Yaxha or Tikal? Tour Prices, Hours and Sunset Rules

Choose Yaxha for Adrenalina Tours’ afternoon sunset package, or Tikal for its day package with entry and lunch included: read 25 October 2026, the operator lists US$35 per person for Yaxha without admission or meals and US$70 per person for Tikal with lunch without a drink. These undated prices cover different services, so they do not establish which complete trip costs less. Tikal also has published official sunrise and sunset access windows; Yaxha’s current official tariff and access rules could not be verified because CONAP’s pages were inaccessible.

Quick summary

• Yaxha sunset: Adrenalina Tours lists a daily 12:00 PM departure and 8 hours, including transport and an English-speaking guide; entry and meals are extra.
• Tikal day: Adrenalina Tours lists a daily 07:45 AM departure and 7 hours approximately, including collective round-trip transport, entrance fees, lunch without a drink and a specialized English-speaking guide.
• Tikal park access: the Ministry of Culture and Sports (MCD) lists regular hours of 06:00 to 18:00, Monday to Sunday, with separate sunrise and sunset windows.
• From Flores: MCD puts Tikal 63 km away, with a 1-hour travel estimate. A current official Yaxha road figure could not be verified.
• Crowds: no verified visitor-count comparison supports calling either site quieter here.

Operator details and MCD rules above were checked 25 October 2026. The operator’s prices are undated on its pages.

Compare what the tours actually include

Both packages below are sold by Adrenalina Tours, read 25 October 2026. Prices are per person and undated on the operator’s pages.

The lower Yaxha package price leaves admission and food outside the booking. The Tikal package includes admission and lunch without a drink, but excludes water, extra meals and tips to the guide or driver. Comparing the headline prices alone misses that difference; a complete Yaxha budget also needs a confirmed current park fee.

For route details, see Flores to Yaxha. For the site itself, see the Yaxha ruins guide; older tariff and closing-time information needs confirmation before travel.

Tikal: official admission, sunrise and sunset

MCD’s Tikal page, checked 25 October 2026, lists the following fees. Its page does not state an effective date for them.

Regular public hours are 06:00 to 18:00, Monday to Sunday. MCD separately lists 04:00 to 06:00 for sunrise and 18:00 to 20:00 for sunset.

The MCD ticket FAQ requires the specific sunrise or sunset ticket, general park admission and an authorized guide. The ticket platform does not supply that guide: visitors hire one at the park entrance or through an authorized tour operator. The guide must be authorized and identified by INGUAT. A park ticket alone therefore does not cover an extraordinary-hours visit.

The Adrenalina day package above is a daytime product. Its listed inclusions do not establish that it covers either extraordinary window. More planning detail is on the Tikal sunrise tour page.

Yaxha: a sunset product is not a general access rule

Adrenalina sells a Yaxha sunset tour, but the current official sunrise and sunset permissions could not be verified on 25 October 2026 because CONAP’s tourism page was inaccessible. Its tariff PDF was also inaccessible, so this comparison does not quote an older admission price as today’s fee.

Before booking a sunset visit, ask the operator to confirm the current entry charge, how admission is paid, and the permitted time its group leaves the park. A scheduled sunset visit does not by itself establish permission for independent visitors to remain after regular hours.

Travel from Flores and the combined-day option

MCD puts Tikal 63 km from Flores, with a travel estimate of 1 hour. That is the Ministry’s estimate, rather than a guaranteed transfer time. The current official Flores–Yaxha distance and drive time could not be verified because CONAP’s tourism page was inaccessible; a tour’s total duration is not a road-time estimate.

Adrenalina Tours also lists a daily Tikal and Yaxha combined tour at US$55 per person, read 25 October 2026, with the price undated on its page. It lists 04:30 AM pickup at your hotel in Flores and a Full day duration. Guides at Tikal and Yaxha and transport are included; entrance fees and food are excluded.

That combined product is another way to frame the decision: separate visits leave each site its own outing, while the operator sells a full-day itinerary covering both. Its sunset schedule remains an operator itinerary, rather than official proof of a general late-access exception at Yaxha. No verified matched-period visitor counts support a crowd ranking between the parks.

Related

• Yaxha ruins
• Flores to Yaxha
• Tikal vs. Chichén Itzá
• Tikal sunrise tour
• Where to stay near Tikal

Sources

• MCD: Tikal — admission, public hours, extraordinary windows and Flores distance; checked 25 October 2026.
• MCD ticket FAQ — required tickets and guide arrangements; checked 25 October 2026.
• Adrenalina Tours: Yaxha sunset tour — operator price, departure, duration, inclusions and exclusions; checked 25 October 2026; price undated.
• Adrenalina Tours: Tikal day tour — operator price, departure, duration, inclusions and exclusions; checked 25 October 2026; price undated.
• Adrenalina Tours: Tikal and Yaxha in one day — combined product; checked 25 October 2026; price undated.
• CONAP: Yaxha tourism page — access attempted 25 October 2026; blocked, so current hours, permissions and road figures remain unverified.
• CONAP: Yaxha tariff PDF — access attempted 25 October 2026; blocked, so the current entry tariff remains unverified.