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INTERVAL WORLD

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Issue 2, 2017

LAND’S END

and

BEYOND

offer leisure pursuits aplenty.

Teeming with marine life,

the waters around Cabo, Mexico,

BY CHRIS SANDS

Forming the spine of Baja California Sur state, the Sierra de la Laguna moun-

tain range dominates the center of the peninsula between La Paz, the state

capital, and Los Cabos, the state’s most popular travel destination. These

mountains reach nearly as high as 7,000 feet before descending on all sides

into desert. The stark landscapes are guarded by lonely sentinels and tow-

ering specimens of cardón, the world’s largest cactus species. To the south,

east, and west, the desert slowly shifts as it nears the coast, its coarse-

grained, gravelly sand gradually becoming — like coal into diamonds — the

fine golden powder of Cabo’s picturesque beaches. It truly is a stunning

geographical transformation, from rocky pinnacles to sunbaked desert to

wave-lapped shorelines, all in the space of a few short miles.

Make a Splash in

Cabo

Make an exchange

Getaways start at $347.

The Getaway price is valid July 1 through

Sept. 30, 2018.

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