X’kekén Pit

Natural beauty that will captivate your senses

On our way Chichen Itzá, we saw an ad indicating a nearby pit with a peculiar name…it caught our attention right away, so we decided to adventure ourselves into the unknown, it was still early and had nothing else to lose.

The pit a.k.a as “Dzitnup” can be found inside a subaquatic cave located in Valladolid. It has a small natural entrance letting the sunrays enter creating beautiful shadows as it hits the water.

Inside X´Kekén you’ll find a blue turquoise lagoon decorated with stalactites descending from the rocky surface, as the light this them their majesty accentuates.

The water does not reach great depths but it’s so clean and clear you can see fish, ideal for swimming.

Story tells a peasant discovered this place as he looked for his missing pig, which had fallen to the pit. Hence its name, X´kekén, that means pig in mayan.

How to get there?

Is located in the community of Dzitnup with the numer 2232, close to Valladolid. Take the Mérida-Valladolid road, 3 kilometers upon arriving you’ll deviate to Dzitnup. When you reach a football field take a left and you’ll find both Samulá and X’Kekén pits.