Here’s a very detailed breakdown of our time spent here for those of you who like to know what to expect….

First of all, we loved it! HIGHLY RECOMMEND coming to this cenote above all others. It was recommended to us by many locals. It was the highlight of our time in Tulum!!

1. If you are driving your own car great! It is hard to find if you aren’t local. You’ll basically drive to Dos Ojos Cenote but keep taking the dirt road until you reach the very end. You’ll need to keep all your stuff in your car since this place doesn’t have lockers. There are security cameras around so it feels very safe. If you are taking a taxi arrange for them to wait for you. The tour is an hour so they would probably need to wait 2 hours total.

2. When you arrive they will offer you 2 tour options. One is a guided tour with up to 10 people for $600 pesos per person or a private tour with $6,000 pesos. The private tour is very appealing because it comes with an added 15 minutes in the cenote, water phone cases, flashlights, and you get to see more areas of the cenote that the group tour doesn’t offer.

The tour guides speak multiple languages so you can get your tour in the language you prefer. Our tour was in English but they can also do two languages at a time.

We opted to do the guided group tour. They make you wait 20 minutes until they get more customers. We recommend going right when they open. We got there a little after 9am and 6 people came around that time too. By the time we were done there was already a line.

3. You can opt for a wet suit and snorkeling gear (highly recommend) but a life jacket is mandatory. It also makes the experience of floating around relaxing and fun. It was amazing! It comes with the price so get it. We paid an extra $200 pesos for the water phone case thingy. It was worth it! The gear was very clean and new. Especially if you’re the first customers of the day. 👍🏼

4. They make you put all your stuff in the car before you can get a wet suit. So you have to have your bathing suit on before you can get a wet suit. If you’re shy like me it was very uncomfortable waiting like that. I had hoped there would be a changing area with some privacy. If you’re a person who is larger than XL they do have some sizes for you. I was given an XL wet suit and a large life jacket that fit snug.

5. They have a bathroom nearby so you can change into your bathing suit when you get there and change out of it when you’re done.

6. You don’t have to wear water shoes on the tour. A lot of people walked with their sandals to the cenote and left their shoes on the dock. Most people had on water socks but we just walked barefoot.

7. DO NOT WEAR BUG SPRAY OR SUNBLOCK. You won’t be out in the sun for this tour and it helps protect the water/ecosystem.

8. The water has some small fish in it and we saw a lot of small bats sleeping in the caves.

9. The tour itself was incredible. I was a little nervous to do it but had so much fun once we got in the water. If you are claustrophobic, part of the tour might not be for you. Twice we went though an area that was really small. We had to swim in a single file line. Let your tour guide know right away if this is something that bothers you so he can plan to take an alternate route.

10. This cenote is NOT great for kids. That’s the biggest complaint I heard while here. Many kids are scared and screamed or cried during most of it. Which the tour guides hate (because you’re in a cave) and all the other people in your group will hate it too. If you have kids go elsewhere!

11. Tip your tour guide! They live off the tips!