Day Trip to Tikal Maya Ruins Including Lunch

Highlights

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Itinerary

1. This is our meeting point before we drive to the western border at 6:30am

   15 min

2. -massive pyramid temples, monumental plazas, palaces and stelae -Tikal was the most powerful metropolis in the area for many centuries

   4 hAdmission included

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

Reviews

Ratings come from 109 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.

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• 5Great tour with lots of details

  We just got done with the tour with my two older children who are 13 and 15 years old. Our guide was extremely knowledgeable and spent lots of time at each of the individual sites at the various ruins and really explained the history of everything and great detail. The resort we stayed at did offer a tour, but they got there after we arrived and were long gone before we even had lunch. If you have older children that would have interest in the history and details of everything I would highly encourage this tour. This guy really knew his stuff and could get in a couple layers deep if you had additional questions on everything. It is certainly hot, so you certainly want to have water and make sure you’re in shape to be able to hike the steeper stairs and many of the places did not have handrails.

  richbY8304HDJuly 2026via Tripadvisor

• 5Interesting findings

  Quick trip from west part of Belize. Active archaeological site , neat history and structures. Knowledgeable guide.

  MiaMay 2026via Viator

• 5Tikal

  Regge was great about providing history, while also giving time to explore the ruins. The visit allowed us to see everything we wanted to see. Crowds were limited other than one temple at the very end, but our guide got us up before the crowd descended. Walter also made it easy to get through the boarder crossing.

  cerep2026May 2026via Tripadvisor

• 5A great day trip to Tikal from Belize

  Excellent day trip after a little messing about at the Belize border. William, our guide, was great. Giving us what we needed to know, but leaving the details to answering follow up questions. The tour was well paced and very interesting and the lunch afterwards at an excellent restaurant just outside of Tikal.

  XacTimmermansMarch 2026via Tripadvisor

• 5Great tour with Maya Walk Tours - super smooth border crossing with Maya Walk Tours assistance

  We did this tour from San Ignacio. Maya Walk Tours did a excellent job getting us to the border. The border crossing went very smooth. One driver took us to the Guatemalan border crossing where another the tour guide and driver picked us up. Border crossing can be confusing and challenging, but Maya Walk Tours did an amazing job coordinating the crossing and passing us off to the tour provider on the Guatemala side of the border. Our tour guide Rony, was super knowledgeable and did a excellent job walking us through the Tikal ruins. It was well coordinated with enough time at each of the Mayan ruin sites to hike/climb/walk to get to the top of Ruins. Rony's passion for the ruins and knowledge was very evident as he explained each Mayan ruin we stopped at. Rony was also very knowledgeable on the different type of birds we saw, always on the lookout for different bird species. For those birders out there he would be an excellent tour guide.

  BillSpeer82March 2026via Tripadvisor

• 3Tikal Tour - read the bottom of review.

  The Tikal tour overall was great. We started our morning driving to the border where we passed customs and immigration, and went into another tour guide‘s hands. drive in Guatemala is a little rough due to road conditions, but it is a very pretty drive. Getting to Tikal there are a lot of pathways and our tour guide, Danny took us through some cool trails as to give us a little bit more of the history of the site. We climbed multiple structures, and Danny was very knowledgeable about the history of the Mayan civilization and specifically Tikal. He gave us plenty of time to explore on our own and afterwards we went to a local restaurant to eat a very scrumptious meal. The drive back again was a little rough, but we were all very tired from such an exhausting hike that most of us slept. Passing immigration going back into Belize was a breeze and the only downside was our driver from Maya walk tours being 30 minutes late. In the future, I would probably opt for a smaller family owned company to take us on this tour as maya walk is the largest in the area and they are honestly a glorified taxi service. Will probably not use them in the future.

  spencersT4419TLMarch 2026via Tripadvisor

Know before you go

How it compares in San Ignacio

• Its from-price is close to the median of the 71 day trips we list in San Ignacio.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• By number of reviews it ranks 7 of 71.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About San Ignacio

San Ignacio is a market town in western Belize, set in the Cayo hills beside the Macal River, close to Maya ruins, caves and the Guatemalan border.

San Ignacio stands on a ridge above the Macal River, the main town of the Cayo District in western Belize, with its twin town of Santa Elena across the water. A Saturday market fills the centre with produce and crafts, and the main street has cafés, guesthouses and shops that serve the visitors who base themselves here to explore the forest and the ruins around it.

Top-ranked sights in San Ignacio: Actun Tunichil Muknal, Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve, San Jose Succotz.

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