Yucatán With Kids: Cenotes

three people in a yellow kayak in water lit by the sun (in a cave)

Chapter 3: Cenotes

Cenotes Near Mérida: Kid Friendly Cenotes

El Corchito

el corchito cenote, progreso

Dzibilchaltun

open cenote - clear green-blue water with lillies. Trees all around

Telchaqiullo

best cenotes to visit with kids

Santa Cruz

cave cenote, shallow blue-green water in a long thin cave

San Antonio

cenote san antonio, homun

Cenotes Near Mérida: Hacienda Cenotes

Santa Barbara

open cenote, focusing on tree and massive roots hanging down into cenote

Mucuyché

looking down on a channel of water between two green banks swimming in cave cenote - clear blue water, rock formations hanging down around solitary swimmer

 

Cenotes Near Mérida: Wild Cenotes

Yaal Utzilman jumping off a wooden platform into a cenote. blue water, trees all around

Kankirixche

cave cenote, very blue water, person in red life jacket, vines hangings

Noh-Mozon

looking down into a blue watered cenote, some tree roots hanging in front

Canunchen (Homun Cenote Circle)

Super Awesome Kid Fun in Merida

Cenotes Near Valladolid

Zaci

looking down on a green cenote through the trees

San Lorenzo Oxman

Cenote Hacienda Ozman, Photo by Andrea Schaffer, licenced under CC

Sac-Auathree people in a yellow kayak in water lit by the sun (in a cave)

Hacienda Selva Maya

large cenote, green water, rocky walls

Zazil-Tunich

cave cenote. Bright clear blue water, stalactites

K’ax Ek

little kid standing on bamboo raft in middle of large cenote. Green water, trees all around

Yokdzonot

view of a cenote from the water. a splash in front of photos. wooden platform and stairs. people on platform

Xcanche

green water cenote, photo taken from behind vines hanging