Monarch Butterfly Tour and Mexican Gastronomy workshop
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From $160.00
6 reviews (4.00)
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Duration: 11 hours
Departs: Mexico City, Mexico City
Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Free cancellation
Overview
We will start with delicious coffee and fig bread, to get energy for our walk to enjoy thousands of monarch butterflies flying around you in an amazing landscape, after they traveled more than 4,000 km from Canada.
Monarch butterflies have one of the most important migrations in the world, from southern Canada to the oyamel forests in the States of Mexico and Michoacan, you will be surprised at their fragility but at the same time their strength.
You can hear his flutter!
You will learn about their biology, migration routes, their journey from Canada, the dangers, their predators and their life cycle.
You will also know about Mexican cuisine in pre-Hispanic times, from ritual drinks like cocoa and pulque, through insects, plants and flowers, to a delicious sauce in molcajete and prepare your own tortillas by grinding corn in metate.
You're going to love it!
We will return to Mexico City at approximately 6:00 pm.
What's Included
access ticket
Lunch
Pre-Hispanic gastronomy workshop
Private transportation
What's Not Included
Gratuities
Traveler Information
- CHILD: Age: 3 - 9
- ADULT: Age: 10 - 99
Additional Info
- Minimum 2 people to operate
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Minimum 2 people to operate
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Cancellation Policy
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
What To Expect
Sierra Chincua Butterfly Sanctuary
After the walk, a pre-Hispanic gastronomy workshop where you will learn about ritual drinks, insects, quelites and instruments of Mexican cuisine. You will make your own tortilla!
5 hours • Admission Ticket Included
Reviews
The pickup at the hotel is very smooth and the drive, though quite long, comprises a stop in a petrol station for coffee/toilet.
Arriving at the reserve, the breakfast is local and tasty, and if you wish you can ask for a horse ride up/down for an extra fee.
We were lucky enough to do this tour end of February as it was the best time to see tons of lively butterflies.
Be aware that this is a tour in nature, meaning you cannot control everything such as the weather or the location, quantities, and behaviors of butterflies.
But the fact that this tour comprises a "tortilla workshop" part (baking your own tortilla and making your salsa), which can happen under any weather, makes this tour less "all or nothing" than others in case of bad weather.
We really got good contact with Alfonso and Martha who even stopped on the way down so that we could go look up for some axolotl before heading back to Mexico City after this magical nature day.
In short, if you are a nature lover respectful of the fact that nature is unpredictable, and willing to have a sneak peek into Mexican gastronomy with really nice people, this tour is for you :)
At the preserve we also enjoyed the workshop on the various regional foods. It was 'hands-on', informative and a lot of fun. There are also various shops where guests have the opportunity to pick up souvenirs from local artisans.
Marta was an excellent, super-nice and knowledgeable tour guide. We highly recommend this tour.
The guide was fantastic
Apportez de bonnes jumelles ou une bonne télé-lentille car il n est pas permis d approcher les papillons (a moins de 75 mètres je dirais).
Vaut la peine. De plus l argent va a la communauté locale. Cela les encourage a garder le site comme source de revenu alternative a la culture des avocats (et d encourager la protection de la foret contre les cartels criminels qui contrôlent la culture et font la déforestation de concert avec la police locale corrompue).
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