Aktun Chen

Right off the road, prepare for a visual feast. This place is amazing. The caves are grand and the guides are very interesting. Jaime (our guide) was quick to show us everything thr cave offered.

The cenote is a masterpiece. Having been to a lot of cenotes throughout the years i can honestly say this is the most breathtaking one so far. Crystal clear water, fishes that swim around you. The water is soo cool and refreshing, its perfect for after the hike. Have pleanty of water.

This is the place you need to make sure you visit. It will stay with you forever as you understand what perfection could really be.

Be prepared to drive on a narrow dusty dirt road deep into the woods. Once you get there, there are zip lines, a walkthrough cave system (aka dry cave), and a beautiful cenote. Well worth the admission and the drive.

We visited Aktun Chen in November 2023 and had a blast! The tour guides were great: Alfredo, the cave man, was hilarious and made very funny jokes! :D Jose, Alexis and Andreas did an amazing job keeping us safe and engaged during the zip line part of the tour. I also definitely recommend buying photos from them because they are just amazing quality and capture great views!
We loved it so much there that we had to come back the second time for zip lining a few days later!
I definitely recommend this park to everyone with kids as the minimum age is 4 years old for the zip line, which is not scary at all and is very safe.
The park is also a great place for watching monkeys in their natural habitat!!! For free!! If I knew I would have such a great experience watching monkeys here, I wouldn’t go to the Akumal monkey sanctuary as that was a total waste of money because all monkeys were caged:(
Aktun Chen is now one of our favorite parks and we will definitely be back again in the future! Thank you team Aktun Chen for making our experience unique and wonderful!!!

A great place to explore some caves and experience a cenote. Had a great guide, German, who gave an informative and enjoyable tour of part of the cave system.

The cenote is large and there were not many other people about which made the experience even more memorable

We had a wonderful experience. Would highly recommend the combo with zip-line, cave tour, and cenote swimming. Just FYI that it is a bit of a drive off the road to get to the park and then you drive again to get to the cenote, but don’t let that stop you from going!

Great experience and worth the price. Dry cave walk is the highlight, almost 40 min of walking underground. Have never experienced something like this. Thanks to Alfredo for amazing tour of cave.

Cenote swim was good also. Quite a large underground swimming area.

We walked her from Bahía resort. Included in our ticket was pickup from gate. They did make us walk a fair bit between the different attractions which was not great. Would be much easier to visit in a car. Spent about 4 hours total

Fantastic, adventurous park. We did the zip lining cave exploration, and cenote swim. Tour guides were awesome and friendly. Alfredo, Josue and Andrew notably. You can do a la carte or take the entire package and we took the entire package and really enjoyed. Photographers were great also and they give the option to take your own pictures or to purchase. We took her own and purchased also because they were action. Photos of zip lining and priceless. We will be sure to visit again when we come back to Cancun/Playa Del Carmen.

Such an amazing experience! We came here while in Mexico for our honeymoon and couldn’t have asked for better! The cenotes and zip lining were a blast and so amazing! For the price, you can’t beat it! We highly recommended to anyone looking for a fun filled day!

Amazing place! We family had a wonderful time today! All the staffs are enthusiastic and professional! Help my 8 years old daughter got her ideal up side down zip line picture! Fully recommend it!

I think it is money well spent, we did the zip line, cave and cenote. Check the directions getting there, there is old entry and the new entry which are miles apart. What an adventure

Aktun Chen is a must do bucketlist experience. Archeologists estimate the cenote is about 5 million years old. You enter the cenote via stairs and are surrounded by an underground walk, cenote, and river of about 100 meters or 300 feet long with depths of 1 to 10 feet.

I discovered the Cenote from locals in Akumal when I went swimming with the turtles. I came via Collectivo for $2/50 pesos each way from Playa, and when I arrived the guard called the park to arrange a shuttle (its 4km away from the side of the freeway entrance).

As of Sept 2023, I paid $28 with an advance ticket on the Aktun Chen National Park website. The ticket includes a guide for about 30 minutes, and then you are free to experience the Top 10 National Geographic walk and cenote on your own.

I arrived around noon on a Saturday and experienced my tour with three other people. My guide, Rogelio was awesome. He explained the stalagmites and stalactites, bats and catfish in the cave, and helped me with underwater photos and videos.

After our 30 minute tour, I experienced the entire underground river to myself for over an hour. Later, I relaxed in hammocks journaling for an hour or so. I went back to experience the cenote and the friendly bats for over an hour. A group of about five tourists came later.

It is definitely an off the beaten path cenote in Mexico.

This place is gorgeous.... cool park for all ages. In the cenote we saw lots of fish. Outside we saw bats, monkeys, parrots and wild pigs. There was a baby monkey and the mom too.

In my opinion, the most beautiful cenote around. we definitely recommend taking a taxi for the visit, because it is located deep in the jungle. The entrance fee includes a life jacket and diving goggles. All things can be stored in safety lockers. Of course, the water is a little colder, but you can bear it :) it's worth it for the wonderful view. The water is crystal clear. You can swim through the whole cave and, as a surprise, there are large numbers of catfish living here! For myself, I would recommend a phone and a waterproof cover, there is not enough light for the Gopro. Really perfect place that I highly recommend!

Best part of our entire trip to Mexico! The guys who led our zip lining and cave tour were amazing! Pedro made the zip lining experience great! Do not miss out on the cenote here, it is huge and fresh water! Overall, a must do! Buy the photo deal, they take some amazing pictures!

The most beautiful cavern cenote I have been to. And I’ve seen about 5. The water is absolutely crystal and the rock formations stunning

Beautiful underground river with crystal clear water. Swimming there was very tranquil, fortunately there weren't many people when we arrived so we could enjoy the area in peace and quiet.

Amazing experience. We visited in October there was only 6 of us there. It’s absolutely beautiful and worth visiting. Would visit many times over.

We decided to have a walk to Aktun Chen as we were staying nearby on the Bahia Principe resort. It's around a 20 minute walk to the entrance from the Coba Lobby or the Hacienda. You can then request a free pickup to take you to the reception as it's around 2km from the entrance (just speak to the security and wait in the little shelter).
We went fairly early on a week day and it was very quiet to start off. We did the cave tour and the cenote swim. Both were fantastic, probably the best ones we've seen in 2 visits to Quintana Roo. We didn't do the zip lines as we'd recently done the Xplor zip lines so I'm not sure what they were like.
I'd highly recommend a visit to this Park though as its great value for money. You can check out the various animals in the rescue centre while waiting between activities and there was no extra charge for this. There were Spider monkeys, a crocodile, tropical birds, snakes, tortoise and a few other animals to view.
The guide for the cave was great, I think his name was Fredo or Alfredo (sorry if I got this wrong).
He gave a fantastic tour and showed us some great sites in the caves as well as explaining a few things above ground too. The caves are huge!
The cenote is gorgeous, crystal clear water and had a fair few fish in there. After a short tour around the cenote we were left to enjoy it on our own.
One of the best things we did in Mexico.

Great natural park. Zipline, cenotes, caves, zoo, good for the whole family for the whole day

WOW! Such a unique experience. Having never been to a cenoté I wasn’t sure what to expect. I’d compare it to a natural spring in Florida. The water was cold at first but the body acclimated fast. Lots of stalactites above you and stalagmites under the water. With the crystal clear water you can see anything light hits.