No. 301 Discover Pool Uinic Cenote

Include a beautiful cenote in your tourist experiences bucket list, this time we recommend Pool Uinic cenote, a small but gorgeous cenote with illumination inside, of shallow crystalline waters, with a wide garden with trees and fruit trees which you will cross to discover this natural wonder.

Even though it is small, it is lovely. To get to the shore you must descend carefully through stone stairs, and at the end there is a cave you can explore by scuba diving with the support of a certified diver who knows the place.

The walls have stalagmites which are admired by visitors during their stay, there is also a tree emerging from the inside of the cenote to the surface. As it is an illuminated cenote, it is also visited at night, until 10 pm.

Sky Stellar invites you to a sky tour to learn about constellations and the most beautiful astronomic objects, among which are the sun, the moon, the planets, and diverse objects in the deep space, such as galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters. You can use computerized professional telescopes to observe these objects with a high definition, to see the strips and Jupiter areas, as well as the large red spot, Saturn rings and the Cassini division among them, and even to distinguish the shape and color of the farthest planets in the solar system, Uranus, and Neptune.

On the other hand, and thanks to the great diameter of their telescopes, they capture enough light to see the faintest and diffuse objects in the deep space, that is to say, the objects who are beyond the solar system, like the huge hydrogen nebulae, where stars are born, swarms of hundreds or thousands of stars (clusters), and galaxies which are millions of light years from the Earth.

Finally, and with no additional cost, you will be offered a photo shooting under the stars, so that you can have a souvenir with your family or friends from this fantastic experience.

Only 12 minutes away from the peripheral road in Mérida, you can find Ponylandia, a didactic farm specialized for the past 19 years in miniature farm animals from diverse parts of the world, like horses, donkeys, cows, goats, roosters, and many more miniature animals. This experience is thought to have contact with these animals, you can touch them, pet them, feed them, and take pictures with them. This tour is ideal to enjoy with the family and friends.

Come and discover this beautiful cenote of crystalline blue waters, comfortable and clean, suitable for swimming. From the moment you arrive to this marvelous place, you can cross the wooden bridge connecting you to nature to enjoy a pleasant view of the fish you can find, as well as listening the birds’ singing in harmony with nature.

You will become an explorer descending, by means of stairs, to the past to visit the underworld and being astonished by the view of a myriad of stalactites and stalagmites; and you will be able to appreciate the blue that appears because of the natural sunlight. It has a platform in the shore where you can walk, wet your feet, and enjoy the crystalline and refreshing waters, the water will get to your waist, getting down you can swim pleasantly, it brings security because you can see where you walk, it is a haven cenote as the waterflows are on the sides. As it is in a cave and is semi-open type cenote, it is clean. It has spotlights which illuminate the place at night.

Discover a unique experience just 20 minutes away from the peripheral road in Mérida, at Chocholá, Yucatán. San Ignacio Cenote is an eco-tourist park where you can accommodate in a Mayan hut surrounded by nature, and you can also swim in the safest and most crystalline cenote.

You will wake up with the birds’ singing, you can walk around the large gardens and the organic vegetable garden, you can taste the best flavors at Xtabentún restaurant, you can see the sunset under a sacred kapok tree, and you will discover the most representative symbols of the Mayan culture in just one place.

Rooms are completely equipped with minibar, smart TV, closet, safe box, desk, private bathroom, terrace, and a garden courtyard, and for the luxury option a private bathtub to relax while drinking a glass of wine.

Near the park you can easily explore grottoes, tour archeological sites, visit museums, and visit any other places in Mérida or Campeche. Besides, San Ignacio Cenote is the only one you can visit where you can safely swim at night. The cenote is available so that you can enjoy it until midnight. It is an underground shallow cenote with crystal-clear turquoise waters, the cave is completely illuminated, and temperature keeps between 75.2 and 78.8 °F at all times.

Located 45 minutes from Mérida and 20 minutes from Progreso, Camping & Cabañas Chelem offer you the opportunity to visit the charming village of Chelem and its surroundings for an affordable price, without sacrificing comfort.

If you like to camp, this experience is for you. This incredible activity invites you to enjoy some resting days while you experience camping just five minutes away from the beautiful beaches of Chelem. The concept consists in providing you with all the necessary to spend a comfortable and quiet night under the stars accompanied by your family, couple, or friends, without bringing anything else but your eagerness to have fun and spend a pleasant time. The place is designed outdoors to share an open relaxing area to connect with nature in a friendly way for the environment. Tents have an inflatable mattress, blankets, towels, and amenities. Besides, you can enjoy the swimming pool, hammocks, swings, and volleyball areas.

For travelers looking for longer stays, there is also restaurant service, bike rental, and laundry to complement your stay in the best way.

Located just 30 minutes away from Chichen Itzá, you can find Chihuan Cenote, a wonderful natural place, considered as one of the safest and most beautiful in the State.

