Tulum City Guide
Tulum Entrance Fees and Tickets
Tulum entrance fees are simple once you know two things: almost every gate takes cash in pesos, and almost none of them sells a ticket online. This page collects what each one charges, with the page it was read from and the date, so you can carry the right money and stop guessing. The pages behind each figure sit in the Tulum, Mexico city guide.
Quick answer Every gate price, and how you pay it
A foreign adult pays MX$265 at the Tulum ruins, MX$210 at Cobá, MX$145 at Muyil, a MX$225 quota for Sian Ka'an and MX$400 at Cenote Dos Ojos. Most other cenotes publish nothing and take cash only. The ruins, Cobá, Muyil and the reserve quota come to MX$845 together, about $50.
Key takeaways
- The one figure worth knowing before you argue at a window: INAH's unified fee of MX$265 already includes the CONANP charge and the Parque del Jaguar fee
- Only Parque Dos Ojos sells online and takes cards; the cenote index marks the gates that publish no price at all
- Sundays are free at every INAH zone for Mexican nationals and foreign residents — foreign visitors pay the same seven days a week
- Two activities cannot be bought at a gate at any price: the Akumal turtle circuits and the Sian Ka'an float both require an authorised guide
Every gate around Tulum, with the page it came from
Read on 29 August 2026 from the agency or operator that charges it. Peso figures are the official ones; dollar approximations use the European Central Bank reference rate of 28 August 2026, US$1 = MX$16.95. Where nothing is published, the row says so rather than repeating a figure from a blog.
| Gate | Foreign adult | Mexican or resident | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tulum ruins — unified fee | MX$265 (about $16) | MX$80 (about $5) | INAH |
| Cobá | MX$210 (about $12) | MX$105 (about $6) | INAH |
| Muyil | MX$145 (about $9) | MX$80 (about $5) | INAH |
| Sian Ka'an — reserve quota | MX$225 (about $13) | MX$225 (about $13) | CONANP |
| Parque Nacional Tulum — quota | MX$125 (about $7) | MX$125 (about $7) | CONANP |
| Cenote Dos Ojos | MX$400 (about $24) | MX$400 (about $24) | Parque Dos Ojos |
| Cenote Nicte-Ha / Jaguar, same park | MX$300 / MX$350 | MX$300 / MX$350 | Parque Dos Ojos |
| Gran Cenote, Calavera, Zacil-Ha, Casa Cenote | Not published — cash | Not published — cash | Nobody |
One contradiction is worth carrying with you: CONANP publishes MX$125 for the national park at the ruins while INAH publishes MX$265 as a unified fee that already includes it, and an operator's listing quotes MX$511. All three were read on the same day; the ruins ticket page sets them side by side and explains which one governs the window.
When a tour is cheaper than the gates
Below the price of the entrance fees plus a taxi, a shared day is simply cheaper. These six are the ones where that arithmetic works, as listed on 29 August 2026.
from $26.09
Riviera Maya: Tulum Ruins, Mariposa & Chen-Ha Half-Day Tour
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The cheapest way to pair the ruins with two cenote swims — hotel pickup, a guided walk, then Mariposa and Chen-Ha. Biggest review count here.
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from $45
Riviera Maya: Tulum, Coba & Cenote Tour: Transport & buffet
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Two archaeological zones and a cenote swim in one day with hotel pickup and a buffet — the cheapest full day on this page.
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from $165
Tulum: Cenote Exploration Tour with Lunch and Snorkeling
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Three cenotes in one afternoon with transport, life vests and a traditional lunch — one booking instead of three cash gates and a taxi.
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from $169
From Tulum: Sian Ka’an Muyil Lagoon Tour
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Muyil's temples first, then the boat and the float, with every entrance fee bundled into one price. Three separate cash payments avoided.
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from $37.39
Akumal Beach: VIP Sea Turtle Swim, Guided Snorkeling + GoPro Photos
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Wristband entry, a local licensed guide, lockers and GoPro photos. Book the first slot: the bay is calmest and the guides put fewer people in.
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from $90
From Tulum: Chichen Itza, Cenote & Valladolid Tour
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The long day inland — Chichén Itzá, a cenote swim and an hour in Valladolid, with buffet lunch and pickup. Twelve hours door to door.
Check AvailabilityHow you actually pay, gate by gate
The payment method is the part that trips people up here, more than the price.
The INAH gates — the ruins, Cobá, Muyil — take cash and cards, and print a ticket that itemises what you paid for. Keep it: it is the only proof of what was charged. CONANP's quotas at Sian Ka'an and the national park are collected in cash at the gate or the lagoon. Parque Dos Ojos is the outlier that behaves like a modern attraction: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Carnet, Discover, OXXO, bank transfer or cash, with online booking and a QR code by email.
