One trademark is the masks along the buildings of the long-nosed Chaac, god of rain and lightning. Uxmal had no natural cenotes or bodies of water to draw from but depended on rain to fill to their ...

explore Mayan ruins (like the ones at Chichen Itza or Uxmal), swim in one of the Yucatans many cenotes (like the network in Cuzama), or even see flamingos at the pink lake of Las Coloradas.

Considered sacred waters by the Mayans, the expansive El Gran Cenote is an underground cavern that is a refreshing antidote to the Tulum heat and sun. Here, you can swim, snorkel and dive amid ...