Cenotes in Cancun

Looking at the title of the post i belive your are thinking about tropical beaches , tasty cocktails and fun in Cancun. Your wrong... In today's post yes we will go to Cancun. Not in the tropical beaches but in the cenotes.

For you that you don't know where is Cancun here is some things you should know. Cancún is a city in southeastern Mexico, located on the northeast coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo.

Now Cenotes of the Yucatán is a route through the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico. It follows a network of secondary roads through the interior of the peninsula which the Mexican government has dubbed La Ruta de los Cenotes.

The underground river systems of the Yucatan flow beneath the entire peninsula. During the ice ages when the ocean levels were much lower than they are today, what was once a giant coral reef became exposed to the atmosphere and eventually became the Yucatan Peninsula.

Massive cave systems were formed by gradual dissolving of the highly porous coral limestone. These caves are called "solution caves" because they were formed by the slightly acidic rainfall dissolving the alkaline limestone. Inside the caves the geological formations such as stalactites and stalagmites are a spectacular sight to see.

Many of the caverns eventually collapsed and the sea levels rose partially or completely flooding the cave systems. The water table of the entire peninsula is filled with consists of seawater at sea level and freshwater 'floating' on top at varying depth depending on the distance from the sea.

At Il Kil ,which is accessible from the free highway between Chichén Itzá and Valladolid, it is an ecological and archeological park. This park also contains the Sagrado Cenote Azul, in a sinkhole that is 26 meters deep and surrounded by vegetation. It's crystal blue waters are ideal for swimming.

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