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The Cave of the Swallows – Xulo Text and photos Audrey Cudel
Some call it the cenote Uku Cuzam or the Cave of the Swallows, in Spanish it is la Cueva de las Golondrinas and this is what it is written on the wooden road sign that you can see after passing the village of Muyil. But who met the kind and brave man that used to watch after the garden of the cave until he passed away in 2014, would simply name it after him: "Xulo" (dzulo).
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mong a variety of cenotes explored so far in
Xulo is one of four cenotes of the Caterpillar Cave
the Quintana Roo State of Mexico and dived
System and was discovered about seven years
extensively now by a growing population of cave di-
ago. The system is considered small by Mexican
vers, Xulo’s singularity comes from the outstanding
standards, although as many as 13,500 meters of
beauty and diversity of passages that will not leave
its passages have been explored and surveyed
any cave diver indifferent.
so far.