Can you walk up Mayan pyramid?

The ancient Mayan pyramid of Kukulkán is a Unesco heritage site, protected by law and the Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH ). It is forbidden to climb it and fines range from $4000 to $8400 for trespassers, depending on the amount of damage caused.



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Even though fines for trespassers who attempt to climb the Unesco heritage site can reportedly range from $1,800-9,000, the tourist was fined $412 for the transgression, a spokesperson for INAH was quoted as saying by the Mexico Daily Post.

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Climbing the pyramid has been banned since 2008 amid preservation concerns, and the Congress of the United Mexican States established hefty fines for such acts in the Federal Law on Monuments and Archaeological, Artistic and Historical Areas.

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Like the other ancient Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza, El Castillo cannot be climbed. Archaeologists and local conservationists are protecting this ancient wonder for generations to come.

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Climbing the temples at Chichen Itza has been illegal for some 15 years now, with the ban coming into force in 2008 over concerns about the safety of those climbing and the potential long-term damage to the ancient structures themselves.

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Until 2008 climbing the pyramid was a popular activity for tourists, but this was outlawed to protect the ancient stonework.

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Tourist booed, punched, hit with stick after climbing sacred Mexican pyramid - National | Globalnews.ca.

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Although tourists were once able to freely climb the pyramids, that is now illegal. Offenders face up to three years in prison as penalty. In 2016 a teenage tourist was banned from visiting Egypt for life after posting photos and videos on social media of his illicit climb.

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Climbing the pyramids is also banned because it's exceedingly dangerous, and typically anyone caught scaling the pyramids face up to three years in an Egyptian jail. This wasn't Ciesielski's first climbing stunt.

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Although tourists were once able to freely climb the pyramids, that is now illegal. Offenders face up to three years in prison as penalty. In 2016 a teenage tourist was banned from visiting Egypt for life after posting photos and videos on social media of his illicit climb.

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The Egyptian government has forbidden pyramid-scaling since 1951, with those who break the law facing up to three years in prison, but authorities apparently rarely enforced it until 1973.

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No one has been allowed on the pyramid and definitely not inside the pyramid for decades now.

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  • Copper Canyon. The Copper Canyon or the Barranca del Cobra is a group of canyons. ...
  • Kukulcan Pyramid. ...
  • Chichen Itza. ...
  • Palace of Fine Arts. ...
  • National Palace. ...
  • Chapultepec Castle. ...
  • Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral. ...
  • Hospicio Cabañas.


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