Bebelchen Cenote – An Adventure

Getting to Bebelchen Cenote feels a little like you’re discovering this place for the first time: the entrance is in the middle of the jungle. There’s a booth at the entrance where they’ll list the safety measures to follow. This is a cave cenote—that means it’s enclosed—with no shallow waters, so there’s a couple. Safety talk over, they’ll also give you the menu for the restaurant so you can start studying it.

The Facilities at Bebelchen Cenote

You don’t have to show up wearing your swimming gear, though. There are bathrooms and changing rooms to change into your best cenote-exploring attire (trunks and fedora hat combo?) before you enter the Bebelchen cenote.

Bebelchen has its own restaurant

That big palapa (thatched roof) over there is the restaurant area. You can sit for a while to rest and enjoy the shade after the highway ride. Remember the menu at the entrance? Hope you studied it well because this is where you’ll eat—just wait until after you get out of the water.

Look, there’s also a well over there. It’s no longer in use, but more on that later.

Ready? You can’t miss the entrance, it’s right next to the huge tree.

Inside the Belbechen Cenote

Wow. The roof is filled with stalactites of all sizes. Look at those reaching towards the water at the back, like long fingers! A couple is even dipping in it, they’re so long!

Follow the stairway to the platform below. You better wear your life jacket, as there are no shallow waters here, and this cenote is over 100 ft. deep.

Where’s that ray of sunshine coming from? Cenotes are unique in that they let you experience the world upside down from angles you never thought possible. Remember that out-of-use well you saw near the entrance? Never seen one from this perspective, have you?

If you’re not feeling like swimming, there are a couple of kayaks permanently floating on the water. Just grab one and set sail.