Ik Kil


Ik Kil is a cenote outside Pisté in the Tinúm Municipality, Yucatán, Mexico. It is located in the northern center of the Yucatán Peninsula and is part of the Ik Kil Archeological Park near Chichen Itza. It is open to the public for swimming from 9am to 5pm all year long.

Description

The cenote is open to the sky with the water level about below ground level. There is a carved stairway that leads down to a swimming platform. The cenote is about in diameter and about deep.
Cenote Ik Kil is near the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza, on the highway to Valladolid. Ik Kil was considered sacred by the Mayans who used the site as a location for human sacrifice to their rain god, Chaac. Bones and pieces of jewelry were found in the deep waters of this cenote by archaeologists and speleologists.
The cenote is part of a complex that includes a restaurant, giftshop, bicycles for rent, changing rooms, and a hotel in site., the price of admission to the cenote Ik Kil is 80 pesos for adults, and 40 pesos for minors.
Ik Kil was a spot on the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in 2010, 2011 and 2014.