Ik Kil, Chichen Itza

Name: Ik Kil
Address: Chichen Itza, Mexico

#6 among attractions in Chichen Itza

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Ik Kil is a cenote outside Pisté in the Tinúm Municipality, Yucatán, Mexico. It is located in the northern center of the Yucatán Peninsula and is part of the Ik Kil Archeological Park near Chichen Itza. It is open to the public for swimming. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 20°39'57"N, 88°32'40"W

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Ik Kil – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: El Castillo, Balankanche, Sacred Cenote, El Caracol.

2 miNW
Maya temple in the shape of a pyramid
El Castillo, Chichen Itza
50 min walk • El Castillo, also known as the Temple of Kukulcán, stands as a testament to the architectural and astronomical prowess of the ancient Maya civilization. Located in the heart of Chichen Itza, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, this step...
0.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Balankanche, Chichen Itza
21 min walk • Balankanche is an ancient Maya cave site lying at short distance from the archaeological Maya-Toltec city of Chichen Itza, Yucatan. For more than two thousand years, it has been the focus of rituals dedicated to the Maya rain god, Chaac, and, in the Post-Classic period, also to his Toltec counterpart, Tlaloc.
2.1 miNW
Nature, Lake
Sacred Cenote, Chichen Itza
55 min walk • The Sacred Cenote is a water-filled sinkhole in limestone at the pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site of Chichen Itza, in the northern Yucatán Peninsula.
1.9 miNW
Ruins, Observatories and planetariums, Museum
El Caracol, Chichen Itza
50 min walk • El Caracol, the Observatory, is a unique structure at pre-Columbian Maya civilization site of Chichen Itza. El Caracol, which means 'snail' in Spanish, is so named due to the spiral staircase inside the tower.
3.5 miNW
Village
Pisté
90 min walk • Pisté is a village in Tinum Municipality in the center of Yucatán State, Mexico. It is best known for the Mayan archaeological site Chichen Itza and the cenote Ik Kil. Fed 180 connects Pisté to Valladolid, about 40 kilometres away, and Mérida, the capital of Yucatán, about 111 kilometres away.

Ik Kil, Chichen Itza

Facts and practical information

Ik Kil – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

El Castillo, Chichen Itza

Balankanche, Chichen Itza

Sacred Cenote, Chichen Itza

El Caracol, Chichen Itza

Pisté