Visiting well startswith understanding
It's our responsibility to learn before we go: how cenotes form, what they mean and how to care for them.
Concept image. It does not represent a specific cenote.
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Prepare your visit, understand the land and learn how to observe without disturbing. Six short reads, each one straight to the point.
Before you go
Cash, hours, life jackets and access: what to confirm before setting out.
Prepare your visitFrequently asked questions
Can I enter if I cannot swim? Do they take cards? We tell you what to check.
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What is a cenote?
Their types, their link to groundwater and why a cenote is more than a natural pool.
Understand the context
Cenotes and Maya culture
Water, sacred places and memory, without reducing it to a single story.
Explore their meaning
Aquifer conservation
What threatens the water connecting cenotes and what helps protect it.
Read about conservation
Observe without disturbing
Document plants, animals and signs without touching them or revealing sensitive locations.
Learn how to observeStories below the surface
Visual stories about geology, Maya culture and water conservation around the cenotes.
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How a cenote forms
From rainwater to collapsing rock: the process that creates this landscape.
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The water beneath our feet
A look at the underground system connecting the Peninsula.
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Landscapes of the Ring of Cenotes
The Ring of Cenotes, its communities and different ways of approaching the water.
Read the articleWhat threatens the aquifer
The pressures that are not always visible from the surface.
Read the articleVoices caring for cenotes
Stories from those who live, work and care for these places.
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