The park's main gate opens at 6:00am, and officially closes at 6:00pm. Buses and minibuses come in from all surrounding areas on a well maintained road.
The San Juan Travel Agency has a virtual monopoly on the minibuses that will pick you up from your hotel in Flores in the morning on the hour and costs Q120 roundtrip or Q60 one way leaving hourly from 4 to 10am, and then one more at 2pm (as of 7/8/12, I do not believe the 2 pm exists any more) (travel time: 75 mins). Return trips are at 12:30pm, and then hourly from 2 to 6pm.
Regular 30Q second class buses leave from the Santa Elena bus station to Tikal at 6, 6:30, 7, 8:30, 10, 11:30 AM and 12:30 PM, arriving two hours later. Later ones leaving at 1 and 3 PM continue onward to Uaxactún. The local buses do not run on Sundays. Beware about buying a round trip ticket from "Exploradores de la Culture Maya" from the Santa Elena bus station as they may sell you a return ticket for a bus that doesn't exist.
Flores is the nearest gateway city and airport
