The Feathered Serpent · day 1
Cenote Ik Kil
Why here
The Maya read cenotes as gates to the underworld; sliding into the cool blue water, you understand why.
A blue well with a ceiling of falling roots.
When to come
season
any
time
right at opening, before tour groups
weather
hot outside makes the water sweeter
crowd
packed with Chichén day-tours by noon
⊘ It's on the Chichén tour circuit and mobbed midday — come at opening, and rinse off sun cream first (required, to protect the water).
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Where on the route