Complete information on the nights of Kukulkan. At the beginning of 2019, the news came out that on Sundays the Kukulkan sound and light show was free for nationals and foreigners, in the archaeological zone of Chichén Itzá. It is not like this.
THE CHICHÉN ITZÁ SHOW IS SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
The news that has been published in the press hides information that confuses many of the visitors. Just in the year that the prices of CULTUR in Chichen Itza double for foreigners, there seems to be a campaign orchestrated with "FREE" hooks. I wish there was more information and not the propaganda to which we are accustomed.
On Sundays if you pay, it's cheaper, but you pay.
Let's see what the light and sound show of Chichén Itzá consists of, known as Nights of Kukulkan, and the prices of it.
KukulKán Nights in Chichén Itzá
The nights of Kukulkan is the light and sound show that takes place in Chichén Itzá, one of the most outstanding shows in the Yucatan Peninsula.
What the Chichén Itzá light and sound show offers
It consists of a tour of 45 minutes by the main archaeological structures of the enclosure illuminated, very nice. And of 25 minutes of a projection of light and sound over the Kukulkan temple. This show you see sitting in chairs that put for the spectators, more or less tickets for 400 people.
Schedules of Kukulkan nights
There are two schedules during the year: summer and winter.
- Summer time at 20 hours (It starts on the first Sunday of April until the first Saturday of October). Summer box office schedule: from 18: 00 to 20.00.
- winter schedule at 19 (from the first Sunday of October to the first Saturday of April). Winter ticket office schedule: from 17: 30 to 19: 30.
On Mondays there is no show
- Summer time to enter: entry for the night tour from 20 to 20: 30. The light and sound show is from 20: 45 to 21 hours.
- Winter time to enter: entry for the night tour from 19 to 19: 30. The light and sound show is from 19: 45 to 20 hours.
Tips: If you are going to buy tickets at the box office, I recommend you
half an hour before admission for the tour. On Sundays about three quarters before the beginning of the trip.
Where to buy tickets for the Chichén Itzá show
- Through the internet in the official website of Kukulkan Night
- Directly at the ticket office at the entrance to Chichen Itza
- You can go on tours from Riviera Maya as the link
If there are cancellations due to rain or other unforeseen events and you bought your ticket at the ticket office, your money will be returned once. If you did it over the internet, it is returned to you, but not that day. On their website they explain it before buying the entrance ticket.
Kukulcán Nights ticket prices
There are two payments, a federal one that is made to INAH and another is the state payment of CULTUR. Payment INAH are 255 Mexican pesos, payment CULTUR 255 pesos. TOTAL 510 weights for all audiences (domestic and foreign). On Sundays they are 255 pesos, the INAH is not paid. Parking Spaces 80 pesos per car.
On Sundays the total price is 255 pesos. Rest of days 510 pesos
Children pay as an adult starting at 3 for a year and a half.
Recommendations for the Chichén Itzá show
- You can take pictures and video, you can not use the flash
- Wear mosquito repellent
- Closed footwear to walk through the most comfortable enclosure and to protect you from possible insects
- You can take a small bottle of water
Sometimes you ask me those who are going for free if it is dangerous to return to Cancun or Mérida on the toll road (the payment road). The answer is that it is a safe road, at night too. It is well paved, illuminated and marked, and there are no incidents to highlight.
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Hello Good afternoon from Madrid.
I am planning a summer vacation with my wife and my son from 16 for the next month of August. We would like to know the yucatan peninsula while spending some day at the beach in Playa del Carmen and getting to know the most famous places in the area, Tulu, Cenotes, Merida, Cozumel, Chichen Itza, etc.
We fled the big hotel complexes and the agglomerations, but we got a little scared.
Would you consider it safe to rent a car and do these tours on our own, staying at several hotels? We have to take special precautions. We know that Yucatan is the safest state in Mexico, but even so, we have some misgivings.
Thank you very much for your help, congratulations on this blog.
By the way we are from Madrid and Barca, this year we take the league, the cup of the king and go for the champion to see if there is luck.
Hello Jesus, here other culés happy with the lived this season 😉 I love Madrid, we have very good friends there.
