Tulum, Q.R. — Jaguar Park managing company Grupo Mundo Maya says people can enter the park free on Sundays. On Thursday, the company released a statement announcing as of August 31, “for citizens of our Mexico, all people of any age, social condition or any other circumstance of status within the national territory, without distinction, starting August 31, 2025, access to Jaguar Park will be free every Sunday.”
The announcement came after President Claudia Sheinbaum guaranteed free entry to the archaeological sites of Mexico. Sheinbaum promoted the law even though it is already established. According to Article 288 of the Federal Rights Law, “National visitors and foreign residents of Mexico who access museums, monuments and archaeological sites on Sundays, shall be exempt from paying a fee.”
The announcement came after Mundo Maya was recently called out publicaly by Tulum Mayor Diego Castañón Trejo who said he was aware of people being charged to enter the park on Sundays.
“We are trying to resolve it. We will resolve it even if I have to speak out. We made an agreement with them. We talked with them more than 10 times. We had meetings, we held working groups.
“At first, agreements were reached, but now agreements with the local people, the people of Tulum, haven’t been honored and obviously there’s a growing sense of exhaustion,” the Mayor explained last week.
Free admission to the Tulum archaeological site on Sundays was no longer allowed since visitors must pay to enter the Parque del Jaguar, which encompasses the Tulum archaeological zone.
Last week, Mayor Castañón said he paid a visit to Ricardo Monreal, coordinator of deputies in the Congress of the Union, who proposed to guarantee free access to all protected natural areas in the country at least one day a week. The proposal was for free park access Saturday or Sunday in addition to holidays.
“What I’m trying to do is have Congress itself grant that day of the week plus holidays so that not only local people, but also nationals who want to come to Tulum and visit all the protected natural areas can enter free of charge,” he said.
In their August 28 statement, Mundo Maya did not comment on free Sunday access in addition to holidays.
