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By Trip to Mexico

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Excellent
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$715 per traveller* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple travellers
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 8h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup

Overview

    • Your chance to see an awe-inspiring seasonal phenomenon
    • Millions of butterflies in an incredible natural spectacle
    • Day trip to visit the coniferous forests of Mexico State
    • Amazing pictures at sanctuary's Butterfly Valley
    • Stunning orange scenery created by thousands of Monarchs

Activity location

    • Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, Michoacán, MEX

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Hotel Pickup
    • S/N Av Capitan Carlos León
    • 15620, Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico

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Private Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary Tour

  • Activity duration is 8 hours and 30 minutes8h 30m
    8h 30m
  • English

Live Commentary in English or Spanish

Language options: English
Starting time: 8:30 AM
Price details
NZ$715.04 x 2 TravellersNZ$1,430.08
Total
Price is NZ$1,430.08
Until Tue, 17 Nov

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Private guided tour of Butterfly Valley
  • Inclusions
    Admission fees
  • Inclusions
    Return transport from hotels located Mexico City central area
  • Inclusions
    Local Guide
  • Exclusions
    Meals and drinks
  • Exclusions
    Pick up from hotels out of Mexico City central area
  • Exclusions
    Horseback ride through the valley

Know before you book

    • You must be able to walk on unpaved or uneven terrain.
    • SEASON IS FROM THE MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER UNTIL FEBRUARY
    • Return transport is available from most centrally located Mexico City hotels. You will be able to arrange pickup when you call to confirm your reservation.
    • Please be ready and waiting in your hotel lobby 10 minutes prior to your scheduled pick-up time.
    • Horse ride through the valley is not included

What you can expect

  • Witness an awe-inspiring natural spectacle with a private day trip that shows you Mexico's central highlands filled with migrating monarch butterflies. Up to 1 billion butterflies make the journey from eastern Canada every year, creating an incredible sight in the wilderness.

    Your guide choices you up from your hotel in the morning for the ride into the forests of Mexico. The trip brings you to the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, where the butterflies gather after a 3,000-mile (4,800-km) journey to wait out the winter.

    The presence of this huge crowd of colourful insects gives the forest a vivid orange colour as you walk, or if you prefer, you can pay for a ride on horseback along a gentle uphill trail that runs through the sanctuary. Learn how the butterflies' arrival, which tends to coincide with the Day of the Dead, led to the belief that that these monarchs carry the souls of the departed. Finally, look out over Butterfly Valley to admire this natural phenomenon from a unique and spectacular vantage.

Location

Activity location

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    • Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, Michoacán, MEX

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Hotel Pickup
    • S/N Av Capitan Carlos León
    • 15620, Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico