"A young group of teens stood on top of a rocky ledge, some fearful, some excited, some just egging their friends to jump. Their trepidations were warranted - it's not every day you're faced with a drop of about 30 feet above the surface of a pool of water. But inevitably, each brave adolescent took the leap and gasped for a few seconds of unnerving airtime before gravity plunged them into the cool freshwater below."
"On any given hot tropical day in the Riviera Maya, tourists and locals alike often switch it up from the beach and head inland on the Ruta de los Cenote, to see and experience the local geological marvels of cenotes - groundwater-filled sinkholes - and enjoy a swim in the jungle. There are hundreds of swim-accessible cenotes across the Yucatán Peninsula, but Cenote Zapote stands apart, not just for its high rocky ledges but for its paleontological and geological history and its enigmatic phenomena within."
A group of teenagers jumped from a rocky 30-foot ledge into the cool freshwater of Cenote Zapote, unaware of a vast underwater realm below. Cenote Zapote sits in Cenotes Zapote Ecopark about 29 km west of Puerto Morelos and lies inland on the Ruta de los Cenote in the Riviera Maya. The cavern is hourglass-shaped with a total depth near 55 m, and scuba divers are generally limited to about 30 m. Cenote Zapote is solitary rather than a tunnel entry point and is notable for paleontological, geological history and enigmatic underwater phenomena. Diving with scuba equipment is required to explore the deeper subterranean mystery.
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