Cenote Ik Kil: Entrance Fee, Hours, Depth and Tours

Where is Cenote Ik Kil?

Ik Kil is outside the village of Pisté, in the municipality of Tinúm, on the highway from Chichén Itzá to Valladolid. The address is km 122 of the Mérida–Valladolid highway, X-Calakoop. The park says it is 3 km from Chichén Itzá and about 2 hours from Cancún or Playa del Carmen; a route planner over OpenStreetMap gives 203 km and about 2 h 30 min from Cancún.

• Chichén Itzá — 3 km, about 5 minutes (park website and Yucatán state tourism)
• Chichén Itzá train station — about 5 minutes by taxi (park website)
• Valladolid — about 40 km, 35 to 45 minutes
• Cancún — about 203 km, 2 to 2.5 hours by car

Ik Kil entrance fee and hours

The park publishes its prices on cenoteikkil.com; we read them on 27 October 2026. It is open every day of the year, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The park also sells tickets online and says booking ahead skips the line. Older blogs quote 100 or 150 pesos: those prices are out of date. See how Ik Kil compares with other cenotes on what a cenote costs.

• Adult, 240 pesos — General access with life vest, locker and parking.
• Child 1.20 to 1.40 m tall, 150 pesos — Life vest included, locker not included. Children under 1.20 m enter free; over 1.40 m pay the adult price.
• Adult with buffet, 530 pesos — Entry, life vest, locker, parking, buffet lunch and one drink.
• Child with buffet, 280 pesos — Sold only at the ticket office; the drink is non-alcoholic.

How deep is Ik Kil, and what is the swim like?

Ik Kil is about 60 m (200 ft) across and about 48 m (157 ft) deep, with the water surface about 26 m (85 ft) below ground level (Wikipedia). A stone stairway with small viewing balconies leads down to a platform at the water, and small catfish live in the pool (Yucatán state tourism). The park makes the life vest mandatory, and lifeguards supervise the water. Phones and cameras are allowed in marked areas, without flash. Yucatán's cenote rules (Decree 193/2014) ask you to shower before you enter and not to put on lotion or sunscreen in the three hours before, except organic, biodegradable products. More on the basics in our cenote swimming guide.

When is Ik Kil crowded?

The park publishes no crowd figures, so this rests on one visitor report from 2025 (TravelTomTom): about 30 people in the water at 11 a.m. and more than 100 an hour later, once the tour buses arrived after 11:30. Tours stopped arriving after 4 p.m., so the last hour was quieter. If you drive yourself, the 9 a.m. opening and the hour before the 5 p.m. close are the times that report points to. Guests of Hotel Ik Kil, on the same grounds, can also swim from 8 a.m. and again from 6 to 8 p.m.

Ik Kil or another cenote near Chichén Itzá?

Ik Kil is the closest swimming cenote to the ruins, and the fee includes the vest and locker. The Sacred Cenote inside Chichén Itzá is closer still, but you can only look at it from the rim. Cenote Suytun, 8 km from Valladolid, is a cave cenote with shallow water and a stone platform under a hole in the roof, and 2025 reports put it at 120 to 250 pesos. If the Valladolid side of the day matters more to you, our Valladolid cenotes page sets them side by side.

How to get to Ik Kil from Cancún

By car, take the 180D toll road west to Chichén Itzá; parking at Ik Kil is included in the ticket. Posta (March 2026) puts the tolls at roughly 100 to 200 pesos for the round trip. ADO buses from Cancún to Chichén Itzá take 3 to 4 hours (Posta, 2026); ado.com.mx sells the tickets and shows the fare for your date. The Tren Maya leaves Cancún Aeropuerto at 8:00, 9:30 and 11:50 a.m. (Posta, 2026), and the park is about 5 minutes by taxi from the Chichén Itzá station. You can also visit cenotes without a tour.

Chichén Itzá tours from Cancún with a cenote swim

The Chichén Itzá day with a cenote swim we list is run by Amigo Tours LATAM: from $57, 12 hours, 4.6 on 8,731 reviews of this tour on GetYourGuide, with hotel or meeting-point pickup depending on the option. Its itinerary swims at Cenote Chichikan near Valladolid, not Ik Kil. The listing says the Chichén Itzá fee is paid on the day unless you book the All-Inclusive option, and the vest and locker at the cenote cost extra on the other options. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before. Booking a day for cenote ik kil itself? Compare the operators and read each itinerary before you pay.