Tourist attraction
Cenotes Sac Actún
Crystal-clear cenote system of flooded caves holding Ice Age fossils and ancient human remains.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Cenotes Sac Actún cave system near Tulum follows the discovery of Naia, a teenage girl who fell into a flooded chamber known as Hoyo Negro more than twelve thousand years ago. It traces how cave divers found her remains among the bones of Ice Age animals, and what her skeleton and DNA revealed about the first people to reach the Americas. You will also hear how divers spent years mapping the flooded passages that still stretch beneath your feet.
This audio guide was created using AI.