A region of Chiapas
Mexico's largest remaining tropical rainforest, along the Usumacinta River and the Guatemalan border: the painted temples of Bonampak, Yaxchilán reached by boat from Frontera Corozal, the Lacandon Maya villages of Lacanjá, Nahá and Metzabok, Laguna Miramar and the Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve.
3 places to visit
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Places to visit in Lacandon Jungle 3
3 places with their own page, grouped by kind.
Archaeological sites
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Bonampak · Archaeological site · Chiapas
A Maya site in the Lacandon forest whose Temple of the Paintings holds the best-preserved Maya murals: a royal court, a battle and a sacrifice. -
Toniná · Archaeological site · Chiapas
A warrior Maya city near Ocosingo whose terraced Acropolis climbs more than 70 meters up a hillside; it reopened in March 2026. -
Yaxchilán · Archaeological site · Chiapas
A Maya city in a bend of the Usumacinta River, reached only by boat, famous for its carved lintels and the crested Structure 33.
Top tours in Lacandon Jungle
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Getting around Lacandon Jungle
Fly into Tuxtla Gutiérrez (TGZ) and Villahermosa (VSA).
Most of the region is reached by road: a rental car is the easiest way to see several places in a day, and buses link the larger towns.
Also by boat or on foot (each page says from where): Yaxchilán.
When to visit Lacandon Jungle
Most of Lacandon Jungle is at its best in January, February, March, and December.
Month-by-month climate on each Pueblo Mágico's page: Palenque, Comitán, San Cristóbal de Las Casas