The Cenotes of the Mayan Riviera, a mystery full of history and magic ...

The Cenotes of the Mayan Riviera, a mystery full of history and magic ...

  12/ JUN/ 2019

Its creation goes back millions of years, in the last Ice Age, when the sea level dropped and left the coral barrier exposed.
With the passage of time it became fertile soil for vegetation to grow and finally the tropical jungle that currently covers the peninsula emerged.
 
The first rains mixed with the carbon dioxide of the atmosphere that eroded the limestone and wells were formed that, over time, became much larger passages and tunnels, giving way to the creation of a Mayan oasis of huge systems of underground rivers, cenotes and caverns.
Guarded by the jungle, swimming in a cenote is an adventure that you can not miss during your visit to the Mexican Riviera Maya.
 
The cenotes are deep water wells, which are fed by the filtration of the rain and by the currents of the rivers that are born in the heart of the earth. That is why when swimming in a cenote you feel so much freshness, imagine that the average temperature of its waters is of maximum 24 ° C!
 
There are different types of cenotes, CAVERNA, are the youngest cenotes and the most mysterious, since it is located inside a cavern, many of which were scenarios for Mayan ceremonies.
The color of the water that can be appreciated when the sun is filtered, by its bobedas, goes from the emerald green to the intense blues.
SEMIABIERTOS cenotes that are middle-aged, where a part of them has already been out in the open.
They can connect with others and some are so crystalline that you can admire all the life that resides in them.

 

The cenotes OPEN, are the oldest, since after millions of years the roof that covered them collapsed, leaving them open, they are of a natural beauty that takes your breath away, their walls are upholstered with flora, of diverse and vivid colors. And, finally the OLD cenotes, which have been completely exposed, resemble a lagoon.