No. 241 Visit Yaxbacaltún Cenote in Homún

The great Yaxbacaltún cenote is located 75 minutes away from Mérida. Once you arrive, you will feel the genuine experience of being Yucatecan, in this place you will learn about the astonishing Mayan culture while having fun, the Yucatecan style, and if you are the kind of person who loves risk, you can descend in rappel. Enjoy swimming in deep waters, listen to the sounds of nature in the resting area, and experience contact with nature.

To enter the semi-open cenote, you will descend 49.2 ft through stairs, until getting to the water which is approximately 49 ft deep.

Join this delicious tour to participate in the preparation of pibil chicken, a traditional dish, and experience for yourself the authentic Yucatecan cuisine.

This experience takes place in Tekit region, you will start by visiting the corn mill, where the dough to make tortillas is made. Then, you will visit the local market and you will look for recados, spices, meat, vegetables, and fruits. Once you got the ingredients, you will start preparing the dish with the cook Ana. While the dish is cooked over firewood, you will visit the traditional solar where you will see Melipona bees and will taste their honey. At the end, you will learn to make hand-made tortillas and will eat the dish you previously prepared. An unforgettable experience full of flavor, live it with Yaax Tekit.

Ek Balam is a village where the main language is the Maya and is located 1.2 miles from the archeological site with the same name. Its inhabitants preserve many ancient Mayan traditions like the work in the cornfield and the houses’ architecture.

Enjoy a relaxing visit to the village with a local guide. Discover how this community blends traditions with modernity, using tourism as a new way to reinforce their identity and improve their quality of life, while they preserve their natural and cultural richness. Learn about the traditional way of living and the homes of the Mayan population in Yucatán.

Participate in the workshops while you learn to prepare hand-made tortillas, weave hammocks and make embroidery with a sewing machine.

Discover Hubikú ecological park and experience wonderful moments. Come and plunge in its main and impressive attraction, a cenote with warm crystalline waters and a spectacular natural illumination inside. You can taste exquisite food at their buffet restaurant, and you can visit the tequila museum where you can try assorted flavors of tequila. This place has a Mayan village you can also visit and will have the opportunity to learn how some Yucatecan people currently live. Undoubtedly, a great place to spend an incredible day.

Ecos de Uxmal consists of a night visit to the impressive archeological site of Uxmal, which currently is one of the main wonders and one of the most important constructions of the Mayan culture. You can enjoy this videomapping experience where the projection is made on the temples, buildings, and structures of the area. You will learn a little bit about the Mayan culture history in a magical environment full of life. Dare to live this experience.

Enjoy live music at Paseo 60, a wonderful outdoors place where you can taste a great culinary variety. It is the perfect place to spend a pleasant time with the family, friends, or couple while enjoying live music of diverse groups or singers. Discover this innovative proposal created from the passion for the state of Yucatán, is a concept where past, present, and future blend together. It includes all kind of services and areas to benefit their visitors.

Near Homún municipality you can find Canunchén cenote, an enclosed-type cenote inside a grotto. The descent to enter is approximately 49.2 ft until getting to a wooden platform that will allow you to stay comfortably inside the cenote and it has a rope so you can jump to the water in a Tarzan style. If you want to stay in contact with nature and spend a pleasant time, Canunchén cenote is the ideal place for you. It has palapas and hammocks so that you can enjoy the sea breeze and coolness of the place, and even eat in this area.

Do you feel like an adventurer? Then take your bike and go on a tour through the Mayan jungle. Dare to experience a magical adventure by visiting The 7 Cenotes, an eco-tourist development in Yucatán, where you will have the opportunity to discover different cenotes which are natural wonders of the mystical Mayan world in a tour guided by experts.

This place has all facilities required for a unique and unforgettable experience. You will be able to connect with nature through two different activities, one in a semi-open cenote, and the other is a sensorial experience in a cave. The tours are on a bike and in the end, you will enjoy a delicious Yucatecan dish; undoubtedly, a great adventure.

Dare to discover the diving experience in the incredible cenotes of the Yucatán Peninsula, where you can dive into the depths of the underwater caves accompanied and monitored by professionals. Do not miss the opportunity of living the best experience of two worlds: Diving and Cenotes.

You will start the day with a theoretical class given by a certified instructor, in an hour, you will learn about the principles of a safe dive, then you will make a first practice in a swimming pool to acquire and apply diverse skills needed when you are underwater. Once these important lessons are finished, you will go to the cenote where you will dive; there, you will enjoy beautiful sunlight effects through the crystalline waters, which enclose the magic of nature and Mayan culture of cenotes in Yucatán, always accompanied by professional instructors who will make of your first immersion a safe and fun adventure. To finish this wonderful experience, you will visit the neighboring Mayan community where you can taste a delicious traditional meal with the unique flavor of the Yucatecan seasoning. On your way back, you can see and incredible and colorful sunset in the highway. Dare to explore these impressive caves of thousands of years which will take you back in history and which undoubtedly have an unparalleled beauty.

In this beautiful place you will find an open-type cenote, in which you can swim, jump from different heights, or use a Tarzan-like rope to plunge into the water, and enjoy watching the flora and fauna from the region. This incredible open-type cenote has a diameter of 164 ft and is the perfect excuse to enjoy nature in the middle of the jungle. This place is preserved as most natural as possible, with minimum intervention of aggressive materials. After a refreshing plunge you can delight yourself with delicious dishes from Yucatán at the restaurant. Visit this cenote and experience a comprehensive contact with the jungle.

Enjoy the opportunity to learn about the corn production process, one of the most important foods for the Mayan people and which represents the soul of the people. You will visit a sustainable cornfield that seeks to increase the efficiency of soil resources, you will learn about tasks related to cleaning, sowing, and harvesting, as well as about the challenges producers must face related to environmental issues. You will have the incredible experience of tasting beverages prepared with corn and will learn to prepare them; all the process from the raw material, as well as other beverages made for special moments. The work in the cornfields is essential for Yaxunah’s community and you can help to preserve their customs.

At the terrace of Río Lagartos Hotel, the highest place of the village, and with a view to the town and to the estuary, they have a musical trio playing traditional Yucatecan Trova, while you watch the sunset, dinner is optional á la carte, but you can ask for the Chef’s suggestions of the day. Once the sun disappears from Río Lagartos and is dark, you can start the experience of Astro Tourism with a certified astronomer who will guide you about constellations, stars, or some daily events like star shower, meteor shower, eclipses, and even observation of some planets, depending on the weather and the season of the year.