Marina Cabo San Lucas
The marina is about 6.8 km west in a straight line, around 18 minutes without traffic. The hotel also runs a paid shuttle to downtown every two hours, which is free on the Dine Out Privileges plan.1
Photo of the area: Thelmadatter, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hotels · all-suite hacienda-style resort
Hacienda Encantada Resort & Residences
Punta Ballena · Zone 3 · 6.8 km in a straight line
- Zone
- Cabo San Lucas
- From the marina
- 6.8 km
- Swimmable beach
- No
The hotel
Hacienda Encantada Resort & Residences is an all-suite, hacienda-style resort on a granite cliff above the Sea of Cortez, at kilometer 7.3 of the Transpeninsular Highway on the Los Cabos corridor, east of Cabo San Lucas. It is about 6.8 km in a straight line from the Cabo San Lucas marina, around 18 minutes by car without traffic, and longer at rush hour. The resort belongs to Mexico Grand Hotels, which also runs Marina Fiesta Resort & Spa on the Cabo San Lucas marina.
The resort sits above a rocky beach that the hotel itself says is not good for swimming. For a swim in the sea, guests go to Médano Beach in Cabo San Lucas, which the hotel calls the most popular swimming beach in Cabo.1
History and curious facts
The story of Hacienda Encantada Resort & Residences
Hacienda Encantada is part of Mexico Grand Hotels, a family-run group that owns and operates hotels, condominiums, restaurants and shops in Cabo San Lucas and Puerto Vallarta. Its Cabo San Lucas properties include this resort, Marina Fiesta Resort & Spa and a set of restaurants in the Marina Golden Zone downtown. The resort was designed with traditional Mexican architecture and hacienda-style suites on the cliffs of the corridor, a stretch the press has called Millionaires Row. In May 2016 the hotel opened El Encanto de la Hacienda, an addition with 52 oceanfront studios and 20 multi-bedroom suites, its own infinity pool with a swim-up bar and an event terrace. By 2016 the hotel already offered its Dine Out Privileges plan, an all-inclusive option that covers the resort's restaurants and selected restaurants in the Golden Zone at the marina. Today the hotel offers three kinds of stays: Encanto Studios, Hacienda Suites, and Villas & Residences. The year the original resort opened is not published on the hotel's own site.
Things you may not know
- The all-inclusive plan, Dine Out Privileges, covers meals at the resort's nine restaurants and at selected restaurants in the Golden Zone at the Cabo San Lucas marina, so you can eat downtown on the same plan.1
- The resort hosts only one wedding ceremony and reception per day.1
- El Encanto de la Hacienda, the wing that opened in May 2016, added 52 oceanfront studios and 20 multi-bedroom suites with a separate infinity pool.2
- The Milagro spa has a temazcal, a round sweat lodge where water with herbs is poured over hot stones, a practice from Mexican and Central American cultures.3
Around the hotel
What is near Hacienda Encantada Resort & Residences
Playa El Médano
Médano Beach in Cabo San Lucas is where the hotel sends guests who want to swim in the sea; it calls it Cabo's most popular swimming beach.1
Land's End and El Arco
The cliff gives the resort a view toward Land's End, where the granite arch marks the point at which the Pacific becomes the Gulf of California.4
Getting to the marina
From Hacienda Encantada Resort & Residences to Marina Cabo San Lucas
Hacienda Encantada Resort & Residences is 6.8 km in a straight line from Marina Cabo San Lucas, and the closest boarding dock is Fisherman's Landing. The trip is about 18 min by car without traffic, according to the route OSRM calculates with OpenStreetMap data. At rush hour the drive takes longer, so give yourself a margin before boarding.
We can book a driver who picks you up at the hotel, takes you to your yacht and brings you back. Hacienda Encantada Resort & Residences is in Zone 3: Cabo San Lucas, Hacienda Encantada, Puerto Los Cabos. The prices below are per vehicle and in USD, and you pay them to the driver on the day, separately from the yacht: the first price in cash, or the second by card on the driver's terminal, which adds a 5% fee.
- 6.8 km
- in a straight line
- 18 min
- by car without traffic
| Vehicle | Guests | One way | Round trip |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUV | up to 4 | USD 95 cashUSD 100 card | USD 160 cashUSD 168 card |
| Escalade | up to 6 | USD 115 cashUSD 121 card | USD 180 cashUSD 189 card |
| Van (Hiace) | 9 to 11 | USD 95 cashUSD 100 card | USD 160 cashUSD 168 card |
| Sprinter | 19 to 20 | USD 125 cashUSD 132 card | USD 220 cashUSD 231 card |
Boarding docks
Where the yachts board
There is no single dock for every boat. Each yacht boards at its own dock in Marina Cabo San Lucas, and your boarding pass has the exact one with a map link. These are the meeting points and the yachts that use each one:
Your yacht day
A day on a yacht from Hacienda Encantada Resort & Residences
From Hacienda Encantada the marina is about 6.8 km away in a straight line, so plan on around 18 minutes without traffic and more at rush hour. Our driver picks you up at the resort and takes you to your yacht's dock in the Cabo San Lucas marina; you pay the transfer to the driver and the price depends on the hotel zone. The resort's beach is rocky and not for swimming, which makes a snorkel charter a good way to get into the water. The hotel has wedding and honeymoon programs, and couples often pick the sunset outing and stay downtown for dinner in the Golden Zone afterward. Families can book a family outing in the morning, and from December to April a whale watching trip is the natural choice.
Chaparral 28
Up to 10 guests · from $519 for 2 h. See the yacht
Sea Ray 40
Up to 12 guests · from $879 for 2 h. See the yacht
Azimut 45 Flybridge
Up to 12 guests · from $1,249 for 2 h. See the yacht
Sea Ray 55
Up to 15 guests · from $2,129 for 3 h. See the yacht
Pontoon 38
Up to 18 guests · from $869 for 2 h. See the yacht
Charters that fit this hotel
Questions
Hacienda Encantada Resort & Residences: what guests ask
Is the beach at Hacienda Encantada swimmable?
No. The hotel says its beach is rocky and not good for swimming. For swimming in the sea it recommends Médano Beach in Cabo San Lucas.
How long does it take to get from Hacienda Encantada to the Cabo San Lucas marina?
The marina is about 6.8 km away in a straight line, around 18 minutes by car without traffic. Allow extra time at rush hour.
Can I use the hotel shuttle to reach my yacht?
The hotel shuttle runs to downtown on a fixed schedule every two hours. For a charter it is easier to book our transfer, which takes you straight to your yacht's dock and back; you pay the driver.
Which hotel group runs Hacienda Encantada?
Mexico Grand Hotels, a family-run group that also operates Marina Fiesta Resort & Spa and restaurants in the Golden Zone of the Cabo San Lucas marina.
From your hotel to the water
Tell us your hotel and your group. We plan the pickup and the boat.
A written reply within 2 hours, 8 AM to 8 PM Cabo time.
Sources
- Distances: OpenStreetMap/OSRM (straight line from the hotel to the closest boarding dock in the marina; drive time without traffic with OSRM). Hotel location: INEGI DENUE and OpenStreetMap.
- Pickup prices: our price list by zone and vehicle (data/transport.json), paid to the driver.
Private Charters Cabo is an independent company with no affiliation with Hacienda Encantada Resort & Residences. The hotel's name and information are shown for reference only; photos carry their author's credit and license.