Cenotes Dzitnup

Some of the nicest cenotes in the area. The life jackets are horrendous, large, and provide little safety. I felt much more confident without being choked by a giant piece of cheap foam. Otherwise, they’re beautiful and clean.

Good experience here. Only 10min from Valladolid and you have two cenotes and life jackets included in the $226 price + $20 for locker. Say no to the guides at the front. Xkeken was dark and very cool, not very busy at all. Samula was open and brighter but much busier. Heads up that the locker locks don't actually lock anything with the way the mechanism works. Better to bring your own small one or figure out how to twist the lock wire so that the door won't open.

Pretty good cenotes close to town. Walk past the tour guys when you arrive and buy your tickets directly. Recommend you bring your own lock for the lockers. The locks they give you are so long they don't actually do anything and you can still open the locker even with it locked. I ended up double-looping the lock but that still wasn't ideal.

Ok here is the deal, when you go to experience the real taste of any country you should expect to find everything so make sure you bring water towels swimsuit etc. Any Cenotes it is a great experience and some are way better than others but overall is just the fact how they are created water under a cave just astonish. We were driving and found this Cenotes they are two. The water is cool but once you are inside you are good to experience the amazing cenotes.

5 stars for the actual cenotes, as they were beautiful, clean and quiet. As others have mentioned, the "guides" feel somewhat scammy. I knew about them beforehand from these reviews, but when we actually got there it was hard to say no since we weren't exactly sure where to go right away and I didn't know who we needed to buy the tickets from. They tried to charge us 500 MXN after showing us where the cenote was. So, say "no gracias" to everyone at the very front who greets you when you park, walk straight in and you'll see the area with booths to your left after a couple hundred feet where you can actually buy the tickets to get in. Once inside the little courtyard area, Xkeken is to your left (across the road) and Samula to the right. You'll have to get life jackets on the left side of the courtyard and leave an ID as collateral before going to the cenotes. Also, I was a little confused about the different names on Google Maps (Dzitnup, Samula, Xkeken), but the individual cenotes here are Samula (smaller and shallower) and Xkeken (larger and deeper with cool cave formations), and Cenotes Dzitnup refers to them collectively. Both of the cenotes are very beautiful in their own ways and are well worth visiting! We went on a Monday in the early afternoon and both of them were almost empty with only a few other people.

This area has 2 cenotes to offer. You can pay for one, two and a little extra in each to get a life jacket vest. Both are accessed via steep stairs and are cave like cenotes. The right one were those photos were taken has a lovely blue hue, direct sunlight strengthen the water to roc contrat. The swim is pleasant, you can jump in the water and return from small ladder. Only 3/4 of the water area is accessible due to sharp and dangerous parts on the last quarter. That’s way enough to relax and enjoy. Big plus, this place is less crowded then Oxman nearby.

We came here as part of our Chichen Itza tour with Absolute Adventures. The shady area with lots of trees and the beautiful cool water cenotes were just what we needed after a hot morning visiting the ruins. When we arrived, my mum became quite entranced by one of the two macaw parrots there, and was offered to take photos with them for a small fee. The birds looked well cared for so we decided to take them up on the offer and the guy at the desk emailed them all to me as well as printing a few. We first went to cenote Xkeken which was my personal favourite of the two. The water was so clear that you could see the bottom straight away, and a beautiful shade of blue. The sun streaming in from above hit the water in just the right way to give it a lovely natural atmosphere. There were a few people in there, but it didn't feel crowded. Look out for tiny fish swimming around you, and bats flying above. Next we went for a short walk with our guide to cenote Samula. This one was slightly darker, but just as clear and blue. Both cenotes seemed cold when we got in, but this was likely because our skin was hot from the morning at the ruins. We enjoyed both cenotes and stayed for a little while until we decided it was time to leave for lunch. In all, this was a wonderful stop to our day and had been recommended by our guide as an alternative to the busy Il Kil. I've not been there so I can't comment on that, but we loved how quiet this place was and that we could relax and cool down a bit before going on with the rest of our day.

The cenotes themselves are quite good. We went in the morning and there were barely people. Most of the people started coming around 10,before that we had the cenotes almost private. The price is 210mxn for the two cenotes, including life jacket. What it DOESN'T INCLUDE are the "guides". And that's why I give the bad review. Quite rude staff and some "fake guides". When entering skip all the "staff" who wants to talk to you and help you because after they give you the 3min tour they say 150mxn per person per cenote! Big scam! Shame on you! I had to discuss with the guy like 10min,although I was so friendly to him, speaking Spanish etc, he decided to take advantage of this! So to sum up: nice cenotes, disrespectful service!