Morelia and Monarch Butterflies at Experience Mex-ECO Tours from Vallarta-Nayarit Team Angels - Experience Mex-ECO Tours
January 19, 2016

There are still some spaces left on our Morelia and Monarch Butterflies Tour for February 2 - 5 2016! Fantastic trip, lots of highlights, including Pátzcuaro, Tzintzuntzan and Santa Clara del Cobre.

The state of Michoacán, meaning ‘land of the fishermen’ in the Purépecha language, has diverse and spectacular geography and abundant flora and fauna. The capital of the region is Morelia, formerly known as Valladolid, and was made a UNESCO world heritage site in 1991 due to its more than 1000 colonial buildings and churches.

This tour takes you to the historical centre of the city of Morelia, where you will be pleasantly surprised by the colonial buildings, aqueducts and museums that make Morelia one of the most beautiful cities in Mexico. We also venture into the Monarch butterfly reserve to see one of nature’s most fascinating phenomenons.

The generation of monarch butterflies which arrives to the forests of Michoacan is in a non-reproductive phase, allowing them to live up to 7 or 8 months and overwinter here. By early March this generation begins to reproduce and begins the journey north, dying along the way, and leaving the next three generations to complete the journey to the Rocky Mountain area of Canada, each generation only living for 5 -6 weeks, and none of the original generation making it back to Canada.

This tour also includes the ‘Pueblo Mágico’ (‘Magic town’) of Pátzcuaro, as well as the copper mining town of Santa Clara del Cobre and the archaeological site of Tztintzuntzan.

Just 5,500 pesos per person from Bucerías, Sayulita, San Pancho or Puerto Vallarta.

This tour can be arranged for private groups – please contact us at info@mex-ecotours.com for more information.

Price includes: travel costs, accommodation, breakfasts, guide and entry fees.

Itinerary: Click here to see the itinerary for this tour.

Photo album: Click here to see the photo album for this tour.

Difficulty level: Medium to high – generally easy going tour, city tours and archaeological site not demanding, but walk to monarch butterflies much more demanding. Horses available at monarch butterfly sanctuary, making it much less demanding, but still some walking involved at altitude to get to exact location of butterflies. On foot the walk takes approximately one hour uphill to an altitude of approximately 3,250 meters/10,600 feet at a very slow pace (everyone walks at their own pace).

Recommended: Sun screen, hat, long sleeves/jacket for evenings, comfortable walking shoes.

Climate: Warm during day time, cooler in evenings.

For more information and reservations, visit Experience Mex-ECO Tours.