Aktun Chen


Aktun Chen, which in the Maya language means “cave with sinkhole inside”, is a natural park extended 600 hectares (2,400 acres) by virgin tropical jungle, and is located centrally in the Riviera Maya, one hour and 30 minutes from Cancun.
The main attraction in the park is a dry cave, 540 meters in length, which has thousands of stalactites and stalagmites, calcium carbonate columns, and tree roots which penetrate the limestone until they reach the subterranean water level. Inside this cave there is a beautiful subterranean “cenote”, or water filled sinkhole, of crystalline water with a vault saturated with stalactites. You will learn about the cave´s formation and the Mayan historical and cultural purposes of these caverns.