No cenote near Tulum publishes an official price. October 2026 guides put Gran Cenote at about 500 MXN and Dos Ojos at 450 to 500 MXN; most others charge 100 to 300 MXN. The official fees are federal: foreigners pay 265 MXN in total for the Tulum ruins and 210 MXN at Cobá. Bring cash pesos.
Cenote entrance fees near Tulum are set by the ejidos (communal landholding groups) and private owners who run each site, and none of them publishes an official price list. The board at the gate is the only authority. Going by guides dated October 2026, Gran Cenote costs about 500 MXN and Dos Ojos 450 to 500 MXN; most smaller cenotes charge 100 to 300 MXN. The fees that are official are federal ones: the Tulum ruins, Cobá ruins and VISITAX.
So the table below is a list of what named guides reported, with the month. Where two current guides disagree, both are shown. Where the latest figure is stale or comes from one review, the cell says “not published” rather than repeat a number we cannot stand behind.
Adult entry, per person. MXN is Mexican pesos.
| Cenote | Reported fee | Source and month | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gran Cenote | About 500 MXN | HowIsTheSargassum (8 Oct 2026); Tulum Times (Oct 2026); Villas Ambar (Sep 2026) | Guides agree |
| Dos Ojos | 450 to 500 MXN, snorkel gear 100 to 150 extra | HowIsTheSargassum (8 Oct 2026); Tulum Times gives US$25 to 30 (Oct 2026) | 350 MXN in Villas Ambar (Sep 2026) |
| Taak Bi Ha (Dos Ojos park) | 350 MXN, 400 with a guide | Boundless Roads (Jul 2026) | One guide |
| Nicte-Ha (Dos Ojos park) | Not published | Guides disagree on whether it is on the Dos Ojos ticket | Ask at the gate |
| Cenote Calavera | 150 to 200 MXN, or 300 MXN | HowIsTheSargassum vs Tulum Times (both Oct 2026) | Conflict |
| Zacil-Ha | 150 MXN, or 200 MXN | HowIsTheSargassum vs Tulum Times (both Oct 2026) | Conflict |
| Carwash | 100 MXN, or about US$15 | Villas Ambar (Sep 2026) vs Tulum Times (Oct 2026) | Conflict |
| Casa Cenote | 200 MXN, or about US$15 | Villas Ambar (Sep 2026) vs Tulum Times (Oct 2026) | Conflict |
| Cristal and Escondido | About 250 MXN, Escondido usually included | Tulum Times (Oct 2026) | About 140 MXN each in Villas Ambar (Sep 2026) |
| Cristalino | About 150 MXN, or about US$15 | HowIsTheSargassum vs Tulum Times (both Oct 2026) | Conflict |
| Angelita | About US$25 plus dive fees | Tulum Times (Oct 2026) | Divers only, with an operator |
| Casa Tortuga | 650, 1,200 or 1,500 MXN packages | Operator’s own site (read Oct 2026, no year shown) | Official but undated |
| Cobá cenotes | About 100 MXN each | Tulum Times (Oct 2026) | Guide |
| Sac Actun tour | US$40 | Operator’s own site (undated) | A visitor review reports 650 MXN |
| Cenote Azul | Not published | Latest figures come from reviews | Check at the gate |
| Jardín del Edén | Not published | Latest dated guide is from February 2024 | Several sources say closed Saturdays |
| Cenote Tankah | Not published | One undated blog | Check at the gate |
| Laguna Kaan Luum | Not published | No current figure | Check at the gate |
About 500 MXN per adult in October 2026. Three guides dated September and October 2026 give that figure, and OpenStreetMap tags the site with the same fee. One April 2026 guide said 450 to 500. Snorkel rental runs about 80 to 150 MXN and lockers about 30 to 80 MXN, according to 2026 guides. Gran Cenote is about 5 km from town on the Cobá road, and its car park fills by mid-morning.
Read the sources and you see two patterns. Some guides convert to dollars and round up; others quote the peso board. And several cenotes charge one price to swim, another for snorkel gear or a guide, and a third for divers. That is how Dos Ojos ends up anywhere from 350 to 500 MXN in the same year. Treat every figure above as a budget, not a promise.
These are the prices you can rely on, because a federal decree or the government body that runs the site set them.
| Site | Foreign visitors | Mexican visitors | Since | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parque del Jaguar entry | 100 MXN | Free | 20 July 2026 | Federal decree, DOF 17 July 2026 |
| Tulum ruins and Tulum National Park (one payment) | 165 MXN | 80 MXN Monday to Saturday; free Sunday | 20 July 2026 | Same decree |
| Tulum ruins, total for a foreign visitor | 265 MXN | 80 MXN, or free on Sunday | 20 July 2026 | Same decree; INAH’s Tulum page shows 265 |
| Electric shuttle inside Parque del Jaguar | 20 MXN, optional | 20 MXN | July 2026 | Por Esto, 20 July 2026 |
| Cobá archaeological zone | 210 MXN | 105 MXN; free on Sunday | 2026 | INAH site page (read October 2026) |
The Tulum ruins sit inside Parque del Jaguar, so a foreign visitor cannot see them for 165 MXN: you pay 100 MXN at the park gate first, then 165 MXN for the ruins and national park. Tulum residents pay nothing, and the usual exemptions for children, older adults, students, teachers and people with disabilities apply. The decree covers 2026 and 2027. INAH, the federal body that runs the site, lists hours of 8:00 to 17:00 with last entry at 15:30. There is no public car park inside Parque del Jaguar (Tulum Times, 25 October 2026); see our Tulum ruins guide for how to get in.
