Hi - I have a couple of questions to anyone who has recently been to Tikal:
Thank you
Not sure about the ticket. That policy seems to change a lot. When we were there (March 2014) we were told we could only buy 3 kinds of tickets : sunrise (4 am to 8 am), day (6 am to 6pm) and sunset (4 pm to 8 pm).
There is a general campground in Tikal, separate from the hotels (just ask at the information desk). You can camp there with your own tent (they put a tent up for us in 2012 but no longer in 2014, we were there last in March). They will still put up a hammock for you (Q85) though. It is actually quite comfortable. There is a thick sheet that goes around the hammock to keep bugs out and it kind of makes it like a tent although you sleep in a hammock.
I thought it was the Jaguar Inn that has the tents. Not many though and you can't book them in advance (Q120).
Yea the camping area is basically next to the soccer pitch, across from the 3 lodges, and the parking lot. The Information Desk is between this and the main entrance which you can only walk in.
I think it was Jaguar Inn that rents tents, and you set up right there on their private hotel property around the cabins, which also may allow you to use the bathrooms/showers, check their website.
Tim
