Yax-Mul or Yal-Ku opinions please!!!!

blondyinnh · 03-03-2006

If you had to chose which one would be your favorite? We've seen Gran Cenote is Yax-mul similar? Thanks for the help!

Lil G · 03-03-2006

Yal Ku

blondyinnh · 03-03-2006

Have you been to all of these? Care to elaborate? THX

cuffedlinks · 03-03-2006

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Originally Posted by Lil G

Yal Ku

I'd agree.
Better chance for a BIG turtle sighting - and the area is better.
It's by Half-Moon Bay near Akumal.
Swim out towards the large rock bisecting the inlet to the sea...love the statues there in Yal-Ku too. Afterwards we buy candy and fruit from some of the local folk who set up shop there.

blondyinnh · 03-03-2006

Is Yax-mul a place to see and would regret no going there lol?

Lil G · 03-03-2006

[quote=cuffedlinks]I'd agree.
Better chance for a BIG turtle sighting - and the area is better.
It's by Half-Moon Bay near Akumal.
Swim out towards the large rock bisecting the inlet to the sea...love the statues there in Yal-Ku too. Afterwards we buy candy and fruit from some of the local folk who set up shop there.[/QUOTEDo

Don't forget Cuff....you can leave, go have lunch and come back for no extra charge!

cuffedlinks · 03-04-2006

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Originally Posted by Lil G

Don't forget Cuff....you can leave, go have lunch and come back for no extra charge!

Oh yeah....that is a COOL bonus!
Thanks T~!

blondyinnh · 03-04-2006

Any idea on what it would cost a group of 4- 8 people to get to yal-ku? We might just do this a seperate day so we can do yax-mul on our tour.

**sctx** · 03-04-2006

do the Sea to Cenote tour for your Yax-mul fix.....it's a beautiful cave, definitely worth seeing, but not a daytrip to itself...........Yal-ku/HalfMoon Bay can be a whole daytrip with lunch at La Buena Vida

libbyb · 03-04-2006

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Originally Posted by blondyinnh

Any idea on what it would cost a group of 4- 8 people to get to yal-ku? We might just do this a seperate day so we can do yax-mul on our tour.

Admission to Yal-ku is 65 pesos a person. According to playa.info, cab fare to Akumal is 226 pesos.

http://www.playa.info/playa-del-carm...axi-fares.html

Also, I don't think they rent snorkel gear, so you'll need to bring your own.

**james** · 03-04-2006

yes, you can rent snorkel gear at YalKu.

the original question was comparing Grand Cenote (SacAktun, or White Cave in Mayan) to YaxMuul (Green Hill, in Mayan). These are both inland cenotes, and are both very different experiences. YaxMuul, as Scott points out, is part of our Sea to Cenote tour. It is damn impressive.

Yalku is also a cenote, but it is more of a spring feeding the sea.

Yalku to YaxMuul is apples to oranges.

blondyinnh · 03-04-2006

I have to decide which one of those would I want to see on our private tour. (Yax-mul/Yal-kul) I think I may be leaning towards doing Yax-mul with the tour and doing yal-ku a seperate day on our own. I think the cave might be more appealing to our group. I want them to get the whole Mexico feel on their trip and I think all would enjoy seeing the cenote.

**james** · 03-04-2006

it's wicked for sure. when you go with us, we take a 21watt DiveRite HID light with a Lumedyne video reflector (it lights up the area like the sun!)

blondyinnh · 03-04-2006

Besides th beautiful surrounding which we will see at Yam-mul are there fish, stalagtites, etc?

cuffedlinks · 03-04-2006

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Originally Posted by sctx

do the Sea to Cenote tour for your Yax-mul fix.....

I think booking the Playa.Info Sea to Cenote Tour just may be the highlight of your group's Mexico trip...the one thing they remember most!

That has been said by many folks...

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blondyinnh reposado Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Southern NH Posts: 1,078	Yax-Mul or Yal-Ku opinions please!!!! If you had to chose which one would be your favorite? We've seen Gran Cenote is Yax-mul similar? Thanks for the help!

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james beach geek admin Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: 10 year Playa resident lost in Kullavik, Sweden Posts: 9,719	yes, you can rent snorkel gear at YalKu. the original question was comparing Grand Cenote (SacAktun, or White Cave in Mayan) to YaxMuul (Green Hill, in Mayan). These are both inland cenotes, and are both very different experiences. YaxMuul, as Scott points out, is part of our Sea to Cenote tour. It is damn impressive. Yalku is also a cenote, but it is more of a spring feeding the sea. Yalku to YaxMuul is apples to oranges. __________________ My lovely house is for sale Get your own signature countdown image!

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james beach geek admin Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: 10 year Playa resident lost in Kullavik, Sweden Posts: 9,719	it's wicked for sure. when you go with us, we take a 21watt DiveRite HID light with a Lumedyne video reflector (it lights up the area like the sun!) __________________ My lovely house is for sale Get your own signature countdown image!

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Lil G añejo Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 2,159	Yal Ku

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blondyinnh reposado Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Southern NH Posts: 1,078	Have you been to all of these? Care to elaborate? THX

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blondyinnh reposado Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Southern NH Posts: 1,078	Is Yax-mul a place to see and would regret no going there lol?

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Lil G añejo Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 2,159	[quote=cuffedlinks]I'd agree. Better chance for a BIG turtle sighting - and the area is better. It's by Half-Moon Bay near Akumal. Swim out towards the large rock bisecting the inlet to the sea...love the statues there in Yal-Ku too. Afterwards we buy candy and fruit from some of the local folk who set up shop there.[/QUOTEDo Don't forget Cuff....you can leave, go have lunch and come back for no extra charge!

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blondyinnh reposado Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Southern NH Posts: 1,078	Any idea on what it would cost a group of 4- 8 people to get to yal-ku? We might just do this a seperate day so we can do yax-mul on our tour.

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sctx political anarchist Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Body in San Marcos Tx....Tankah in my mind Posts: 27,707	do the Sea to Cenote tour for your Yax-mul fix.....it's a beautiful cave, definitely worth seeing, but not a daytrip to itself...........Yal-ku/HalfMoon Bay can be a whole daytrip with lunch at La Buena Vida

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blondyinnh reposado Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Southern NH Posts: 1,078	I have to decide which one of those would I want to see on our private tour. (Yax-mul/Yal-kul) I think I may be leaning towards doing Yax-mul with the tour and doing yal-ku a seperate day on our own. I think the cave might be more appealing to our group. I want them to get the whole Mexico feel on their trip and I think all would enjoy seeing the cenote.

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blondyinnh reposado Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Southern NH Posts: 1,078	Besides th beautiful surrounding which we will see at Yam-mul are there fish, stalagtites, etc?

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