Mexico - Winter 23/24 : 2023-12-06 : Valladolid - Cenotes

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Type Name Description Service Provider Cost Notes Actions
General Info Cenotes $0.00
General Info Watch the Video Mapping Show at the Convent of San Bernardino of Siena Travel Lemming Recommendations: Watch the Video Mapping Show at the Convent of San Bernardino of Siena $0.00
General Info Take a Bike Tour to Cenotes Travel Lemming Recommendations: Take a Bike Tour to Cenotes $0.00 Several of the cenotes near Valladolid are accessible by bicycle paths. There is a popular locally-run bike tour that will take you to the Mercado Municipal, Cenote San Lorenzo Oxman, Cenote Xkeken, Dzitnup, and the village of Chichimila all in one day.
General Info Try Cochinita Pibil Travel Lemming Recommendations: Try Cochinita Pibil $0.00
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Type Name Description Service Provider Cost Kms To Date Total Notes Actions
Other 7 Best Cenotes near Valladolid $0.00
Other 12 Best Cenotes Near Valladolid $0.00
Other The Best 9 Valladolid Cenotes to visit in 2023 $0.00
Accommodation
Type Name Service Provider Confirmation Location Cost Notes Actions
Bed and Breakfast Private Studio in Valladolid 5 AirBnB Valladolid $255.43 Free cancellation before 3PM on Dec 3
Check-in with lockbox
Check-in after 3PM, check-out before 12PM
Bicycles $5/day
Wifi, Outdoor kitchen and dining. No laundry.


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Today we used the bikes from our Airbnb to visit three cenotes.

We rode south on C54, which Maps.me said would take us to our first Cenote, then continue south to the town of Dzitnup, where we could double back northwest to get onto a bike route to visit the other two Cenotes.

C54 has changed. It doesn’t go all the way to the Valladolid ring road, instead, it dead-ends at the dump. There was a side road that looked like it went to the Cenote, but it had a big gate on it and we didn’t want to trespass. When we got to the dump, we decided to return to town and head west to get on the bike path and go at it a different way, but when we got to the gated side road, a guy there told us that it was, in fact, the way to the Cenote, so on we went. The road was atrocious. I’m surprised our loaner bikes survived!

The first Cenote was Oxmán. It was really pretty but it had a rope swing and a lot of noisy splashy young folk. It was also sketchy to get down to the water with three rickety ladders, none of which I felt like using. Brent went for a swim about and I just watched.

After the Cenote we were going to try getting back on C54 south of the Cenote but it was a rough narrow dirt track. A hiking trail, really, so we decided to take the ring road west to Highway 180 which has a separated bike path.

We took the bike path to Cenote X-Kekén, which shares its facilities with Cenote Samula, and I’m glad it does because that one was my favorite. It was much more peaceful, and it was easy to get down to the water. I stayed at the edge for a while enjoying a fish pedicure while Brent went for a swim. Then I joined him for a swim and then had another fish pedicure.

Our final Cenote was X-Kekén and it was also very nice but harder to get in because of some treacherous rocks. I had another fish pedicure while Brent went for a swim.

After all the Cenotes we had an easy 6.1km ride back to our AirBnB, mostly on the bike path.
In the evenings they do a light show at the convent nearby that illustrates the history of the Yucatán and Valladolid.

We watched the show - first in Spanish then in English. After the show we watched a couple have fun with their projected shadows.


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