The underground caverns form when limestone caves in, leaving a sinkhole in the ... home to nearly 20,000 known cenotes, with most within a few hours drive of Cancun, Playa del Carmen, Tulum ...

The Yucatan cenotes are a type of cave or sinkhole. They are typically formed ... Riviera Maya and all around the Yucatan.

An curved arrow pointing right. A cenote is a natural sinkhole filled with groundwater. This one, Cenote Ik Kil in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, is about 90 feet below ground level — and the water ...

Divers head for spooky cenotes (sinkholes) and caves or sunlit coves teeming with tropical fish; beach bums choose between bikini and beer hangouts or secluded stretches of untrammeled sand ...