Sentences with phrase «cenotes for»

The number of cenotes for scuba diving in Tulum and Playa del Carmen is unbelievable.

But what are the best cenotes for diving?

Having passed up the reputable diving in Cozumel due to the cost, Dave and I decided to visit one of the local Cenotes for a little snorkeling instead.

There are many beautiful cenotes in Tulum but they are not all good cenotes for snorkeling.

Then head inland to our first cenote for a snorkel in a subterranean cavern — believed by the ancient Maya to be a gateway to the underworld.

Exciting part of my Mexico tour was experiencing a cenote for the first time.

Enjoy a delicious buffet lunch at a local restaurant before stopping by a crystal - clear cenote for a refreshing swim.

There are tricycle drivers that you will see adjacent to the ruin entrance and they will you bring you into the cenote for a small fee.

After visiting Chichen Itza, you'll head to a refreshing cenote for a swim (45 minutes).

Some cenotes can be a lot more open (like Casa Cenote for example) and I imagine beginners can stay in the open area — where the snorkellers go.

Again, we had the cenote for ourselves as we were the last ones to visit it that day.

Not exact matches

Resort amenities include a signature Greg Norman championship golf course, fine dining at Casa del Lago and Punta Bonita, Rose Buds for children, and Sense, A Rosewood Spa, which is designed around a cenote, one of the sacred water wells of the ancient Mayans, and sits on a private island.

Water lilies reach for the filtered sunlight shining to the depths of a sinkhole in the Aktun Ha cenote on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.

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.

«We're not trying to do it for anyone except ourselves — just go out in the jungle, find cenotes, jump in, and go exploring.»

Basic Cave Diving: A Blueprint for Survival by Sheck Exley (National Speleological Society, 1986) Caverns Measureless to Man by Sheck Exley (Cave Books, 1994) The Taming of the Slough by Sheck Exley (National Speleological Society, 2004) The Cenotes of the Riviera Maya by Steve Gerrard (Steve Gerrard, 2000) Beyond the Deep: The Deadly Descent Into the World's Most Treacherous Cave by William Stone, Barbara am Ende, and Monte Paulsen (Grand Central, 2002)

My love for Mexico explodes when I think of cenotes, swimming with turtles, swimming with whale sharks, galavanting in the turquoise waters of Isla Mujeres and visiting the Plastic Bottle Floating Island.

I went to Riviera Maya 9 years ago and although we had an opportunity to swim in one of the Cenotes, I actually ddn't do it because at the time, I wasn't sure if I was confident enough in the water there especially for snorkelling.

With underground rivers for snorkeling, Xcaret Eco-Park is one of the Riviera Maya's top places to experience being inside a cenote; on a previous visit, we spent a day at Xcaret.

He is the director of the National Geographic - supported Great Maya Aquifer project in the Yucatán, and has also received grants from the Society for his Cenote Cult project.

Get your ruin on with a visit to Tulum perched atop the sea, explore the fish - and coral - filled seas around Cozumel on a scuba dive, go swimming in a cenote or at the beach, and save some energy for a night out on the town.

This just goes to show how many options there are for swimming in cenotes and underground rivers.

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

Valladolid is another good base for exploring the Yucatan Peninsula with affordable accommodation, close proximity to Chichen Itza (only 45 minutes away), and a bunch of different freshwater cenotes nearby.

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.

We hired a van service for the week which made it easy for us to visit Tulum, Cenotes and get around town.

I liked Grand Cenote better because there was more light and a few different areas for newbies to explore.

Top crop: Indigenous to the tropical forests of Central America, cacao trees have grown wild in Belize for some 3,000 years — flourishing in the humid microclimates of cenotes — and farmed since around 250 B.C. Today Belize's cacao farmers, mostly in the country's southern Toledo District, cultivate the native Criollo plant, which is considered to be the highest quality cacao bean native to Central America.

The main centers for scuba diving in «cenotes» are in Akumal.

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

Your kids will love the multicolored fishes living in the ocean or inlets through their snorkeling mask, the legendary blue shades of the Caribbean Sea, the mysterious lush jungle, home for endemic and beautiful species, the sacred cenotes or natural sinkholes with impressive rock formations.

While reef - diving is worth the trip, cenotes that lie under the ground offer even more adventurous experiences for divers to explore the complex network of underground rivers.

Visit important archaeological buildings such as the Ossuary, the Observatory, Las Monjas Group and the Sacred Cenote, a natural sinkhole that used to be a sacred place for sacrifices.

You will have the unique opportunity to go snorkeling in the crystalline water in this cenote that is known for its phenomenal rock formations including stalagmites and stalactites.

You will then hop on one of our mountain bikes for some trail riding to our canopy course where you can rappel fifty feet down to the cool water of another cenote, as well as zip high above the jungle floor on three steel cable zip lines.

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

After the hike, you will have a chance to cool off in another splendid cenote, Yaxmuul, known for its rock formations.

On this journey designed for families, we will learn about the ancient Maya and explore their former ceremonial centers, we'll visit and interact with local Maya communities to learn of their living traditions, we will refresh in the cool blue green water of the cenotes.

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

Cenotes were once important locations for ancient indigenous residents of the Yucatan like the Toltec and Mayan peoples.

With bleach white sand, aquamarine water, and delightfully cool cenotes, this corner of Mexico has become immensely popular for all the right reasons.

The water area of the cenote is broad, providing ample room for all swimmers.

Worth a visit for its stunning location next to the Cenote Azul, the restaurant sits right on the edge of the cenote and offers regional and Mexican cuCenote Azul, the restaurant sits right on the edge of the cenote and offers regional and Mexican cucenote and offers regional and Mexican cuisine.

You can swim / snorkel / dive in the cenotes and the experience is quite memorable for divers.

Cenote Angelita, just south of Tulum, Mexico, has a secret, underground river where the most experienced scuba divers go for a serious adventure... Read More

Visit the stunning Ik «kil cenote after your tour of the ruins for an excellent and memorable day in the Yucatan!

Many precious objects were found at the bottom of this beautiful cenote, which indicates the Mayas used it for sacred rituals instead of human sacrifices.

Most resorts and hotels provide tour packages for this area where you can choose from one or several cenotes to visit in a day.

Going for a swim in the crystal waters of this lovely cenote covered with water lilies truly was one of the highlights of my trip!

There are many options for cenotes in this area.