Cenotes are all shapes and sizes, and the one at Chooj-Ha is simply impressive. When you factor in a couple of extra activities this place offers, it makes it an unskippable stop. The facilities around Chooj-Ha Cenote The Chooj-Ha cenote has pretty basic facilities, but they’re everything you need: changing rooms, bathrooms, and showers. There’s…
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The road to the Kankirixche Cenote 30 miles from Merida, Yucatan’s capital city, Kankirixche cenote is not the easiest to get to. The signage is all right (that wasn’t always true), but a narrow, one-lane dirt road in the middle of the wilderness separates the highway from the cenote’s entrance. Just be patient and careful.…
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The Riviera Maya is peppered by cenotes and the location of some is very convenient. The Hubiku cenote, close to Yucatan’s city of Valladolid, is right on the way to and from Chichen Itza, Ek Balam, and other, smaller archeological sites. It’s a perfect stop before or after spending the day touring the Mayan ruins…
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The beautiful island Holbox has been inhabited by the Mayan people since before the Spanish Conquest. Its name comes from the Mayan language and means black hole. However, this slice of paradise could not be further from such a thing: thousands of tourists flock to this place every year due to its sandy beaches, tranquil…
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Mexico is full of haciendas, as they’re an important part of the country’s history. In most of them, you can see what they used to make and how people used to live and work there. Hacienda Selva Maya is a bit different, though. Not only you can see that, but you can swim in a…
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As there are no two alike, cenote-hopping is a common practice in the Yucatan Peninsula. Visit one, swim a little, move on to the next one. The recently opened Ecotours Xtohil (sometimes spelled with a J: “Xtojil”) offers a great chance to see what that’s like. How the Ecotours Xtohil tour works The tour covers…
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One of the most popular tourist activities in the Riviera Maya, so full of cenotes, is cenote-hopping, or cenote touring: visiting a few on the same day. On one of the most popular cenote routes, Azul simply cannot be missing from your cenote checklist. Where is Azul Cenote? If you stand on the Chetumal-Cancun Highway…
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Cancun’s Grand Fiesta Americana Coral Beach is so enormous, it’s easy to get lost in it. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. Right at Cancun’s hotel zone We could just say the Grand Fiesta Americana Coral Beach is right on the hotel zone and leave it at that, but that’s not the whole story, as…
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We know. Though beautiful, cenotes have a lot of scary potential, and one called “Pueblo Fantasma” Cenote (“ghost town”) is not very reassuring. Don’t worry, though. We promise you’ll be so mesmerized by this place that you won’t think about apparitions—or the bats that live among the stalactites. Where does the name Pueblo Fantasma come…
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Though cenote-hopping—visiting several cenotes in a single trip—is a common practice in the Yucatan Peninsula, there’s another side to that coin. Just 20 minutes south of Merida, the San Ignacio cenote is a great place to stay put and relax for the weekend. The facilities at San Ignacio At first glance, the place looks more…
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