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Ik Kil is a well known 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 and is often included in bus tours.
The cenote is open to the sky with the water level about 85 ft below ground level.
There is a carved stairway down to a swimming platform.
The cenote is about 200 ft in diameter and about 130 ft deep.
There are vines which reach from the opening
all the way down to the water along with small waterfalls.
There are black catfish which swim in the cenote.
Cenote Ik Kil is sacred to the Mayans and the Mayans
used this cenote for both relaxation and ritual services.
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