Cenote Azul is located about a 25 minute drive from Playa del Carmen, and the same distance from Tulum. When you drive through Puerto Aventuras, you'll see it on the right hand side after only a few miles/km.
If you're not driving there yourself, it's quite easy to get there on a Colectivo, which is a small van that will leave every 10 minutes from Playa del Carmen, or if you're coming from Tulum, it's approximately the same. The bus fare is around 40-50 pesos per person.
It's important to tell the driver to stop at Cenote Azul, because they won't just stop if you don't tell them. I usually keep my GPS on on my phone and remind the driver again just before we get there. Entrance fee to the cenote is 100 pesos for children under 8, and 150 for adult
The mangrove surrounding the cenote gives you a feeling of being in paradise. Actually, we are! It's amazing to be here. I feel so blessed!
I was testing my GoPro Hero10 to see if action photos and videos were as good as promised. So I had to try a few things here.
Here's my kiddos jumping.
This place is definitely worth a visit. It's worth the money, especially if you go in the morning. On weekdays you won't find many people there, aside from a few tourists. But there are so many cenotes, the chance that people all go to one and the same is very small. It's a great day to spend away from the hustle and bustle of the city, and have a relaxed fun day with the whole family (or alone hehe). I hope you've enjoyed this post.
Thank you for reading!
Looks lovely. I only got to visit one Centoe during my trip to Mexico. I only had a crappy bike I'd rented in Tulum to ride to the public beach. So I just set off down the road going toward Akumal and stopped at the first Centote I saw about 30 mins later 🤣
It was a pretty awesome cenote as well. There were a bunch of small turtles swimming around in it and I found a small private cave by free diving down and noticing there was a place where the roof opened up about 12 meters away from the main cavern. I check and the roof had about 3 inches of an air gap to this little private grotto, so it was safe to swim to it with the snorkel.
I loved the cenote I visited, especially in the Mexican heat 😂 It looks like you had a fun and relaxing day. Great that you had cliffs to jump from... there were none of those at the one I stopped at, and it was all gated and you had to pay a fee. When I think about it, it was probably the closest and a bit of a tourist trap, but the caves were amazing.
All the best @misslasvegas
Thank you!
The closest cenote to Tulum is probably Casa las Tortugas. It has a few cenotes. Yeah, it's a bit of a tourist trap, as it is also way more expensive than the others. But it's worth a visit. At least once. You have to pay for most cenotes but it's not that crazy luckily.
About 150 pesos per adult is worth it for the great view and cool water. And the conversations I had with the fish LOL.
Oh I am so sold, I haven't had a fish foot spa since swimming in Alaska during the salmon run, lol!
I am so glad you had such a lovely cenote outing. We were supposed to stay in Tulum a couple of years ago with our family but that one thing happened and we had to postpone. I'm super excited because now when I go I have a whole bunch of awesome posts to go through with things that will rock to do! Seriously, thank you so much for sharing this!
Also, I love, love, loved all your gorgeous pictures!!!
Ah, thank you! Yes, there's enough to do in the area. If you do come out this way, you'll have to visit Playa del Carmen too. Tulum is beautiful but not my cup of tea.
They call the expats that settled there the 'Tuluminati' so that should say enough about them LOL. Conscious hipster wannabes that preach enlightenment during the day, while indulging in drink and drugs at night. Weird. Playa is a lot more sane I think.
Playa del Karma they call it here hahaha.
Cancun has its charm too but from all three of the bigger places, Playa is definitely my favorite.
Either way, I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself and have fun wherever you go!
Tuluminati LOL!
Playa definitely sounds more my speed, although I do love to observe the local wildlife, and entitled hipsters never fail to disappoint😁
Last time I visited Mexico (Puerto Vallarta) we went and stayed in a resort during the time of year locals went on vacation and they all thought my hubs and I were locals too (we are kinda easy going), still have fond memories of playing beach volleyball and getting hugs from a gaggle of abuelas when I asked for my floor in the best Spanish I could summon lol lol!
I know one thing for sure, if I ever do get to head that way, I am so so going to hit you up for a restaurant suggestion list, you eat the best looking food I swear!!
Hope you are having a lovely day😊
Oh, the people here do appreciate it when you try to speak Spanish, and not be such a 'tourist', which I really can't see you do. Abuela hugs are the best haha.
Look at me talking about abuelas and tourists as if I'm a local hehe. But it sure feels that way. It's only been 7 months, but it feels like we've been here forever, in a good way. Now the better Spanish needs to follow hehe.
And yeah, definitely. I will put a nice restaurant list together for you :)
Oh wow, it does look like paradise. It is so hot where I am now and what I would give to have somewhere like that to go with such clear waters and so close. So great to see you all have fun xxxx
Yeah, I forget sometimes that there are places where it's even warmer that don't have these. Here the cenotes seem to be popping up everywhere. I'm pretty sure there's a reason for that. There's lots of healing to do in the world, and those cenotes have healing powers for sure...
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Dang, that water is so clear. Reminds me of some of the springs up in our area. Probably a lot warmer though. Just beautiful!
hmmm, the water is quite on the cold side but it's great on a hot day.
I used to stand on the side of the ocean or lake in Holland and Ireland, squealing when someone came running by and splashed up some water. I never went IN to the ocean in Ireland. Not once in 10 years. Too damn cold. But here I jump in like it's nothing.
But yeah, I'd say those springs are very similar. They must feel amazing too when it's hot.
I know you guys have hot days there too haha.
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Wow! That is a beautiful place!
The footspa from the little fish are great :D
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Awesome! It looks amazing there.
@camthecreator did a similar post a while ago. Did you guys go together?
It looks fantastic!
Hmmm, those fish like like they're either Gourami's or Chichlids.
!CTP
Yeah, @camthecreator went there first though, and then last weekend we all went there together. :) It's not so far so it's easy enough to get to.
It is! The photos don't really do it any justice. It looks much better in real life.
No idea about the fish. What I thought was remarkable was that the water was slightly salty, so either, because it's water coming from the earth, it has mixed with the ocean water seeping into the ground, or it used to be part of the ocean. Either way, quite amazing. And obviously the fish have adapted to the salt because you can find them elsewhere where there is no salt water...
That looks just awesome especially with the 39 degrees over here love the mermaid pic !CTP
I liked the part where you can jump off the cliff. I love the extreme! 😜
!CTP
It certainly looks like paradise @misslasvegas . After experiencing all of these, relaxing in its beauty you are definitely going to be inspired to write great posts like you do.
This looks awesome. A real paradise setting. Looks like great fun.
Looks gorgeous, we'll join next time!!
It's beautiful. And so lovely on a hot day :)