Cenotes near Cancún: 17 Cenotes with Fees and Directions
There is no cenote to swim in inside Cancún itself: the nearest are on the Ruta de los Cenotes in Puerto Morelos, about 30 minutes south. These 17 pages cover the cenotes people drive to from Cancún, grouped by area, each with its entry fee in pesos, the swim or dive, and the tour that goes there.
Puerto Morelos and the Ruta de los Cenotes
The cenotes closest to Cancún sit along one inland road from Puerto Morelos. Cenote Zapote has the hanging rock formations divers call hells bells, Cenote Kin Ha has a cavern and platform jumps, and the road itself has a dozen more, each with its own gate fee paid in cash.
Ruta de los Cenotes, Puerto Morelos: Cenotes Km by Km
The Ruta de los Cenotes runs about 35 km inland from Puerto Morelos, 36 km south of Cancún. The cenotes by km marker, 2026 fees, colectivos and tours.
Cenote Zapote: Hells Bells, Eco-Park and Fee
Cenote Zapote is a 54 m deep cenote park on the Ruta de los Cenotes, famous for the Hells Bells at about 30 m. What swimmers and divers get and how to go.
Cenote Kin Ha: Cavern, Jumps, Fee and How to Get There
Cenote Kin Ha is a cavern cenote on the Ruta de los Cenotes near Puerto Morelos. The jump, the 600-peso entry for two cenotes, hours, colectivos and tours.
Playa del Carmen and Cozumel
An hour south of Cancún on highway 307, Cenote Azul is an open swimming cenote with a jump, and Cenote Chaak Tun on the edge of Playa del Carmen is a pair of caves. Cozumel has only a few cenotes of its own; most cruise passengers cross to the mainland for one.
Cenote Azul, Playa del Carmen: Fee, Cliff Jump, Getting There
Cenote Azul is an open cenote at km 266 of Highway 307, 25 km south of Playa del Carmen. 120 to 180 pesos in 2025-2026 reports, the 4 m jump and the colectivo.
Cenote Chaak Tun, Playa del Carmen: Caves, Fee, Getting There
Cenote Chaak Tun is a cave cenote park on Avenida Juárez, minutes from central Playa del Carmen. What the caves are like, the fee, and how to get there.
Cozumel Cenotes: The Island's Few and the Mainland Trip
Cozumel has few cenotes you can swim in. What is on the island, and how cruise passengers reach mainland cenotes by the Playa del Carmen ferry in a port day.
Tulum and the Sac Actun system
The Tulum cenotes open onto Sistema Sac Actun, one of the longest underwater cave systems surveyed. Gran Cenote and Dos Ojos are the best known for snorkelling and cavern dives; Calavera, Carwash, Casa Cenote and Casa Tortuga are smaller, cheaper and closer to town.
Gran Cenote Tulum: Entrance Fee, Snorkeling and Diving
Gran Cenote is 4 to 5 km from Tulum on the Cobá road: about 500 pesos entry in 2025–2026 reports, turtles, cavern snorkelling, dives and how to get there.
Cenote Dos Ojos: Entrance Fee, Snorkeling and Cavern Dives
Cenote Dos Ojos is 20 to 22 km north of Tulum: 350 to 500 pesos in 2026 reports, snorkelling to 10 m, cavern dives for Open Water divers, and how to get there.
Cenote Sac Actun, Tulum: The Sistema Sac Actun Cave System
Sac Actun is the flooded cave system under Tulum: 386 km surveyed in January 2023 and 228 cenote entrances. Which cenotes open onto it and how to visit.
Cenote Calavera, Tulum: The Skull Cenote, Fee and Jump
Cenote Calavera is 3 km from Tulum on the Cobá road: three holes shaped like a skull, a jump-in entry and 150 to 300 pesos at the gate in 2026 reports.
Carwash Cenote Tulum (Aktun Ha): Fee, Swimming, Diving
Cenote Carwash, or Aktun Ha, is 8 to 9 km from Tulum on the Cobá road: an open pool about 3 m deep, a cave for guided divers and a cash fee at the gate.
Casa Cenote, Tulum: Fee, Snorkelling and Diving
Casa Cenote (Cenote Manatí) is a mangrove-lined open cenote at Tankah, about 10 km north of Tulum. Fee, snorkelling, the 6 m dive and how to get there.
Cenotes Casa Tortuga, Tulum: Four Cenotes, Fee, Families
Casa Tortuga is a four-cenote park on Highway 307 north of Tulum, 1 to 8 m deep, with a guided swim of about 1 hour 40. Fees, rules and tours from Cancún.
Chichén Itzá and Valladolid
The far side of the day trip, in Yucatán state. Ik Kil is the round cenote three kilometres from Chichén Itzá, the Sacred Cenote inside the site is for looking, not swimming, and Suytun and Zací are the cenotes around Valladolid.
Cenote Ik Kil: Entrance Fee, Hours, Depth and Tours
Cenote Ik Kil is 3 km from Chichén Itzá: 240 pesos with life vest and locker, open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., about 48 m deep. How to get there from Cancún.
The Sacred Cenote of Chichén Itzá: History, Depth, Visit
The Sacred Cenote is inside Chichén Itzá: 60 m wide, water 27 m down, no swimming. What was found in it, the 697-peso ticket and where to swim instead.
Cenote Suytun, Valladolid: Tickets, Light Beam and Tours
Cenote Suytun is a cave cenote 8 km from Valladolid with a stone platform under a roof hole: 2025 ticket prices, the light beam and how to get there.
Cenote Zací, Valladolid: Fee, Swimming and Location
Cenote Zací is a semi-open cenote a few blocks from Valladolid's main plaza: 150 pesos for adults since January 2025, swimming allowed, 2 hours from Cancún.