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Palenque Mayan Ruins, Misol-Ha and Agua Azul Waterfalls Full Day Tour from Palenque
Palenque, Mexico
From $75.00
Select Date and Travelers
up to 24 hours before the experience starts (local time)
- 9 hours
- Pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Set out from Palenque for a day full of natural wonders and cultural exploring. Visit the UNESCO-listed Palenque archaeological site and spend a couple hours touring this ancient, jungle-clad city, learning about its role in Mayan civilization while perusing its temples and artifacts. Afterward, pay a visit to two local waterfalls: the towering 115-feet-high (35-meter) Misol-Ha, and Agua Azul, a series of turquoise-colored cascades and pools—prefect for a refreshing afternoon swim.
- A full-day cultural and archaeological tour from Palenque, Mexico
- Explore the ancient Mayan ruins of Palenque, a UNESCO World Heritage site
- Admire the 115-foot-high (35-meter) Misol-Ha Waterfall
- Splash in the pools of Agua Azul, a series of cascading waterfalls
- Includes hotel pickup and drop-off
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Transport by air-conditioned minivan
- Local guide according your selection or not.
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Start time
08:00 AM
Pickup details
We pick up from any Hotel in Palenque City and near of the Archaelogical Site
What To Expect
Zona Arqueologica de Palenque
2 hours • Admission Ticket Included
Cascadas de Misol-Ha
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included
Cascadas de Agua Azul
2 hours • Admission Ticket Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Infants must sit on laps
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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3.5
20 reviews
Karolis_B, Apr 2024
Good tour, pick up was good, on time. Van was alright, we had to pay extra for the guidez but she qas alroght, spoke english, so it was good. Rest of the day was lovely too, went to swim at Misol-ha and Aqua Azul. A good full day experience in the jungle.
Tracy_S, Dec 2022
My tour was tagged on to another tour . Without notice the tour was extended 3 hrs at the waterfall to accommodate the other tour. The bus was very cramped with 2 additional pick up passengers who sat on the floor for 2 + hours! The guide did not speak English . He was not a guide but a driver. Other passengers translated pick up times and locations. Recommend get yourself a taxi and save your time and money.
Agnes_B, Apr 2022
The trip was great and very interesting. IMHO Palenque ruins is much more value for the money than Yaxchilan & Bonampak so if you are choosing between these two tours, choose Palenque. Our guide, Belen, was fantastic she has very deep knowledge of the Mayan culture and is eager to share it in an engaging and interesting way. Definitely recommend doing a tour with her (both in English and in Spanish).
The Misol-ha waterfall is nice but could honestly be skipped. Agua Azul is much more impressive and you can have a nice refreshing swim on the different levels of the waterfall. Very commercial though with people offering you things to buy every step you take. Manuel Barrios waterfalls are almost as impressive and much more natural and native, also better to swim in.
The trip is longer than they tell you. It was important for us to know the exact duration of the trip as we had to book a bus in the evening and almost missed the bus because of the missinformation. On the website it says 8h, the tour organizer assured us that it's absolutely not longer than 10h when we called and asked explaining why it's important for us to know the exact time. Only once we met the driver who picked us up did he tell the truth about the duration, which is actually 11,5h...
HelgaMari_H, Apr 2022
We were seated in a snakk car. It was too crowded. For this price you would get better service if you just hire a taxi to drive you around to these places.
HelenaAbdali_J, Apr 2022
Belen was a great guide with a lot of knowledge! We had a perfect amount of time each place, and just a really good day!
Harald_S, Feb 2022
Very knowledgeable guide for the Mayan ruins.
After the ruins I was picked up and added to another tour to Misol-ha and Aqua Azul. I would have wished some guidance in English. An SMS would have been sufficient as I was not clear if I would stay or need to switch.
Both sites was great. However aqua AZul was a bid long. Max 2 hours are sufficient.
Overall a great experience
Daniel_E, Feb 2022
The worst thing about this tour was that our English speaking tour guide never showed up. Luckily enough our driver found us another English speaking guide. After agreeing to pay extra at a lower price for an extended tour, through the jungle and into undiscovered temples, we actually had great time. The waterfalls are amazing though there are a lot of vendors about. What we thought was going to be a disastrous day turned out to be great one.
JLL, Jun 2017
I am the only person who joined the tour in the morning. It was a little confusing because the drivers speak a little English. Palenque ruins is great, and the guide explained the history of this site very well. I was transferred to another local tour to go the the 2 waterfalls in the afternoon. The driver did not speak English at all. Thankfully Mexicans are eager to help me all the way. I would rather stay at Palenque ruins longer, because traffic time was really long to the waterfalls. The whole trip was safe, and the general experience was good and unforgettable.
Ines N, Mar 2017
I really enjoyed this tour. I ended up being the only one attending the tour that day and my tour guide was just full of knowledge. I feel like I gained a lot from the experience. Palenque is just beautiful!
William C, Feb 2017
Palenque is an extremely important site for Mayan civilization.
Unfortunately for tourists, there's less there than the reputation would indicate.
Only 1-5 of the total site has been reclaimed from the jungle, so you can see the whole thing in a couple of hours. Unless you are hell-bent to go for the history, or are in the area anyway, it's a long way to travel for what you get. Unlike Chichen Itza or Teotihuacan and other per-Colombian sites, Palenque isn't near anything particularly interesting. The town of Palenque is mostly another sad, poor Mexican town, with a few hotels and restaurants. The archeological site is well-maintained, and our guide was quite knowledgeable, though his English was at the bare minimum level.
The Misol-Ha and Agua Azul waterfalls were more disappointing: hours spent traveling over horrible roads to sites that were nice, but hardly worth the time invested. It was fascinating to travel through rural Mexico past villages and towns I would not otherwise even know about, but the roads are in a state of disrepair and the use of topes speed bumps to slow traffic meant grinding to a near-halt dozens of times.
Better than going to the waterfalls in my opinion would be to spend some time at the Palenque Museum. Our guide discouraged us from going because he likely got a kick-back from the restaurant at Agua Azul we ate lunch at. In hindsight, I would have rather paid him a bit more NOT to take us there.
While the town of Palenque isn't much to talk about, we did have some good food at the Restaurante Maya and Bajlum, which prepares are vision of authentic Mayan food cash only!. And our stay at the Hotel Villa Mercedes Palenque was a bit of paradise in a chaotic world.
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