Tikal Temple IV
Templo IV
Rising about 65 meters, Temple IV is one of the tallest Maya structures. Climb to the top for a view of temple peaks poking above the rainforest canopy, and it's a classic sunrise spot.
Built around 741 CE, Temple IV stands about 65 meters tall, making it one of the tallest structures in pre-Columbian America. Visitors climb a wooden ladder to the summit platform, where they can look out over the endless rainforest canopy and see the tops of Temples I, II, and III rising through the trees. Star Wars was filmed here. Sunrise tours enter the park around 4 a.m. On clear mornings you may catch a sea of clouds and the calls of howler monkeys. The temple sits at the western end of the site, about a 15-minute walk from the Great Plaza.
Opening hours
06:00–18:00 (sunrise tours charged separately)
Nearby sights
- Mundo Perdido, Tikal
- Great Plaza, Tikal
- Tikal National Park
- Tikal Temple V
- Tikal Museums (Sylvanus G. Morley)
- Uaxactún
- Biotopo Cerro Cahuí
- Topoxté