A "Cenote" or "Cenotes" (plural)is the name given in the south part of Mexico and centro-america for a large, subacuatic cave, (or series of) usually a "Cenote" has a mayan-linkage, because these was a important part of their rites. A Cenote, viewed from outside, may look like a small lake, with cavernous entrances near, and /or a thick jungle. In fact, All of the cenotes are always surrounded by the rich mayan jungle. The prehispanic mayas have rites of trowing large pieces of gold as a manner of sacrifice, and for that, most of the cenotes were explored in the first part of the 20th century. Now, they remains as a good atraction to divers, but they can be very dangerous, since most of then have underwater currents.
Cenotes are magical, enigmatic and unique in the world and were once the only resource for fresh, sweet water in the local Yucatecan jungle.
The cenotes of Yucatan are a natural treasure that should be seen by all, keeping in mind that they should be protected so that man does not destroy in a few days what nature took millions of years to create.
There are four different types of cenotes - those that are completely underground, those that are semi-underground, those that are at land level like a lake or pond, like the one at Dzibilchaltun and those that are open wells, like the one in Chichen Itza.
Cenote (pronounced in Spanish seh-no-teh and in English say-no-tay, plural: cenotes) is the name given in Central America and southern Mexico to a type of freshwater-filled limestonesinkhole.
Cenotes were formed at low sea-level stages during the Pleistocene Epoch.
Golden sacrificial artifacts were found in such cenotes, leading to the archaeological exploration of most cenotes in the first part of the 20th century.
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