Sentences with phrase «caves cenote»

The nearby caves Cenote Santa Cruz and Aktun Chen with their stalactites and underground rivers make ideal choices for a day trip.

The nearby caves Cenote Santa Cruz and Aktun Chen with their stalactites and underground rivers make pleasant choices for a day trip.

These include Cenote Samula Valladolid (above)-- An impressive cave cenote that used to have giant tree roots dropping many meters from the surface to the water — they have now been damaged but are slowly re-growing.

Cenote Chihuán is 100 % underground cave cenote that is accessible from a local farm.

Cenote Yax Bacaltun — Massive collapsed top cave cenote with a rope swing.

Cenote Chelentun (above)-- This is a long cave cenote with a collapsed dome at one end, instead of the middle.

Cenote Kankirixche is a semi-collapsed cave cenote.

Cenote Dzonbacal (above)-- This open fronted cave cenote is not particularly exciting, but you may have the whole place to yourself at least while everyone else is enjoying X'batun.

Cenote Tzapakal (above)-- This tiny cave cenote has a thin body of water at the bottom of multiple wooden ladders.

Cenote Bolonchoojol (above)-- An underground cave cenote with a small opening directly above the middle of the cenote.

Not exact matches

Researchers had thought that since there were no other obvious energy inputs, the fodder for bacterial life must fall from the surrounding forest into cenotes, eventually floating into the deep parts of the caves.

There were limestone caverns gushing with subterranean rivers, dry mountain caves and water - filled sinkholes called cenotes.

These include limestone pavements (horizontal surfaces of exposed limestone), caves, gorges, potholes, and cenotes (limestone sinkholes filled with freshwater).

One of the highlights was going swimming in the fresh water Cenotes caves — a definite check off the bucket list!

After the bus picked us up at our Playa del Carmen hotel, we went to swim in a freshwater cenote — a natural sinkhole formed where a cave ceiling has collapsed.

The Riviera Maya is peppered with more than 300 cenotes — cave pools fed by underground freshwater rivers, with openings to the sky where the roof has collapsed.

I'm not sure I'd have the courage to head down a cenote and swim underwater to emerge in a cave — despite their beauty!

Sac - Actun is the world's longest underground river and cenote system, mapped by National Geographic cave divers.

From cave diving in the many cenotes that are unique to the Yucatan Peninsula, to discovering the expansive coral reef system that features an impressive array of marine life including colourful tropical fish, manta rays, dolphins, and whale sharks, to visiting 5ta Avenida, which is known to the be liveliest street of the Riviera Maya.

The thing that sets Riviera Maya apart, for me, is the abundance of cenotes (sinkhole), caves and underground rivers.

After visiting some of Riviera Maya's caves and cenotes, I've always wanted to explore more of these underground caverns in other parts of the world.

Take your pick of caving, scuba diving, snorkeling in underground cenotes, zip - lining, rappelling, jungle tours, ATV tours, boating, parasailing, and deep sea fishing.

Highlights include an underground river adventure tour (included in the general entrance fee) where swimmers of all ages don bright pink lifejackets and swim (or more accurately, bob along) through an underground river, various caves and ancient cenotes (water - filled sinkholes).

Cenotes are the perfect way to cool off on a hot day, Mexico's natural swimming holes created when the limestone bedrock caved in to reveal underground rivers below.

With underground rivers, caves, archaeological sites, and thousands of cenotes (sinkholes) it's easy to see why this is a top destination for travelers and nature - lovers alike.

Hidden Worlds Cenote Park offers very accessible diving and snorkeling to visitors of all ages and experience levels, and its beautiful caves were featured in a number of films, including the renowned BBC series, Planet Earth.

The cave system is enormous — over 300 miles long — and visitors can enter through 28 sinkhole entrances known in the area as cenotes (derived from a Mayan word meaning «sacred well»).

We were exploring Mexico's cenotes and caves, looking for, Read More

Other cenotes require visitors to enter a cave in order to access the water.

A fresh water shower is required before entering the cenote cave system.

On this website, you will find cenote and cave diving tours that you can reserve for your Mexican vacation.

Many dive shops service both open water and cave / cenote diving.

The cave and cenote diving is by large located South of Cancun along the Mayan Riviera.

Here are some regional highlights: • The scuba diving cavern Cenote Dos Ojos • The ecological center of Centro Ecológico Akumal • The Xibalba Dive Center • The Punta Venado Caribbean Eco-Park • The Alma Libre bookstore • The caves at Xel - Há park

They are situated well with caves, cenotes, Sian Ka'an, Coba, Tulum, Cozumel and many other destinations within a short drive.

Definitely worth diving in a cenote if you like exploring underwater caves.

Chikin Ha and Kantun Chi offer a variety of both enclosed (cave) and open cenotes.

There are caves here to explore and cenotes to swim in.

I've seen whale sharks, tropical fish, dolphins, sharks, colorful reefs, underwater caves, cenotes, and shipwrecks on my travels.

Enter the underground rivers and caves of the Yucatan Peninsula through a cenote — a natural spring found only in this part of the world.

There are however excellent places to snorkel around Cancun (including caves and cenotes).

For diving info see: Open - Water Diving For snorkeling info including where to go see: Snorkeling For cave and cenote diving see: Cenotes

Beautiful underground dry caves with stalactite and stalagmite formations and a spectacular fresh water cenote.

Snorkeling in a Cenote (a natural cave filled with fresh water) is a fun and unique way to see underwater life.

Casa Cenote looks like a river more than a cave, and its openness makes it a fabulous spot for snorkeling as it brings a lot of light.

Riviera Maya options that Zoetry's concierge can arrange for an additional fee include: • Tours and excursions to the Mayan ruins at Tulum and Chichen Itza • Trips to nearby waterparks like... MORE Xcaret and Xel - Ha • Scuba lessons and certification dives • Snorkel and scuba trips to the Riviera Maya's coral reef (the world's second - longest) • Snorkeling and diving the Riviera Maya's mysterious cenote caves • Fishing charters

A cenote is a natural swimming hole created when a cave ceiling collapsed.

This impact helped form the cenotes, along with millions of years of erosion, plus rising water levels after the last ice age which causes the caves to flood.

Off the Hummingbird Highway, the Caves Branch River is dotted with cenotes (sinkholes) and grottoes.

All - Terrain Vehicle Tours Ride an ATV through jungle paths, swim in a clear 60 - foot - deep cenote, explore caves and climb ancient Maya ruins on a two - hour tour.