swap_horiz Loltún Cave Alternatives

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Lake Peigneur Sinkhole 1980

Lake Peigneur is a significant sinkhole located in southwestern Louisiana. In 1980, an accidental drilling operation by...

Accident 1980S Collapse Louisiana

9.5 Brilliant

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Guatemala City Sinkhole 2010

A significant sinkhole formed in Guatemala City during 2010 following Tropical Storm Agatha’s heavy rains. The collapse...

Urban 2010S Guatemala Collapse

9.4 Excellent

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Darvaza Gas Crater (Door to Hell)

The Darvaza Gas Crater, also known as “Door to Hell,” is a large sinkhole formed in the Karakum Desert of Turkmenistan....

Desert Gas Turkmenistan Collapse Crater

9.3 Excellent

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Hoyo Negro Cenote

Hoyo Negro is a large underwater sinkhole located near Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico. It’s notable for containing the rema...

Underwater Mexico Archaeological Quintana Roo

9.0 Excellent

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Sacred Cenote (Cenote Sagrado)

The Sacred Cenote is a sinkhole located near Chichen Itza in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. This natural depression was an...

Mexico Archaeological Yucatan Chichen Itza

8.9 Great

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Cenote Suytun

Cenote Suytun, near Valladolid, Yucatán, Mexico, is a semi-open cenote featuring a stone walkway extending to a circular...

Platform Tourist Mexico Yucatan

8.7 Great

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El Zacatón

El Zacatón, in Tamaulipas, Mexico, is the world's deepest known fully water-filled sinkhole at about 339 m, fully mapped...

Thermal Mexico Tamaulipas Cenote

8.6 Great

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Cenote Maravilla

Cenote Maravilla is a deep, partially collapsed sinkhole in Mexico's Yucatan state, notable for its spectacular sunbeams...

Natural Diving Mexico Quintana Roo

8.6 Great

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Cenote X'Keken (Dzitnup)

Cenote X'Keken (Dzitnup), near Valladolid, Yucatán, Mexico, is a cave cenote celebrated for a shaft of sunlight entering...

Tourist Mexico Yucatan Enclosed

8.5 Great

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Cenote Samula

Cenote Samula, near Valladolid, Yucatán, Mexico, is a cave cenote known for long tree roots descending from the surface...

Mexico Yucatan Stalactites Enclosed

8.4 Great

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Cenote Saamal

Cenote Saamal is a large, open-air sinkhole situated within the Hacienda Selva Maya eco-park in Mexico, distinguished by...

Natural Mexico Yucatan Cave

8.4 Great

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Cenote Tajma Ha

Located in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, Cenote Tajma Ha is a highly decorated underwater cave system popular among scuba...

Diving Mexico Cave Quintana Roo

8.3 Great

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Sima de las Cotorras

A cylindrical sinkhole in Chiapas, Mexico, inhabited by thousands of green parakeets that exit in a dramatic spiraling c...

Vertical Mexico Chiapas Pit Cave

8.3 Great

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Cenote Jardín del Edén (Ponderosa)

Cenote Jardín del Edén (Ponderosa), near Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico, is a large open cenote with submerged cav...

Diving Mexico Tulum Open

8.2 Great

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Cenote Oxman

Cenote Oxman, near Valladolid, Yucatán, Mexico, is a semi-open cenote set within a historic hacienda, known for hanging...

Tourist Mexico Cenote Valladolid

8.1 Great

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Gran Cenote

Gran Cenote, near Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico, is a large open-water cenote connected to an extensive submerged cave sys...

Mexico Snorkeling Tulum Open

7.8 Good

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Cenote Calavera

Cenote Calavera, near Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico, nicknamed the Temple of Doom, has three skull-shaped openings in its...

Diving Mexico Tulum Cave

7.4 Good

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Cenote Zaci

Cenote Zaci is an open-air urban cenote within the city of Valladolid, Yucatán, Mexico, used historically by the Maya an...

Tourist Mexico Open Cenote

7.2 Good

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Cenote Yokdzonot

Cenote Yokdzonot is a community-managed open cenote in Yucatán, Mexico, operated by a local cooperative since the early...

Natural Community Mexico Yucatan

6.9 Fair

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Cenote Cristal

Cenote Cristal is an open-air freshwater sinkhole located near Tulum, Mexico, recognized for its crystal-clear waters th...

Mexico Swimming Tulum Open

6.7 Fair