Among the asphalt, cars, and shopping carts, the Costco in Merida, Mexico features an amazing natural wonder: a semi-open cenote. A cenote is a sinkhole or collapsed cave filled with groundwater.

There’s hardly a better way to spend a hot day than swimming in a cenote on Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. The cool, fresh, 75-degree cenote water is delightful now, when temperatures are in the ...

Cenote Kankirixché in Abalá, just 30 minutes from Uxmal, is a semi-open cenote with a wooden staircase and platform to access the water. With a depth ranging from two to 50 meters, it's great ...

The Car Wash cenote is a 15-minute taxi ride from the hotel, and costs 50 pesos (about $2.50 USD) to enter. Afterward, follow locals’ example and fuel up on tacos al pastor, aguas frescas, and ...

The Yucatán peninsula is full of fantastic water deposits and caves that were flooded during the last Ice Age, to become real time capsules in which you can observe incredible limestone formations.

Guides The Yucatán: Beyond the Beaches Explore the jaw-dropping ruins of ancient Mayan cities, the sacred cenotes, and the ambiance of the jungle on a Yucatán honeymoon.