Cenotes near Valladolid, secrets of the Mayan’s land.

If you want to cool off in clear and transparent water, you don’t need to leave Valladolid. In the Yucatan Peninsula, near Valladolid, Merida and the Riviera Maya you will find underground fresh water pools from below the surface rivers connected throughout the entire Peninsula.
In several of the region’s cenotes pre-Hispanic and even prehistoric pieces have been found; these are human and animal remains which date back 14,000 years. Sacred spaces for the Mayans, here they performed rituals related to rain and fertility as well as human sacrifices. Today, these cenotes are still places of worship for the communities living in the region.

In the cenotes called Dzitnup,

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