Everywhere else is cash in pesos. The cenote gates on the Cobá road, the boat at the Muyil lagoon, the parking, the bicycle hire, the tips: all of it. The ATMs in town charge a per-withdrawal fee and the machines on the beach road charge more, so draw money once, in the town, and carry small notes — a MX$500 note at a cenote hut is a problem.
| Gate | Cash | Card | Online in advance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tulum ruins (INAH) | Yes | Yes | No — no official web ticket exists |
| Cobá, Muyil (INAH) | Yes | Yes | No |
| Sian Ka'an, Parque Nacional Tulum (CONANP) | Yes | Not stated | No |
| Parque Dos Ojos | Yes | Yes | Yes, with a QR code and a 48-hour refund |
| Other cenotes | Yes, only | No | No |
Who pays less, and on which day
Mexico's federal rules do most of the discounting, and they apply at every archaeological zone in the country rather than site by site.
Mexican nationals and foreign residents of Mexico pay roughly half at the INAH gates — MX$80 at the ruins and Muyil, MX$105 at Cobá — on presentation of ID, and enter free on Sundays. INAH's national exemptions also cover children under 13, students, teachers and INAPAM cardholders with ID.
What is not stated anywhere is whether those exemptions extend to the park share of the unified fee at the ruins, or to the CONANP quotas, so this site does not print a figure for them: ask at the window. At Parque Dos Ojos the rule is the park's own — under 4 free, 4 to 12 reduced, adult from 13.
For a foreign visitor there is no discount card, no city pass and no combined ticket on this coast. The only real saving is structural: a shared day that bundles two gates, transport and lunch, which is what the tour comparison above is for.
What a week of gates costs
Worked from the table above, for one foreign adult, entrance fees only — no transport, no guide, no food.
Entrance fees only, for one foreign adult — no transport, no guide, no food. Against a single dinner behind the dune, this is the argument this site keeps making: in Tulum the sights are cheap and the lifestyle is not.
| Trip length | Gates | Total in pesos | About |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three nights | Ruins, one cenote, the reserve | MX$890 | $53 |
| Four nights | Add Cobá | MX$1,100 | $65 |
| Five nights | Add Muyil | MX$1,245 | $73 |
| Each extra cash cenote | Not published anywhere | MX$300–500 | $18–30 |
Why the cenotes are the wildcard
The gates that publish nothing are the ones that can surprise you, and they take cash. Budget in the range above, carry it in notes of MX$100 and MX$200, and draw it in the town rather than on the beach road, where the machines charge more.
Where these numbers come from
Every figure on this page is a figure somebody published, or it is labelled as not published.
The archaeological prices come from INAH's own zone pages, the reserve and national-park quotas from CONANP's Áreas Naturales Protegidas site, and the cenote prices from Parque Dos Ojos's own booking pages. Each was read on 29 August 2026, and each page on this site carries the date its own figures were read rather than a single site-wide stamp.
Mexican federal agencies republish their tariffs each January, so a figure read in August is a figure read in August. Where two official sources disagree, both appear here with the reason we follow one of them. Where a gate publishes nothing at all — which is most of the cenotes around Tulum — the row says so, and no number is invented to fill it.
The pages behind these numbers
Each gate has a page that explains what the fee buys and what it does not.
Tulum ruins tickets
Why guides still quote MX$515, who pays less, where the parking is, and when a tour beats the gate. The ticket page carries all three published figures.
MX$265, one unified paymentTulum cenotes
Nine cenotes numbered to a map with the cash gates marked. Only Dos Ojos publishes a tariff and takes cards.
MX$300–400, mostly cashThings to do in Tulum
The same gates sorted by what they cost you in hours and road rather than in pesos — the things-to-do list is the planning version of this page.
Twelve, priced and timedTulum entrance fees: the questions people ask
How much are entrance fees in Tulum?
For a foreign adult: MX$265 at the ruins, MX$210 at Cobá, MX$145 at Muyil, a MX$225 quota for Sian Ka'an and MX$400 at Cenote Dos Ojos. Most other cenotes publish nothing and take cash — the table above marks which is which.
Can you buy Tulum tickets online?
Barely. INAH sells no official online ticket for the Tulum archaeological zone, and CONANP does not sell the reserve quota in advance. The one exception is Parque Dos Ojos, which sells by cenote and date and sends a QR code. Everything else you pay at the window.
Do the gates around Tulum take cards?
The INAH gates do, and so does Parque Dos Ojos. CONANP's quotas and every unpublished cenote gate are cash in pesos, as are parking, boats and bicycle hire. The payment table sets out which is which — draw cash in the town rather than on the beach road.
Is there a Tulum city pass or a combined ticket?
No. There is no pass, no discount card and no combined ticket on this coast for a foreign visitor. The only structural saving is a shared tour that bundles two gates with transport and lunch, which for the ruins with two cenotes is listed below the price of a taxi.
Why do some sites say the ruins cost MX$515?
Because they were written when three bodies collected three separate charges at that entrance. INAH now publishes one unified fee of MX$265 that it states covers the CONANP charge and the Parque del Jaguar fee, and one operator listing still quotes MX$511 — all read on 29 August 2026 and all reproduced on the ruins ticket page.
Do children pay at the gates around Tulum?
At INAH sites, national rules exempt children under 13 with ID, along with students, teachers and INAPAM cardholders. At Parque Dos Ojos, under 4 is free and 4 to 12 is reduced. Whether the exemptions extend to the park share of the unified fee is not stated by either agency, so ask at the window.
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