Tikal tours from Guatemala City fly you there rather than spend nine hours on the 484 km road: an early hotel pickup, the 5:45am flight to Flores, about four hours guided at the ruins and the 5:30pm flight home. Flights, park entry and lunch are all in the fare. These fares are non-refundable, so book once your dates are fixed.
A 4:15am hotel pickup, the 5:45am flight to Flores and about four hours guided at Temples I, II and IV. Flights, park entry and lunch are in the fare. You land back in the capital at 6:30pm; the fare is non-refundable.
From $448 per person
Non-refundable: no refund if you cancel; a change fee applies.
Collected from your Antigua hotel at 3:40am and driven to the capital for the same 5:45am flight. Park entry, the guide and lunch are included, and the day runs about 17 hours. Non-refundable, with a change fee.
From $465 per person
Non-refundable: no refund if you cancel; a change fee applies.
Choose the Guatemala City or the Antigua pickup; the flights, the park ticket and lunch are the same.
Check AvailabilityIt is Tikal as a day trip by plane. A driver collects you from your hotel before dawn, you fly to Mundo Maya International Airport in Flores, and a vehicle takes you on to the park. A bilingual guide leads you through the Great Plaza, Temples I and II and Temple IV. Then you have lunch and fly back the same evening.
The Guatemala City version picks you up at 4:15am and runs about 15 hours. The Antigua version picks you up at 3:40am, drives you to the capital's airport for the same flights, and runs about 17 hours.
Both include the park entrance fee, so you have nothing to buy at the gate. Both are non-refundable, and a change fee applies if you change the booking.
By road it is about 484 km and nine hours each way. By air the flight takes an hour, and you are back at your hotel the same night.
Flights, hotel transfers, the park ticket, a guide and lunch. You pay only for drinks and tips.
You skip a hotel booking in Flores and a second travel day.
Your guide knows which temples fit the time, from the Great Plaza to Temple IV.
Your alternative is to book your own flight to Flores, stay a night and join a refundable tour from there. Here is the trade.
| Fly-in day trip | Your own flight, then a Flores tour | |
|---|---|---|
| Time at Tikal | About 4 hours | 4.5 to 7 hours, depending on the tour |
| Sunrise on Temple IV | No — you land at 6:45am | Yes, on a sunrise tour |
| Park ticket | In the fare | In some fares, extra in others |
| Nights away | None | At least one in Flores |
| Cancellation | Non-refundable | Most refund up to 24 hours ahead |
| Price | From $448 per person | Your flight, plus a tour From $48 |
| Best for | Fixed dates and one free day | Flexible plans, sunrise or a longer visit |
Check availability — From $448
If your dates are fixed and you have one free day, the fly-in is the simplest way to see Tikal. If your plans may move, or you want sunrise, fly yourself and book the sunrise wildlife tour from Flores.
The day at Tikal is the same on both. What differs is where you start and how long you are on the road.
| From Guatemala City | From Antigua | |
|---|---|---|
| Pickup | Most Guatemala City hotels, 4:15am | Most Antigua hotels, 3:40am |
| Length of day | About 15 hours | About 17 hours |
| Group | Up to 18 | Up to 18 |
| Price | From $448 | From $465 |
Check availability — From $465
You get hotel pickup and drop-off, the round-trip flight from Guatemala City to Flores, the transfer to the park, the park entrance fee, a bilingual guide and lunch. From Antigua your fare adds the drive to and from the capital's airport.
You don’t get drinks or tips, and you don’t get a refund if you cancel. You don’t get sunrise either, because the flight lands after the 04:00 to 06:00 sunrise window. The museum ticket, Q30 for foreign visitors, is not in the fare, and four hours leaves little time for the Museo Lítico or the ceramics museum.
Flights, the park ticket and lunch in one fare. Both are non-refundable, so book once your dates are fixed.
Check AvailabilityThe gate, the hours and how to buy are on visiting Tikal, the airport and the park on the Tikal map, and every way to visit on Tikal National Park Tours. Or start again with the Tikal ruins tours.