Photos by @lethyfoon
LOCATION: PLAYA DEL CARMEN
MINIMUM CERTIFICATION: ADVANCED OPEN WATER DIVER
MAX: 4 DIVERS
MAX DEPTH: 30MTS (100FT)
Price per person: $3,200mxn
Cenote Orquidea is one of the newest caverns open to scuba divers. If you love eerie cenotes like Angelita, this dive is definitely for you.
You’ll encounter a green slope with fallen trees and an intense hydrogen sulfide cloud at 20 meters (66 feet) that creates a dramatic effect with darkness and light distortion, resulting in vivid orange colors. It’s just stunning!
As you ascend to shallower depths, you’ll see impressive rock formations and stalactites.
We do one dive in this cenote and combined the cenote day with another dive in Cenote Chacmool, Cenote Chikin Ha, or Cenote TajMaHa.
MORE INFO
- Cenote entrance fees.
- 2 cenote dives.
- Transportation to and from the meeting point in Playa del Carmen to the cenotes.
- Equipment (mask, regulator, BCD, fins, wetsuit, and flashlight).
- Drinking water, lunch, and snacks.
- Weights & air-filled tanks.
- Professional Full Cave certified cavern guide.
- Nitrox, available at an extra cost on request (certified nitrox divers only).
- Transportation from Tulum or another area.
- Underwater camera fees*
*It’s important to know that all cenotes are private properties with established rules visitors have to follow. While there are some cenotes that don’t charge for the use of cameras, in others, it’s prohibited to use of any kind of underwater camera, and in some, there are fees payable for the use of action cameras (GoPro, Osmo Action, Olympus, etc) and professional cameras. Ask us for more information before you book your dive!