Reflection

Gran Cenote, west of Tulum on the Yucatan coast, is a gigantic hole that enables visitors to look down into a giant window on Sistema Sac Actun (the “Water Cave System” in Mayan). In the center of the hole, or “cenote” (say-noh-tay), is a small island. If you stand on the dock on the north side of the island, you see this opening leading to yet another cenote.

Upstream of Gran Cenote is over a mile of beautifully decorated underwater cave. On the right side of this opening (and almost impossible to find) is a small opening through which the water continues to flow. Over the past few years, all but of a few hundred feet of this passageway has been mapped — quite an accomplishment when you consider the cave continues over four miles downstream to the ocean.

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