At Cobá, INAH lists 210 MXN for foreign visitors and 105 MXN for Mexicans, with hours of 8:00 to 17:00 and last entry at 16:00. Riviera Maya News reported the January 2026 rise as 209 MXN, about double the 2025 fee. Under-13s, over-60s, students, teachers and people with disabilities are exempt. More in our Cobá ruins guide.
Sian Ka’an’s fee is less settled. Milenio reported 225 MXN per person in February 2026, citing CONANP, the federal parks agency, but we could not find the CONANP page itself. Our Sian Ka’an guide has the detail.
VISITAX is a state tax that every foreign tourist visiting Quintana Roo owes, children included. It is set at 2.5 UMA (Unidad de Medida y Actualización, a Mexican index unit that changes each year). Riviera Maya News reported in December 2025 that the state would not raise it for 2026 and put it at almost 283 MXN at 2025 values. At the 2026 UMA of 117.31 MXN the same formula gives about 293 MXN, and another Riviera Maya News article said 285 MXN. The official site shows no amount, so the exact peso figure is unconfirmed. Pay only at visitax.gob.mx; copycat sites have been reported.
A day of three cenotes on the Cobá road (Calavera, Gran Cenote and Zacil-Ha) comes to roughly 800 to 1,000 MXN per adult in entry fees at the October 2026 figures above, before gear or lunch. If you would rather pay once, the Casa Tortuga day pass bundles several cenotes into one ticket, and some tours on our tours page include entry; others, like the popular ruins and two cenotes tour, ask you to pay site fees of about US$40 in cash on the day. Our Tulum cenote map shows which cenotes sit on the same road, and getting around Tulum covers taxis and colectivos.
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Entry to the Casa Tortuga cenote park with a 90-minute guided swim through three open and two semi-open cenotes, then free time until closing; higher passes add a zip line and lunch.
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A self-guided admission ticket to both linked basins of Dos Ojos with a life jacket, for people who want to swim the famous cavern at their own pace.
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About 500 MXN per adult. That is the figure in Tulum Times' cenote guide marked current as of October 2026 and in HowIsTheSargassum's guide of 8 October 2026, and OpenStreetMap tags the site with the same fee. A Villas Ambar guide from September 2026 agrees. Older pages that say 150 to 200 MXN are out of date. Snorkel gear and lockers cost extra, and the gate takes cash.
October 2026 guides report 450 to 500 MXN for a swim, with snorkel gear 100 to 150 MXN extra, according to HowIsTheSargassum, and Tulum Times gives about US$25 to 30. Earlier 2026 guides, including Villas Ambar in September, quoted about 350 MXN. Dos Ojos is run by an ejido, a communal landholding group, and sets its own price, so read the board at the highway gate before you drive in.
Mostly no. Guides from September and October 2026 agree that most cenote gates take cash in pesos only and have no ATM on site. Where cards are accepted, expect a surcharge; guides disagree on how much. Some gates take dollars at a poor rate of their own. Carry small notes and coins for lockers, life jackets and parking, and get pesos from a bank ATM in town.
Foreign visitors pay 265 MXN in total. Since 20 July 2026 you pay 100 MXN to enter Parque del Jaguar and then one combined 165 MXN payment for the ruins and Tulum National Park. The 165 MXN figure is only the second part. Mexicans pay 80 MXN from Monday to Saturday and enter free on Sunday. The electric shuttle inside the park is 20 MXN more.
VISITAX is Quintana Roo's tax on foreign visitors, charged at 2.5 UMA, a Mexican index unit, per person, children included. Riviera Maya News said in December 2025 it would not rise for 2026 and put it at almost 283 MXN at 2025 values. At the 2026 UMA it works out at about 293 MXN, so the exact peso amount is unconfirmed. Pay it only at visitax.gob.mx.
Gran Cenote is a semi-open cenote 5 km west of Tulum on the road to Cobá: two clear pools joined by a cavern, with wooden walkways and resident turtles.
Cenote Dos Ojos, the two eyes cenote, is a pair of cenotes joined by a large cavern in Parque Dos Ojos, about 22 km north of Tulum off Highway 307.
Tulum's cenotes sit along three roads.
Cycle to the Cobá road cenotes: Calavera is 3.3 km from town and Gran Cenote 5 km.