Yokdzonot Cenote
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About Yokdzonot Cenote
In 2005, a group of women from the rural community of Yokdzonot, Yucatán organized to transform the town’s abandoned Maya cenote into a unique eco-tourist destination. Their vision was to create a sustainable and communally owned source of employment that would replace their dependence on poorly paid agricultural labor.
For two years the group worked daily each afternoon cleaning and clearing the cenote’s surroundings to create spaces, gardens, and trails in the natural environment. Not seeing immediate tangible results, many of the women abandoned the project but a reduced number of them continued the difficult volunteer work until they saw the fruit of their labor.
In 2007, Cenote Yokdzonot opened its doors as a Maya Wellness Resource and Eco-Adventure Destination, offering a wide range of quality services and special attractions for locals and tourists. Today, it continues to be administered and operated locally by the cooperative "Zaaz Koolen Haá" (clear water, in maya). The cooperative has 17 members - the majority of them women- who work on the premises on a daily basis and all were involved in the cenote project from the beginning.
The cooperative also foments the well being and socio-economic development of the rural community of Yokdzonot. For example, it provides a percentage of its monthly earnings to the ejidatarios of the ejido where the cenote is located and it employs local people, in this way providing unique job and career opportunities.
For two years the group worked daily each afternoon cleaning and clearing the cenote’s surroundings to create spaces, gardens, and trails in the natural environment. Not seeing immediate tangible results, many of the women abandoned the project but a reduced number of them continued the difficult volunteer work until they saw the fruit of their labor.
In 2007, Cenote Yokdzonot opened its doors as a Maya Wellness Resource and Eco-Adventure Destination, offering a wide range of quality services and special attractions for locals and tourists. Today, it continues to be administered and operated locally by the cooperative "Zaaz Koolen Haá" (clear water, in maya). The cooperative has 17 members - the majority of them women- who work on the premises on a daily basis and all were involved in the cenote project from the beginning.
The cooperative also foments the well being and socio-economic development of the rural community of Yokdzonot. For example, it provides a percentage of its monthly earnings to the ejidatarios of the ejido where the cenote is located and it employs local people, in this way providing unique job and career opportunities.
Contact Yokdzonot Cenote
| Address : | Calle 20 s/n, Yokdzonot, Yuc., Mexico |
| Phone : | 📞 988 |
| Website : | http://cenoteyokdzonot.weebly.com |
| Hours : | Always open |
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| City : | Yucatán |
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