Puerto Morelos, a Mexican port town on the Caribbean coast of the Yucatán Peninsula located between the Riviera Maya resorts of Cancun and Playa del Carmen in the state of Quintana Roo, through its municipal officials is actively enforcing regulations along the “Ruta de los Cenotes” (the Cenotes Route) for tourist activities.
With the aim to protect the fragile underground ecosystems and combat illegal developments, the government has shut down non - compliant eco - tourism projects and is closely monitoring density limits and environmental permits.
The “Ruta de los Cenotes” is an eco - tourism corridor of approximately 35 km that connects along a jungle road Puerto Morelos with the town of Leona Vicario and it is home to more than a dozen cenotes including the iconic cenotes of Siete Bocas, Kin Ha, La Noria and Verde Lucero.
Easily accessible from Cancun or Playa del Carmen, the journey takes about 30 - 45 minutes from the centre of Puerto Morelos. The route offers a wide variety of formations, from underground cenotes in caverns to natural open - air pools and is a great destination for adventure and eco - tourism. In addition to swimming and snorkelling, visitors can go ziplining, rapelling, bird watching, hiking and ATV tours.
The Municipal president of Puerto Morelos, Blanca Merari, led a working meeting with the aim of advancing in the rules and mechanism for the regularization of the activities that places in the Route of the Cenotes, privileging environmental care and the orderly development of the municipality.
During the meeting, the mayor stressed that the municipal government works in coordination with federal and state authorities, always adhering to current environmental regulations and laws, to ensure that productive and tourist activities in this area are carried out with certainty and legality.
The Municipal President explained that the “Ruta de los Cenotes” comprises a great natural wealth, where there are important cenotes and ecosystems that must be preserved through adequate territorial and environmental planning.
For his part, the Secretary of Urban Development and Territorial Planning, Rolando Melo, presented the progress of the Local Ecological Program (POEL), an environmental and urban policy instrument designed to plan land use and productive activities, seeking to balance economic development with environmental conservation.
The official indicated that this program will establish clear guidelines for the orderly growth of the area, providing certainty to both inhabitants, service providers and entrepreneurs who develop activities along the “Ruta de los Cenotes”.
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