16% IVA.

Friends: the loud desert day

Cabo ATV Tour & Desert Adventure

Automatic ATVs, the winding Sandy Snake circuit, canyons, and 360-degree views from the highest point of the trail. It is beginner friendly, which matters when half the group has never ridden. The ranch is 45 minutes north of Cabo San Lucas and the day ends with a Mexican buffet and a tequila tasting. Three hours, rated 4.8. $130 USD per guest plus 16% IVA. Riders can be 8 and up, but drivers need to be 18 with a license.

Off-Road UTV Tour

Same desert, bigger machine. You drive a modern Polaris UTV through canyons and rocky paths with bilingual guides, then finish with the buffet and tequila tasting. Three hours, rated 4.5. $199 USD per guest plus 16% IVA.

Camels + ATV + Lunch

The combo for a group that cannot agree. A camel ride along the beach, an ATV run through the terrain, then a buffet lunch and a tequila and mezcal tasting at the ranch's oceanfront restaurant. Three hours, rated 4.7, round-trip hotel transportation included. $168 USD per guest plus 16% IVA, minimum age 8.

Thrill seekers: the full adrenaline day

Outdoor Adventure 4x4 + Cabo Zipline + Rappel

Built for guests in good shape. Inside a UNESCO-protected biosphere you ride a circuit of ziplines including one of Mexico's longest, plus upside-down and tandem lines, then rock climb, rappel, cross a suspension bridge and drive your own 4x4 Polaris. Handmade quesadillas and a salad bar at the end. Three and a half hours, hotel pickup from most Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo hotels. Rated 4.7. $149 USD per guest plus 16% IVA, minimum age 8.

Water people: scuba and a long sail

PADI Discover Scuba Diving in Cabo

No certification needed. A PADI instructor teaches the basics at the surface, then guides you on up to two dives at Pelican Rock, a beginner site in the Sea of Cortez with tropical fish, octopus, rays and seahorses. Three hours, 8am or 11am from the marina, ages 10 to 60. Rated 4.8. $129 USD per guest plus 16% IVA.

Scuba Diving at Land's End & The Arch

Two guided dives beneath the Arch, past Neptune's Finger and a sea lion colony. Three hours, ages 10 and up, rated 4.8. $128 USD per guest plus 16% IVA.

4-Hour Luxury Cabo Sailing Boat Tour

The group that wants a whole afternoon on the water: an 11am sail past Land's End, a snorkel stop in a protected bay, gourmet lunch and a premium open bar. Four hours, rated 4.8. $159 USD per guest plus 16% IVA, minimum age 8.

Before you go

• Book a few days ahead in peak season, December through April. Summer has more availability.
• Mornings are cooler. Most desert trips run at 9am and 1pm. Take the 9am in summer.
• Meeting points are the Cabo San Lucas marina or a hotel pickup. The exact spot comes with your confirmation.
• Drivers need a license for ATVs and UTVs. Passengers do not.

Match the trip to the group, not the other way around. Browse every option on our adventures in Cabo page.