Cenotes Sac Actún

We had a great experience. We had a guided tour for about an hour and it cost approximately $40USD pp. The caves were incredible, our guide (Daniel) was helpful and fun, the water was comfortable and the staff made the experience very easy and memorable. We brought our camera in a waterproof pouch and took great pics. And the guide too pics for us too. They provide wet suit, live jacket and mask. A unique experience and well worth the time! We had our hotel host hire a car driver for us and it worked out great.

Do yourself a favor - get here early. We got in at ~10AM on Friday, paid $40PP for a group tour (you have to pay for a guide here since it’s a closed cenote). Waited 20 mins and nobody else arrived, so we ended up getting a de facto private tour from Carlos who was incredibly knowledgeable. The cenote itself is breathtaking. We were only able to visit one cenote during our trip, and have absolutely 0 regrets choosing this one over the neighboring Dos Ojos. You get some beautiful photo ops and and the more closed off cave parts are indescribable. You have to experience it.

One of the best experiences we’ve had during our holiday! It is quite easy to access but be careful as the road can be like a Swiss cheese 😅 the staff is super nice and most importantly don’t try to sell unnecessary things! Our guide Isa was really great, funny with great knowledge about the cenotes. He showed us amazing places, always made sure we saw what the highlights of the tour and even was our photographer at scenic spots! Honestly I would take him for all of our trip! If you travel outside tourist season you might get lucky and have a tour just for yourself! For sure this cenote is a “must see” if you plan to visit one!!!

This cenote is truly an otherworldly experience. It's the closest thing you'll get to walking on the moon. The experience of snorkeling through the cenote cave was visually breathtaking. I've seen many limestone caves with impressive stalactites (hanging from the ceiling) and stalagmites (rising from the ground). This was a dry cave about 70,000 years ago and so you have both stalactites and stalagmites. After the water level rose the caves are now mostly filled with water and so the stalagmites are under water. Another fascinating aspect of the caves are the dramatic tree roots from Ceiba trees (Ceiba pentandra) and strangler figs (Ficus species) that penetrate their roots down into cenotes, creating dramatic root formations hanging into the caves and just touching the level of the water. I had an excellent guide, Alvarado, who was very informative and guided me seamlessly through the cave. An incredible experience that I would recommend to anyone.

It’s an amazing adventure hard to find elsewhere - we had a fantastic guide, his name is Daniel - he made even a lady enjoying who never learned to swim and was scared to death. With compassion and empathy he took her all the way with him and held her tight - so she could enjoy this magic place. Maximum recommendation to this place and in particular to Daniel!

Probably the most amazing experience of my life!!! A friend referred us to Memo Tours and Memo was our guide as well as provided us transportation throughout our trip, it was easy to tell he was very knowledgeable and passionate about his culture and the history of the cenotes, highly recommend checking out this amazing cenote as well as using Memo tours!

Absolutely beautiful. Worth the trip there from Tulum, it was an experience like no other. Daniel our guide was so knowledgeable and made me feel very safe and calm when navigating the caves. Truly a 10/10 experience. Highly recommend.

me and 2 friends drove to Sac Actun on a thursday at 10am only to arrive and find we had the whole place to ourselves. it cost 650pesos per person (cash/credit card accepted) for a group tour. only catch was we had to wait 20mins to see if more people show up. lucky us, no one did. our guide Carlos Jesus Fernandez gave us a private tour anyway for the price of a group tour and hes also an excellent photographer. (we tipped him properly after, obviously) ive been to tulum several times and dived in a few cenotes. it was my friends’ first experience in a cenote and they only had time for one. i highly recommended Sac Actun to them. its got a good mix of drama, adventure, and beauty. whole tour took 1hr 20mins. HAD THE BEST TIME EVER

Absolutely worth going to of you like caves, water, and snorkeling. Arriving to the entrance, there was a man who explains that you can book either a private tour or join the public tour that starts within certain time periods. We so happen to arrive 10 minutes before another group of three were about to depart. While you can book a private tour, its much cheaper to tag along with a group. The price was 35 bucks per person, and it was reasonable for what you get. We were given mask and snorkel gear. They have options for you to wear wetsuits, but I personally liked being in the 68 degree water the entire time. Life jackets are required, and it makes sense when you see how deep the chasm of this cenote goes. I thought it would be just a hangout but it's a full on swimming adventure. It wasn't intense at all, but if youre not at all active or mobile in your daily life, then I can see this tour being somewhat of a challenge. You are sometimes inches away the stalactites as you cross certain pathways. The whole time, I could only hear the Aquatic Ambience song from Donkey Kong Country, as it fit so well with what I saw. The guide does a good job of offering photo opportunities, as well as taking fairly good photos. While we were NOT on the private tour, our guide was nice enough to show us the "extra special" section since we had finished out tour a little bit earlier than expected. While I did not go to Dos Ojos, Sac Atun is highly recommended. I find it hard to complain when Sac Atun was easily one of my biggest highlights from my trip.

We had an amazing time on our 1hr tour of the cave. Great guide. They give wetsuits to keep you warm. Note, this is the lasssssttttt cenote on the trial of this location. Once you get of the Main Street, it's another 15min drive in to get to this place. You will pass 10 other cenotes to get to this one, but they are connected so this might be the better option. Great experience.

