Cenotes of the Riviera Maya by Steve Gerrard

SISTEMA EK BE
'The Star Path System'

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Land Owner Ejido Jacinto Pat
Dive Site  Fee YES, Pay At Entrance – 80 pesos
Maximum Depth 45 feet/13.6 meters
Average Depth 30 feet/9 meters
Distance Explored / Surveyed 7169 feet/2185 meters
First Explorers Tom Flynn, Steve Gerrard, Hilario Hiler, and Frans Vandermolen
Other Explorers Gary Walten, Buddy Quattlebaum
Upstream YES
Downstream YES
Cavern Dive YES
Snorkeling NO
Cenotes within Cave System 3
Cenote Location From Aventuras Akumal, take Highway 307 south 8.1 kilometers to the Ejido Jacinto Pat entrance, Drive 2 kilometers west until you reach the power lines, Take a right and follow rugged power line 1.6 kilometers, Go left and follow trail 200 meters into the jungle. Two cenotes, Use right cenote to enter cave system
Accessibility Rugged road, Need a four wheel vehicle, Must carefully negotiate a drop off from the normal land level to get down into the cenote and enter the water
Cave Description Shallow cave system with many speleothem decorations
Best Dives Upstream mainline
Map Available YES
Future Exploration Upstream - seems to be limited

Downstream, definitely with side Mount
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