Set in Ánimas Bajas, around 25 minutes from Los Cabos International Airport, Acre occupies an improbable green pocket where desert hills give way to palms, mango trees and sprawling organic gardens. Canadian founders Cameron Watt and Stuart McPherson originally conceived the property around a restaurant and cocktail bar; its elevated treehouses followed in 2017, eventually joined by villas, haciendas and an expanding roster of experiences.

The arrival of Tranquilo feels like a natural next chapter. At its center is a dedicated wet room designed for water-based rituals and body treatments, while the four treatment cabins have been conceived as quiet, cocooning spaces within Acre’s lush surroundings. The menu spans massage, reflexology, aromatherapy, facials, and scrubs, but the more interesting treatments draw inspiration from close to home. The two-hour Nopal Detox, for example, draws on the Mexican tradition of using nopal cactus and incorporates organic cactus grown on the property; other treatments make use of herbs and botanicals harvested from Acre’s orchards and gardens.

Wellness at Acre has always been considerably looser than the robe-and-slippers variety. Guests can start the morning with yoga beneath the palms or in the mango orchard, take a Pilates or sound-healing session, cycle the property’s meandering paths, play pickleball or head out on horseback. There is also the secluded Jungle Pool, wrapped in dense foliage, and an Acre Academy offering everything from pottery and painting to jewelry and natural soap making.

Accommodation still runs from Acre’s whimsical adults-only treehouses — 13 hideaways suspended in the palm canopy with private terraces and outdoor showers — to larger two- and three-bedroom villas and two- to four-bedroom haciendas with pools and expansive indoor-outdoor living spaces. The latter were designed by Mexican architect Héctor Esrawe, bringing a more polished residential counterpoint to the rustic treehouses.

And then there is the food. Acre’s working farm grows over 60 varieties of organic produce for Acre Restaurant & Cocktail Bar, where Chefs David Fajardo and Maycoll Calderón’s menus fuse Baja ingredients with a global perspective — think Baja oysters with cucumber, lemon, shiso and habanero, or tuna tartare with avocado, ginger, yuzu and radish. The restaurant earned a Michelin Green Star in 2024 for its approach to sustainability, making dinner beneath the lantern-lit palms as much a part of the Acre experience as sleeping above them.

Acre’s less conventional residents are part of its appeal, too. Peacocks roam freely across the grounds, while dedicated enclosures are home to goats, rabbits, pigs, chickens, and the resort’s resident burro, Polo. Acre Dogs, the property’s rescue and adoption initiative, rehabilitates abandoned dogs and connects them with homes across North America. More than 1,000 dogs have been adopted since 2019, and guests can visit — or even take an adoptable dog for a walk around the property.

And for guests who decide a weekend in the palms isn’t quite enough, Acre has increasingly blurred the boundary between resort and residential community. Its villas and haciendas are privately owned, with a limited number offered through fractional ownership; owners can place unused time into Acre’s rental pool or exchange stays through the ThirdHome network. In other words, Tranquilo’s newest treatment may not be the only thing designed to make leaving difficult. acreresort.com

All photos courtesy of Acre Resort.