Cenote Cave Interior near Playa del Carmen

Cenote cave interior near Playa del Carmen with limestone formations and a freshwater pool.
Cenote cave interior near Playa del Carmen with limestone formations and a freshwater pool.

Cenote cave interior near Playa del Carmen, Mexico, contains limestone formations and a freshwater pool. Cenotes form where limestone bedrock collapses or dissolves, exposing groundwater in the karst aquifer of the Yucatán Peninsula. Many cenotes in the region were used by Maya communities for water access and ritual activity, and some are now managed for swimming, snorkeling, or cave diving.

Photo taken in December 2016.

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Playa Del Carmen
Aerial resort complexes and cenote interiors around Playa del Carmen in the Riviera Maya
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