The cenotes in the Yucatan peninsula were used by the Mayans for fresh drinking water. Today, some are private and some are commercial for snorkeling and diving. The rules are strict – no sunscreen, no bug spray, nothing to spoil the clear beauty of the water that has seeped through the limestone.
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- There are over 6,000 cenotes in the Yucatan Peninsula – the Cenote Republic.
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- Casa Cenote on a beautiful clear morning.
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- Behind us is the mangrove swamp, and we actually made it back there!
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- Mike’s free diving allowed him to avoid tangling with the mangrove roots, which I had to snake through.
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- “Where is the crocodile?”, I asked. “Don’t worry”, said our guide. “He’s in the water, but he’s well fed”. Mike: “What?!”
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- Sometimes in your travels, you come across incredible beauty. A natural oasis.
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- Once inside the caves, we had to swim carefully to avoid getting conked in the head.
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- Velvety bats chattered overhead as we snorkeled a few feet below them.
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- This crawdad was larger than, and AFTER my foot!
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- Swimming under a waterfall in a cenote.
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- Mike hamming it up on the platform we jumped from for a good hour. Fun!
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- In front of the ruins in Tulum, right before we jumped in for our one salt water snorkel.
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- This sea turtle really wanted a close up with my camera!
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