MELLOW MEXICO

In the quiet hills outside Los Cabos, IVY CARRUTH discovers sustainability and style sharing space.

- IVY CARRUTH

CABO SAN LUCAS, OR MORE SIMPLY, CABO, might be best known for its upscale tequila-fuelled nightlife and clifftop resorts, and rightly so. Everyone's best Friend, Jennifer Aniston visits several times a year, and popstar-actor Selena Gomez hosted her hens' do beachside here. It's that kind of vibe, but the love affair started long before this. The iconic 1976 song “Hotel California”, written about the Eagles' time here, celebrates (much) wilder times. Perhaps you know the words?

Forget that. Up in the tranquil hillsides of Ánimas Bajas, only 20 minutes from town, there's a different rhythm entirely. The pace slows. Small things are done with intent.

Acre Resort (pronounced Ah-cray) unfolds over 10 hectares of orchard and sweet-sapped agave. Part working farm, part design-driven retreat, and wholly, absolutely, uninterested in the chaos down the hill, it's like polished boho had a commitment ceremony with nature.

Cabo, in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur, isn't always an obvious choice from Australia, but it should be. Get to LAX, and from there a direct flight has you arriving in two and a half hours. Once installed at Acre, you're in good hands. Thirteen treehouses stalk the canopy like something dreamt up by a minimalist Tarzan, each wrapped in bark and softened by the light that slips through the leaves. Inside, it's texture and quiet luxury, binoculars for bird watching and air conditioning for sleeping deeply amid the scent of citrus and a soundtrack provided by cicadas. There's WiFi if you must, but this place is designed to make you forget about life oustide the perimeter.