It is an excellent option to visit and enjoy, it has a depth that goes from 19.6 ft to 45.9 ft always having direct access to the surface. Its diameter is 393.7 ft, from which 131.2 ft are illuminated.

You can admire huge stone formations besides stalactites and stalagmites which reach from 9.8 to 42.6 ft of depth.

Chihuán Cenote is undoubtedly the perfect place for practicing scuba diving, as its caves are ideal for this sport, its waters are blue due to the artificial light that enters.

Its enigmatic beauty is such that on April 18^th, 2003, Discovery Channel recorded a documentary about this and other cenotes in the State of Yucatán under the name: From “Earth’s Center” a Place in Yucatán, showing all the world the beauty and wonder of this cenote.

Yucatán Peninsula is characterized for being one of the places where you can perform an excellent birdwatching activity; when visiting Mayan lands, you cannot miss visiting Celestún, cradle of great birdwatchers and an amazing place which will allow you to listen a wide variety of singings and observe a vast variety of colors, going from the flamingo’s pink to the oriole’s yellow.

Ría Celestún Biosphere Reserve has a register of more than 305 bird species, among them you can find the great cormorant, the bare-throated tiger heron, the ringed kingfisher, shovelers, the Yucatán wren, and many more will be awaiting at sunrise, so take your binoculars and a delicious coffee, and in approximately 5 hours of a day you can see a good number of birds, watching the wonders this reserve has.

It is an activity that promises a wonderful experience, during the tour, you will be accompanied by a guide specialized in birdwatching. If you prefer, you can send a list of the birds you would like to see, and they will gladly go with you in this fascinating life adventure.

The Biciruta is a familiar-recreational activity which has become a custom in Mérida. There are different routes within the city, however, if you do not like to go in the morning, you can also go at night, on the Evening Biciruta.

It is an activity organized by Mérida’s Town Hall and it is free of charge for everyone. The evening biciruta tour goes from Santa Ana park to Monumento a la Patria. A Paseo de Montejo lane is closed for cars to become a two-way bicycle lane. When arriving to Monumento a la Patria, you will see the video mapping. If you have a bike, you can bring it and enjoy this fantastic and fun activity, if not, you can rent a bike to enjoy the activity. During the tour, you can find other services like hydration stops, police in charge of traffic safety, and of course, first aid services in case there is an emergency. Dare to go on a bike promenade with your family or friends, this not only will detox you from the routine, but it is also beneficial for your health. If you want, you can visit the biciruta’s official website for more information.

In this experience, you can observe and take pictures from birds of three different ecosystems (coastal dune, beach, and mangrove). The tour starts walking on the coastal dune, where you can picture hummingbirds, Yucatán wrens, Yucatán jays, mockingbirds, Yucatan gnatcatchers, quails, tropical mockingbirds, tropical kingbirds, among others. Then, at the beach you can watch many beach species and during the winter many migratory species.

To continue with the tour, you will have a short transportation in a vehicle to get to the point where you will get on a boat and navigate until getting to a nesting sanctuary of more than twelve diverse aquatic species like cormorants, herons, shovelers, ibis, the great horned owl, and the great-tailed grackle. You will navigate around the mangrove’s isle, where the ideal place for photo shooting is located, while you listen to the explanation from the specialized guides.

Bicitul has for you a guided biking tour where you can go along 2.4 miles while you learn about the history of the former governor Felipe Carrillo Puerto and Elvia Carrillo Puerto. You can see the church, the convent, the city’s town hall, where you will go into a local cultivation area located in a former henequen hacienda, the perfect scenery to take spectacular souvenir pictures, and you will listen from a tenant about the cultivation processes. You can also buy products 100% fresh, like radish, coriander, squash, habanero pepper, beet, among others. The tour continues visiting the fascinating Sambulá Cenote, where you can refresh in the crystalline waters. Without doubt, after the physical activity of riding a bike, this will be the best moment of the tour, and inside the museum you will find who put the name to the famous motuleños eggs. After finishing swimming in the cenote, you will go back to “20 de Noviembre” market, the place where you will find the best motuleños eggs. This experience is appropriate for all the family.

Come and enjoy a visit to a Mayan hut called "Ú Najhil Úuchben Hanal" Mayan village, where you will see the process to prepare the pibil chicken and the sikil pak, a Yucatecan food made with pumpkin seeds and tomato). You can participate in the elaboration, from getting the ingredients, making hand-made tortillas, grounding spices on the metate (mealing stone), and tasting both dishes.

You will also listen to the explanation of an altar to baptize corn and (depending on the season, you may offer the sacá, made with nixtamalized corn and previously grounded and mixed with water and honey). This will allow you to learn more about Santa Elena’s village, full of mysticism, preserving their culinary traditions and customs, as well as their culture. Besides, it is located few miles away from the Puuc Route, which has archeological vestiges in the same village, and you can visit with trained people, as they are not enabled for tourism.