We visited the ruins and were
pleasantly surprised at how well preserved and expansive they were. We were also surprised that we were allowed to climb up most of the ruins.
The cost to get in is nominal but know that outside of the ruins,
everything gets pretty expensive compared to the other areas of
Chiapas we visited. In the restaurants near the hotel
area of town, entrees start at around $100 MXN. We stayed at the
Chablis Hotel which was fine but at $60 USD a night, it was standard
for the area but still more than I would have liked to spend. We ate
in the gringo area a few times but also went into town across the
bridge and ate at some of the small restaurants there. They were much
less expensive, about $12 MXN per taco.
If I were to retake this trip and were
on an even tighter budget, I would have taken one of the tours from
San Cristobal to Palenque to see the ruins and visit Miso-Ha and Aqua
Azul in one day. We took the bus from San Cristobal to Palenque for
$112 MXN, then took a colectivo to and from the ruins for a total of
$80 MXN, the two entrance fees for the ruins (one for the park, one
for the ruins) for $87 MXN, a tour that took us to Misol-Ha and Aqual
Azul for $150 MXN, and finally the bus ticket back to San Cristobal
for $176 MXN. So all of this comes out to $605 MXN per person. There
were tours from San Cristobal that included Palenque, Miso-Ha, and
Aqual Azul for $450-600 MXN. I think by staying in Palenque for three
nights (so that we would have two full days to visit the ruins and
the waterfalls), we actually spent more money than if we would have
just crammed it all into one day. But at least we could take our time
at the ruins and have time to relax. I guess that's the trade off.
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| Misol-Ha waterfall |
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| Agua Azul waterfall |
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