Cenote Swim Tours in Tulum
A cenote swim tour is the simplest and most rewarding way to see the freshwater wonders around Tulum, and you need no experience beyond being able to float.
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Tulum is the cenote capital of the Riviera Maya, the one base where you can swim in a different freshwater sinkhole every morning and still be on the Caribbean beach by lunch. The town sits on a porous limestone shelf with no rivers on the surface, so for thousands of years rain has drained underground and carved the longest flooded cave network on earth. Where the cave roof collapsed it left a cenote, an open pool of water so clear it looks like glass, and the stretch of jungle highway between Tulum and Coba is studded with the most famous of them. Gran Cenote is the postcard, a pair of turquoise pools linked by a bat cave where turtles paddle past your mask and snorkelers drift over submerged stalactites. A short ride away the Dos Ojos park hides two huge round eyes of water that open into a cathedral of white rock, while Calavera, the skull cenote, is a single jungle pothole you jump straight into. Most travelers here are not divers, and they do not need to be: the magic of a Tulum cenote is felt with nothing more than a mask, a snorkel and a life vest, floating in 25 degree water under shafts of sunlight while small fish flicker below. This hub gathers the cenote-swimming and snorkeling activities worth booking around Tulum, the headline cenotes to plan your days around and hand-picked small-group tours from local operators, so you can chain two or three cenotes in a morning, dry off on a beach in the afternoon and never waste time on transfers you could have grouped together.
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Cenote Snorkeling in Tulum
Cenote snorkeling around Tulum trades the open sea for impossibly clear freshwater, and for many visitors it is the highlight of the whole Riviera Maya.
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Dos Ojos Cenote
Dos Ojos is the most photographed cenote near Tulum, a pair of giant round pools whose name, Two Eyes, comes from the two openings that stare up at the jungle and connect underground into one of the longest flooded cave systems in the world.
Read guide →Gran Cenote
Gran Cenote is the postcard cenote of Tulum, a cluster of turquoise pools just off the road to Coba linked by a half-submerged cave you can snorkel straight through.
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