Although it is possible to visit Tikal as a day trip from Belize, I highly recommend staying at least one night.  After studying the options, I chose Tikal Inn because it was within easy walking distance of the park, surrounded by rainforest and had a swimming pool to relax in during siesta when it’s too hot to be visiting the park or birding.

We stayed 2 nights and got in on a special deal that included a free sunrise or sunset tour, breakfast, dinner and a shuttle to Flores.  Package deals change from time to time so always email them to ask what’s going.  They sometime advertise their packages on Trip Advisor.  Tikal Inn isn’t found on any of the typical online hotel booking sites such as Expedia or Hotels.com so you have to contact them direct.  They take credit cards to pay your final bill.  Wifi is available in the lobby though the signal is slow and tends to drop out.  It’s adequate to check your emails.  The setting more than makes up for slow connectivity.  They turn the generator off around 10pm-ish.  Birds are everywhere, you can see them from the swimming pool if you are feeling lazy!  More on the local species later!