From the cool highlands of Oaxaca we flew to the steamy coast at Cancun to spend a night at the fishing village of Puerto Morelos before continuing to Tulum.
Friday 28 June 2024Puerto Morelos – Tulum
We organized a taxi to take us from Puerto Morelos to Tulum, stopping at 2 cenotes on the way. Cenotes are water-filled sinkholes naturally formed by the collapse of limestone in the Yucatan peninsula.
Saturday 29 June 2024 Tulum archaeological site
Last time we were in Tulum, on 2011 (here) it was a small sleepy village. With a new international airport and the Maya Train it’s become a place to be seen, expanding rapidly.
Tulum was one of the last cities built by the Maya with most of the constructions around 1200. It’s the only Mayan city on the coast and the only one still occupied when the Spanish arrived in Mexico.
With rain and very strong winds it was not the best time to visit the archaeological site at Tulum. Impressive nevertheless.
Sunday 30 June 2024 Tulumcenotes
We visited two cenotes near Tulum – Gran Cenote and Cenote Calavera.
Click the image below to watch Katie and Chanti jumping in video!