10 Cenotes in Quintana Roo, Mexico: Map & Photos

10 cenotes

Quintana Roo has 10 cenotes with their own page on Puebloteca, near the Pueblos Mágicos of Tulum and Bacalar. The closest to a pueblo is Cenote Calavera, 2 km from Tulum; the farthest out is Cenote Dos Ojos, 15 km from Tulum.

Cenotes are good for a swim all year, at about 24 °C. Most charge a small entrance fee, ask you to shower first and skip sunscreen, and close in the late afternoon.

Best months, when most of these towns are dry with comfortable afternoons: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr.

The Cenotes 10

Cenote Calavera · Cenote · 2 km from Tulum
A small cenote just outside town with three holes in the rock like a skull; people jump in through the biggest one.
Cenote Azul · Cenote · 4 km from Bacalar
A huge, round, very deep cenote right by the lagoon at the south edge of town, with a restaurant on its shore.
Gran Cenote · Cenote · 4 km from Tulum
Tulum's best-known cenote, a few minutes up the Cobá road: clear water, cave passages and turtles that swim among the snorkelers.
Cenote Carwash · Cenote · 7 km from Tulum
An open, pond-like cenote on the Cobá road, named for the taxi drivers who once washed their cars here; famous among cave divers.
Cenote Zacil-Ha · Cenote · 7 km from Tulum
A small, round open cenote on the Cobá road with a zipline that drops you into the water, plus a pool and restaurant.
Casa Cenote · Cenote · 10 km from Tulum
A mangrove-lined cenote at Tankah that flows like a river and connects to the sea underground; fish from the reef swim in it.
Cenote Angelita · Cenote · 14 km from Tulum
A 60-meter-deep dive cenote south of Tulum where a cloud of hydrogen sulfide looks like an underwater river; for experienced divers.
Cenote Dos Ojos · Cenote · 15 km from Tulum
Two linked sinkholes about 20 minutes north, the entrance to a vast flooded cave system; superb for snorkeling and cavern diving.
Cocalitos · Cenote · Bacalar
A small lakeside swimming spot south of Bacalar town with a cenote, hammocks and swings over the water, and one of the lagoon's best stromatolite beds.
Yalahau · Cenote · Lázaro Cárdenas
Freshwater spring on the mainland shore of the Yalahau lagoon, west of Chiquilá; a boat-tour swim stop from Holbox.