一号神庙

Thee temple of the grand Jaguar was build for king Moon Double Comb, one of the most prolific builders in Tikal. His burial is here and the temple was finished by his son. At the top there are 3 rooms, however when we visited you could not climb this one because some people had died while going up.

Not much to say that the other reviews haven’t already said.Just a shame that they have put a stop to climbing this ruin.You will probably spend about half an hour to an hour here in this area to appreciate and try and picture what it use to be like back in the day.There will be tours and others that will clap their hands while standing in the middle and well just join them. The sound is pretty cool.This is one place where everyone will visit on their trip to Tikal National Park.

This is the taller of the two in the Gran Plaza. Seventeen years ago you could still climb it I am glad to see that they restrict that now. The workmanship and the massiveness of this temple us something to see.

It will echo from one temple to the other! The Gran Plaza is a humbling, awe inspiring experience. We spent the better part of an hour exploring just this square.

This stepped pyramid of nine levels was constructed of limestone around 732 AD, thus making it a Classic Mayan building. The reigning ruler at the time was buried within, so this was a funerary temple. His tomb has been uncovered in modern times. Not as lofty as its companion Temple IV, this temple stretches 154 feet about the underlying plaza. There is a roofcomb, though it's been markedly eroded over the centuries. Beneath it are three narrow chambers with the steep, high ceilings characteristic of the corbel arch (the Mayans never discovered the true arch, so prevalent in Roman architecture). But I never got to stride into these chambers, since climbing this pyramid is no longer permitted. Oh well, it's still a magnificent structure to behold. Had I been allowed to scale this building, my rating would be a 5.

Tikal ruins is a great place for photos. Unlike other ruins (Chitzen Itza, Mexico) you can get as close as you want to take photos & touch.Tikal ruins is amazing & definitely worth the trip/money.Tikal ruins is so beautiful & amazing.

We loved our trip to Tikal. I highly recommend to hire a tour guide. You will get better knowledge and have someone who can navigate you through this park. It gets hot and there is a lot of walking. It was an incredible experience!!

Overlooks the great plaza and looks across at temple 2. Unfortunately you can't climb up on this one.....

Tikal Archeological SiteQ150 after 3:30 gets you two days in the ruins with regular hours being 6am-6pm. The sunrise and sunset extra hours are at Q100 each and you need a guide, the guide is so you can find your way in the dark, for good information and you do not want to miss the special effects. It was cloudy so I did not take advantage of this service.Tikal is very nice, touristy and commercialized with hotels, restaurants, souvenir shops. The road into it was good by Central America standards. When I got here it hadn’t rained much for quite a while, this made it nice for me to climb the hillsides and ruins (when its wet it can be very slippery. I also camped in the park for three days (and returned after visiting Uaxactun Ruins), nice shelters are available, bathrooms and showers are clean for Q50 per night. Their electric is with a generator next to camping park, but it only runs a few hours a day (7am till noon and again 6 to 9pm for the restaurants were you can use their Wi-Fi and electric to recharge your batteries). The restaurant food and drinks are good but to expansive for my budget, but the locals do sell good food and drinks at very reasonably prices outside under the trees in the parking lot. I do recommend this. Otherwise bring your own supplies for there is not any in the park.

What a wonderful city it must have been you must go there to experience this place. I was filled with awe as I walked around the city so many wondrous buildings.

Tikal is an amazing site. It is incredible to walk through the jungle and suddenly come out in a clearing with huge pyramids. Climbing temple II and IV is definitely worth the hike. It is beautiful to look out over the tree canopy at the tops of the other pyramids. The wildlife in Tikal was also great - spider monkeys, howler monkeys, coati. We visited as a day trip which meant visiting in the heat of the day and yet still saw wildlife, so I can only imagine how amazing the wildlife must be during better viewing hours (early am or late in the day). Our pictures just do not do this site justice. I wish we could have stayed overnight, but visiting Tikal is definitely worth it even if you can only go for a few hours.

The grandeur, the architecture and the incredible craftsmanship of the Mayan culture are worth seeing, this temple delivers and does not disappoint. Unlike Temple IV which you don't get a view of the whole, this Temple is there for the taking, enjoy the site! Hope this review was helpful!!!

The true image of Tikal. Beautiful at all times of the day. Try to get there before the crowds and the never ending number if people who just have to stand in front of it to have their photo taken.

I attended Tikal National Park with a number of persons from our tour group. Our group leader organised the trip with a English speaking local who had excellent knowledge of the history of each site within the park. He was able to talk about the culture, religion, farming, weather etc with great authority and with a sense of humour. We arrived at the park to enter as soon as it opened at 6am, the trip from Flores was not too far but we did leave quite early. The entry fee was 150 Q.After a quick breakfast at the site, we reviewed the large 3D aerial view of the national park and a quick overview of our day was given. It was clear that the park was spread out over a large area and there were many sites to see. It was noted that the parts excavated were only a small percentage of the the actual civilisation.Following the briefing we began our exploration of the park, the wildlife is amazing, we saw numerous monkeys, deer, Pizotes, birdlife and a tarantula. The pyramids and buildings are well preserved and the landscape is breathtaking with the jungle kept at bay by the great conservation work that is going on.A highlight was climbing to the top of one of the temples and viewing the surrounding area. The tops of other sites are just visible over the tree canopies and this is the famous movie scene from the first original Star Wars.There is a lot of walking involved to get to each site, however it is fairly easy going. We did a lot of stopping and starting due to our guide pointing out plants and other points of interest.Although a very popular location, we did not have issues with the crowds and this was due to our early start but also because the park is so large. There are no souvenir stands inappropriately scattered throughout the park which was nice. The grounds were very clean of rubbish. There are points were food and drink can be purchased.After seeing many archaeological sites in Mexico, visiting Tikal in Guatemala would have to be up there as one of my favourites and I definitely recommend visiting this place with a guide of good repute as this certainly added to the experience.Definitely would return to this place.Visited May 2013

The whole of Tikal is amazing but to see Temple I flanking the Grand Plaza is a sight to behold. Especially when you are at the top of Temple V and you look over the jungle and you can see Temple I peeking out of the canopy. Try and stay at one of the hotel/lodges in the park so that you can visit the temples and plazas without all the crowds in the morning or in the late afternoon. You can pay a guide to take up to Temple V to view the sunrise which is something we will never forget.Don't forget to have some good shoes to walk along the trails. Take water and snacks and bug spray and sun block with you when you wander about.