Suytun, Oxman & Xux-Ha — Private Cenote Tour
The Valladolid cenotes — Suytun’s stone platform under the light beam, Oxman for the rope swing, Xux-Ha to finish. A long day inland, and worth being told so before you book.
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- Full day (long)
- Meeting point
- Hotel pickup from Tulum, Playa del Carmen or Cancún
- Sharing
- Private — your group only
These are not Riviera Maya cenotes. They sit around Valladolid, roughly two hours inland from the coast, and the driving is the honest cost of the day — four hours in the car, there and back.
What you get for it is Suytun: a circular stone platform in a cave, with a shaft of light falling through the roof onto it around midday. It is the most photographed cenote in Yucatán, which cuts both ways — arrive at the wrong hour and there is a queue for the platform. Oxman is the opposite: an open garden cenote with a rope swing. Xux-Ha is quieter than both.
Ask what time you would reach Suytun. The light beam only works in a narrow window and only on sunny days, and no operator can promise it.
Highlights
- Suytun’s stone platform and light beam — conditions permitting
- Oxman: open cenote with a rope swing
- Private guide and transport from the coast
- Roughly two hours inland each way
What is included
- Private guide
- Private transport and hotel pickup
- Cenote entry fees
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