One the best experience of a life time. You decline down stairs that lead you to a beautiful pool of crystal waters. Our guide carefully took us through the underground caves while providing details and history. It's so hard to describe the awe. Highly recommend this tour

This cenote was amazing. Beautiful and felt magical. Let me warn you though- IT IS FREEZING. I was shivering throughout our snorkel, but it was so cool to see and experience that it made it worth it. We were able to come here actually on a tour (I wish I knew the name of the company, but our hotel in tulum organized it). It wasn't crowded at all, and you can rent gear and life vests on site. However, I wouldn't recommend coming here without a guide. If you want to explore the entire cenote, you need a guide, with a flash light, that knows how to get around inside here and where to go. You can very easily get lost in here and I know people have drowned, which is sad but it was because they weren't prepared. Our guide actually turned his flashlight off at one point to show us just how dark it gets in there and WOW. I knew I was safe but it still scared the shit out of me. When you have a guide, they will take you to the natural "mud bath" and also show you the bones (said to be deer bones) that are at the bottom of one part of the cenote. There are also lots of bats flying around over head! I would highly recommend coming here rather then one of the other more popular cenotes, but again, make sure you have a guide, it's worth the price and experience!

This was such an amazing experience! I loved this cenote especially because it felt so different from the others that I went to - you are provided wetsuits and snorkel gear as you'll spend a good amount of the guided tour snorkeling around to see the stalactites and stalagmites. As mentioned in the other reviews, this might not be the best tour to do if you were claustrophobic, but I felt like it was doable and totally worth it. Our tour guide was amazing and we felt comfortable the whole time. He educated us about how this cenote came to be and showed us all of the little details - from the baby stalactites to the bats hiding up above. Overall, an unforgettable experience. 10/10 would recommend this to my friends!

This was the best part of our trip! Jose, our guide was amazing! I would highly recommend this place and put it down as a must do if your anywhere near tulum.

Sac Actun is incredible. 1st... call ahead. 2nd... you don't need to stop at the Dos Ojos main gate. Just tell them you're heading straight to Sac Actun. It's a bit of a drive from the main gate, but worth it. Oh... no sunscreens. If you are going don't put any on; you will be underground so you won't need any. You will need to take the guided tour to see the cenote. I am not normally a guide fan, but this was good. The cenote is a maze and even with a guide I got disoriented. If you are really caulstrophobic, this might not be the place for you. That being said, I am claustrophobic and I was lost in the beauty and never worried. One person in our group did and had to wait while we continued. They are really trying to capture the natural beauty of the cenote and its surrounding environment. The caves are well lit, until they turn out the lights (if you want to see that area and you do). There were bats, but they were cute. The water is cool, but not bad. They have beautiful grounds. It is a good place to have a picnic or a bite if you remember to bring out food.

Sac Actun- The cenote you need to see!! For my first trip to Tulum, I wanted to experience the best Tulum had to offer. I read a few reviews and even asked locals before deciding Sac Actun would meet my needs: great reviews, not as crowded as the other cenotes, and lower cost. We passed many cenotes on the way to Sac Actun, and after being there I'm so glad we didn't settle for a closer, convenient cenote. Sac Actun- offered wet suits which I recommend as the water was chilly. They also had underwater cameras if you would like to rent one and keep the SD card. They provided free life jackets, snorkels and goggles with the excursion price. Ok- now to the good stuff- Our tour guide was Luis! Luis had us saying Geez, Luis!! He stunned us with his history lessons, comedic act, and friendly demeanor. He confidently led us through the cenote which was breath taking. I can't even explain how cool it is to be in this underwater cave exploring like your in an Indiana Jones movie- It was magical. We had to shimmy through tight crevices and dodge hanging stalactites. The surroundings of living history and bats is truly indescribable. Due to it being slow season we had the opportunity to explore parts of cenote that were harder to explore with larger groups and I felt like we had the VIP tour. I definitely would recommend going to Sac Actun! I also would make sure you take Luis along with you!! Thank you to the staff for making our memories in Tulum awesome!

Sooo worth it! We were there mid July and so it was very hot. We were not cold while in the cenote. My 11 y/o loved it. It's safe and beautiful. Bats are awesome to see. Guide very knowledgeable. Worth the drive. We had a car rental but taxi will wait for you. It was about a 1 hour tour. They make you rinse off. No regular sunscreen allowed but it's not a problem since youre underground most of the time. This cenote is better than Dos Ojos. Must have tour guide. Cannot explore on your own.

This place was amazing! So gorgeous and off the beaten path. Cannot beat the value for the price! Our tour guide was knowledgeable and kind! We had a larger group and we're all able to enjoy the tour simultaneously! Definitely go here!

There's potential here, but the guided tour ruined the experience for two reasons. 1) you're going on a tour which eliminates any possibility for discovery and exploration and instead rushes you along. 2) they require life-vests which prevent snorkeling and seeing underwater while hindering your movement and increasing your likelihood of hitting stalactites. I wore a wetsuit and with the life-vest basically couldn't move and rode high out of the water putting my head within striking distance of all the delicate stalactites.

Loved Sac Actun Cenote! One of the most recently discovered cenotes, we appreciated that it is guided in order to protect the environment. Our guide was very nice, but more importantly the experience was very cool! We went to three cenotes in all during our recent visit, and initially I thought "most likely, if you see one cenote, you've seen them all." But, NOT true! They're all different in their own way, and very magical!

Most incredible place. Stalactites and stalagmites galore. If you're a bit claustrophobic you may have some issues as the headroom at times is under a foot. Really, really cool and worth the 30$ admission.

My man Luis is a great tour guide. Very funny and energetic. The bumpy road leading into the actual starting place of the Cenote is not to be taken lightly lol. Beautiful cenote

This was my second Cenote experience, and it was far more impressive than the first. It included a snorkel tour of linked caves that were nicely lit in areas, dark and mysterious in others. The water was as usual on the cool side, but a rash guard was sufficient to keep me and my fiancé comfortable. This Cinote has only been open to the public for four years, and it seems undiscovered and unspoiled- there were only 4 of us plus the guide. A bit off the beaten path and more expensive than most, but very worth it in my opinion.