1. Tikal National Park is open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., every day of the week, 365 days a year.

2. There is a $ 10 fee to enter the park, valid for the day on which it purchased only.

3. There is a $ 1.50 fee to enter the museum, valid for the day on which it is purchased only.

4. Respect and observe the park’s authorities instructions.

5. Smoking is allowed within the park, but visitors are strongly advised to take their cigarette buts and ash back with them, it is forbidden to throw away any burning matches or cigarettes in the park.

6. You may not pay tips to any park guards, it will be considered bribing, which is considered a serious offense at the Tikal National Park.

7. Visitors are advised to follow the park’s rules.

8. Walk within the designated paths only and follow the signs, use these for orientation and stay off the restricted areas for your personal security.

9. You may climb on some of the monuments, however, some are strictly off limits.

10. Do not climb on the temples if you feel unfit and watch your step at all times, specially on wet stones and logs. You are in the park at your own risk.

11. If you climb temples and monuments, make sure you contribute to the safeguarding of its architectural features: don’t destroy the monuments.

12. When climbing temples, do not make any new trails to climb up and keep strictly on the trodden pathways and the main stairways: do not trample over the monuments.

13. Do not cut down any of the vegetation, cutting objects are strictly prohibited within park premises.

14. Do not throw any trash in the park.

15. Do not feed jungle animals.

16. Do not carve any graffiti, touch, lean or sit on any archaeological monument.

17. Do not make any rubbings of the sculptures of Tikal.

18. Do not turn over any stones or logs for your personal security and for preservation purposes.

19. Do not collect any animal, insect or plant specimen.

20. For any scientific purposes, the appropriate paperwork is necessary for the collection of specimens, photography and research.

21. Do not film for commercial purposes without the appropriate paperwork.  Filming at Tikal requires a special permit, issued only by the Institute of Archaeology and History I.D.A.E.H. ( Instituto de Antropologia e Historia ) in Guatemala City.

Filming in Tikal requires a special permit. Please make sure you have it before you set out to your filming expedition to Tikal . We may assist you in obtaining this permit from the Institute of Anthropology and History. (June 2006)

22. Making fires of any kind is prohibited, except for ceremonial purposes, which requires a special permit, issued only by the Institute of Archaeology and History I.D.A.E.H. ( Instituto de Antropologia e Historia ) in Guatemala City.

23. Use the restrooms provided by the park, which are found in the rest areas adjacent to the monuments.

24. Within the park, there is a speed limit, of 30- 40 kilometers per hour.

25. Do not blow your horn while driving through the park, and do not play any hi-fi within the ruins.

26. Do not hunt within park premises or adjacent to its area of influence; firearms are strictly forbidden within park premises unless you carry a permit from the pertinent authority.

27. To continue on to Uaxactun through the Tikal National Park, it is necessary to obtain a special permit at the Park's administration.

28. By no means are visitors allowed to be within the ruins after hours.

29. For guests who stay at the hotels within park premises, the admittance into the park's entrance may begin at 5 a.m.

30. Lights are turned out at 9:30 p.m., so guests are advised to be at their hotels before this time.

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