Centro histórico de San José del Cabo
A short drive from the hotel zone. The old town grew around the Misión de San José del Cabo Añuití, founded on April 8, 1730, and Plaza Mijares has a cultural market with local artisans on Thursdays.3
Photo: one of our yachts in Cabo San Lucas bay; we do not have a free photo of this hotel yet
Hotels · beachfront suite resort with a nine-hole golf course
The Grand Mayan Los Cabos
Zona Hotelera · Zone 1 · 28.7 km in a straight line
- Zone
- San José
- From the marina
- 28.7 km
The hotel
The Grand Mayan Los Cabos is a Vidanta resort of suites in the hotel zone of San José del Cabo, with tiered pools that run down to the beach and its own nine-hole golf course. It is about 28.7 km from the Cabo San Lucas marina, around 32 minutes without traffic, and longer at rush hour. Guests heading out on a yacht travel west to Cabo San Lucas, where each yacht boards at its own dock.
Vidanta describes the pools as ending at a white-sand beach, where the spa sets up massage tents. The resort does not say whether the sea in front is safe for swimming. San José beaches get red flags when the surf is high, as Zofemat did in April 2026 at Costa Azul and Las Palmas, so check the flag before going in.1
History and curious facts
The story of The Grand Mayan Los Cabos
The Grand Mayan Los Cabos belongs to Grupo Vidanta, the Mexican resort developer founded by Daniel Chávez Morán in 1974, whose brands include Grand Luxxe, The Grand Bliss, The Grand Mayan and Mayan Palace. In a press release dated January 4, 2017, Vidanta announced that it would open the first Herringbone restaurant in Mexico inside The Grand Mayan Los Cabos and that the complex would also host an Omnia dayclub, both as part of a partnership with Hakkasan Group. Today Vidanta lists three restaurants and lounges at the resort made with Hakkasan Group, among them The Reserve, El Mezquite and Samba, along with the Brio Spa and a nine-hole golf course. Vidanta does not publish the year the resort opened.
Things you may not know
- The resort has its own nine-hole golf course, which Vidanta describes as nine challenging holes.1
- In January 2017 Vidanta chose this hotel for the first Herringbone restaurant in Mexico, a seafood concept from Hakkasan Group.2
- The pools are built in three tiers among palm trees and end at the sand, and the Brio Spa offers massages in tents on the beach.1
- Grupo Vidanta was founded in 1974 by Daniel Chávez Morán and also built Mexico's first privately owned airport, Mar de Cortés International in Puerto Peñasco.2
Around the hotel
What is near The Grand Mayan Los Cabos
Estero de San José del Cabo
A protected estuary at the east end of the hotel zone, a state reserve since 1994 and a Ramsar wetland since 2009, with 217 recorded species of waterbirds, 97 of them migratory.4
Marina Cabo San Lucas
Every charter boards here. From The Grand Mayan it is about 28.7 km, around 32 minutes by car without traffic.5
Getting to the marina
From The Grand Mayan Los Cabos to Marina Cabo San Lucas
The Grand Mayan Los Cabos is 28.7 km in a straight line from Marina Cabo San Lucas, and the closest boarding dock is Fisherman's Landing. The trip is about 32 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. The Grand Mayan Los Cabos is in Zone 1: San José del Cabo. 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.
- 28.7 km
- in a straight line
- 32 min
- by car without traffic
| Vehicle | Guests | One way | Round trip |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUV | up to 4 | USD 75 cashUSD 79 card | USD 160 cashUSD 168 card |
| Escalade | up to 6 | USD 95 cashUSD 100 card | USD 180 cashUSD 189 card |
| Van (Hiace) | 9 to 11 | USD 80 cashUSD 84 card | USD 160 cashUSD 168 card |
| Sprinter | 19 to 20 | USD 100 cashUSD 105 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 The Grand Mayan Los Cabos
The Grand Mayan has suites of one and two bedrooms that suit families and groups of friends, and for them a private yacht is a practical way to spend a day together on the water. Our transfer picks the group up at the resort, drives about half an hour to the Cabo San Lucas marina and brings everyone back after the charter; the driver collects the fare, and the price depends on the hotel's zone. Groups of friends often book a snorkel outing in the morning and leave the afternoon for the pools or the nine-hole course. Couples tend to prefer the sunset outing, and between December and April a whale watching trip is the one most people staying on this side of Los Cabos ask about.
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
The Grand Mayan Los Cabos: what guests ask
How far is The Grand Mayan Los Cabos from the Cabo San Lucas marina?
About 28.7 km, around 32 minutes by car without traffic. In the afternoon rush it takes longer.
Is The Grand Mayan in San José del Cabo or in Cabo San Lucas?
It is in the hotel zone of San José del Cabo. Cabo San Lucas, where the yachts leave, is about 28.7 km to the west.
Can a whole group staying at The Grand Mayan ride together to the yacht?
Yes. Book our transfer for the group; the driver picks everyone up at the resort and takes you to your yacht's dock in the marina and back.
Does The Grand Mayan have its own golf course?
Yes, a nine-hole course on the property, according to Vidanta.
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.
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