I understand the concern, my opinion is that you can travel quietly through the Peninsula, taking the usual precautions. I go out every month with no problem, when we accompany people they are even surprised with the idea they had in their heads. Things happen, as everywhere there are isolated situations, but the Peninsula is safe, so for my part I encourage you to do so. I leave a link on specific advice: https://www.elcaminomascorto.es/consejos-conducir-peninsula-yucatan/
Without the intention of selling with a shoehorn, I offer it to you because I know that it goes well in some cases, I pass you our services of help to the traveler, in case you are interested: https://www.elcaminomascorto.es/rutas-mayas-agencia/
Any doubt you write us and I help you delighted.
A hug,
Hello from new jersey I have planned to travel in August and we would like to know the yucatan peninsula ... how to get to merida progress.
Hi Ambrocio, how are you? In the blog you find a lot of information to plan the trip for free. To go to Progreso from Merida I link the information: https://www.elcaminomascorto.es/progreso-merida-playa/ If you need personal advice, transportation or we make the route to suit you, we also offer the service to help travelers discover the Peninsula in the best way: https://www.elcaminomascorto.es/rutas-mayas-agencia/
We will be happy to support you on your trip.
Best regards to New Jersey.
The free nights if they are true, the problem is that you have to request your ticket somewhere certified by the government, you register with your email and you are ready to receive your free tickets. You can find that place in Valladolid at the tourist offices, I know there are others but I was closer to this town before reaching the pyramids.
Hello Leo, thanks for the information, I have some questions: What is a certified place by the Government and where do you know you are? Is there a website with this information or official document? Where do you give your mail, in writing in an office or do you sign up on a website? What do they send you to confirm, a receipt? I would appreciate an answer. For my part until I can verify this information, and if it is not a local promotion of the Government of Yucatan, I must insist that they are not free. This was confirmed to me from https://nochesdekukulkan.com/ and the same ones of the INAH and CULTUR of Chichén Itzá.
Thanks for the information, kind regards, I read.
Good, I have a question and I need recommendations. In November I will go to Chichen Itza but we will enter during the day to know the Pyramid of Dia ... then we will visit Valladolid, we leave the park and then return at night to see the light show.
From the page you put to buy tickets, can you buy the two tickets or just the Kukulkan nights?
And another question, if I go to the ticket office from the morning and buy the ticket for chichen itza of day I can once make the purchase for the night? to not go back to the 17: 30 to the ticket office and buy them, that is, only get to the 19: 00 that starts the tour.
Thanks for the info
Hello Fabiola, from the page that I put, you can only buy the tickets for Kukulkan nights, the day tickets are at the park ticket offices. On the other question, the truth is that I do not know, I owe you that answer, I'm sorry. Anyway, in November, since it is not high season, you can get to the 18 without any problem.
I wish you a very good trip Fabiola.
Hello, I will go on Sunday (since it is cheaper), to Chichen Itza from Merida and I would like to know if in the morning I can already buy the light show at the box office in the afternoon, or the purchase is exclusive through the kukulkan page. The price is really cheaper on Sundays, or I can go Friday or Saturday, I am a university student and I have a valid credential. In my plans is to know the cenotes near Merida, the ZA of Uxmal and the ZA of Chichen Itzá.
Thank you in advance for your response.
Hi Mario, let's clear up doubts 🙂 In the morning they don't let you buy the ticket for the show, you must wait for the box office to open in the afternoon again. The other option is to do it online directly on your website. Access to archaeological sites is free every day for Mexican teachers and students (with official credential of the Mexican Educational System). But in Chichen and Uxmal, in addition to the payment of the INAH (from which you are exempt), the Government of Yucatán is made. The discount does not apply to the show, and only on Sunday there is a general discount for the show.
On the cenotes of Mérida I link you in case it helps you: https://www.elcaminomascorto.es/cenotes-en-merida-cenotes-yucatan/
Enjoy the trip very much. Best regards,
Hello Sandra, we are an elderly Mexican couple who want to see the Light and Sound Show in Chichen Itza. We require transportation from a hotel in Mèrida. Can you quote us the service for Wednesday 21 or Thursday 22 April 2021?
Hi Maria, I'm not sure that the sound and light show is running due to a pandemic issue. Let me find out. I write to your email to give you a quote.
Best regards,