Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Visiting a cenote when in Mexico’s Yucatán is simply a must-do. The experience is somewhere between mystical and serene – every ...

"There are about 1,000 registered cenotes in Yucatán," our tour guide proudly declares as he ushers us around Gran Museo del Munda Maya, a museum in Merida that showcases Mayan art and history. That's ...

Una familia de Hunucmá descubrió un cenote oculto tras la caída de una gallina.

Jan. 10—There's hardly a better way to spend a hot day than swimming in a cenote on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. The cool, fresh, 75-degree cenote water is delightful now, when temperatures are in the ...

Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula, one of the world’s most visited regions, sits on a bedrock of limestone caused by the asteroid collision that wiped out the dinosaurs. Rainwater seeping into the limestone ...

While Cancun may be famous for the nightlife and party atmosphere of the hotel zone, there is much to see and do outside the confines of the all-inclusive experience. Diving the underwater museum, ...

The Maya called them dzonots (sacred wells). The Spanish — mangling the Mayan name — called them cenotes. We call them unsurpassable swimming holes. The Yucatán peninsula, where most of Mexico's ...

An 11th prehistoric skeleton has been found in the underground river and cave system along Mexico’s Caribbean coast.