This cenote is truly unique. At least I’ve never been to another one where you can see so many large stalagmites and stalactites and swim in the cave at the same time. Cenote XKekén is basically like a cave with a pool. And beautiful too. Apart from the cenote itself, XKekén also includes another small mini cave, which you can also visit but is not worth mentioning here, and on top another cenote in the same area. But more on that in another post. You walk to the cenote via a kind of path that leads to stairs going downstairs. These might seem a bit steep, narrow and slippery, but… just hold on tight 😉 Mexicans get up and down there too – some of them unsporty – and survive 😀
Entry to this cenote costs a bit more than to the others because you’re entering a kind of terrain and not just driving to a cenote. XKekén is also really special. I really haven’t seen anything like it anywhere else. Because yes, of course there are caves and sometimes it’s damp etc., but Xkekén is something else. The only thing that is of course the case due to the closed nature of the cenote: little light. Everything is lit exclusively by spotlights and lights. Accordingly, swimming here is not for people who are easily scared. However, the atmosphere is not scary at all, so that should be fine😊
I don’t think I need to say much about this. If there’s one cenote that you definitely have visit when in Valladolid, is XKekén. Simply because, in my opinion, it really is the most special one.