Monarch of Mexico
Take a fun trip to see the Monarchs of Mexico! Easy touring with concrete steps, interpretive signs, and hike on paved trails! In recent years, El Rosario has been the most populous of the butterflies’ winter surge from the north.
Highlights Include:
Day 1 - Arrive in Mexico City
- Mexico City
- Piedra Herrada Butterfly Sanctuary
- Valle de Bravo
- Tranvía City Tour
- Sanctuary of “El Rosario”
- Morelia City Tour
- Cosmovitral
Day 1 - Arrive in Mexico City
- Arrival at Mexico City airport and transfer to the hotel for check-in.
- In the evening, round trip transfer to the restaurant for your special welcome dinner.
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Depart for Valle de Bravo in the State of Mexico. In route, visit “Piedra Herrada”, the newest sanctuary opened for viewing the Monarch butterflies. This area is "wilder" than other sanctuaries and often provides a more remote nature experience. Box lunch and continue to Valle de Bravo, named “magical town” (Pueblo Mágico) in 2005, with its terracotta-tiled roofs, iron balconies and cobbled streets.
- Check-in at the hotel and enjoy dinner there.
- Breakfast at the hotel then enjoy a city tour of Valle de Bravo, take the Tranvía and tour this charmed town, see the artificial Lake Avandaro, the Municipal Boardwalk & Dock where many bars and restaurants are located, some floating alongside the dock.
- Afterwards, have lunch included. Afternoon at leisure to explore this town at your own pace.
- Enjoy breakfast at the hotel. Today, drive towards Morelia, a city in the state of Michoacán, that has stopped in the time, its calm streets are silent witnesses of the history that has been accumulating in the nooks and corners.
- En route, visit the Sanctuary of “El Rosario” in the state of Michoacán, the biggest sanctuary of the Monarch Butterfly in Mexico. Hike uphill along a 3-mile path, where you will see butterflies clinging to Oyamel trees. Box lunch and continue to Morelia, arrive and check-in at Hotel.
- Later, transfer to restaurant for an included dinner.
- Breakfast at the hotel. City tour of Morelia, capital of Michoacan, a lively city endowed with a university where the cultural life is very active. The streets of the central district are lined with colonial buildings with arches, baroque facades, and walls of pink stone. It is one of most important colonial cities of Mexico and has been declared World Cultural Heritage of the Humanity by UNESCO. We will admire the baroque facade and the neo-classic interior of its magnificent Cathedral, the Plaza de Armas, the Palacio de Gobierno, the Palace of Clavijero, the Sanctuary of our Lady of Guadalupe (or San Diego) with its magnificent baroque décor.
- Afternoon at leisure. In the evening, dinner is included at a restaurant located in downtown area, enjoy the ambiance of the beautiful city.
- Breakfast at the hotel. Check out and depart for Mexico City before arrive to the city, visit the gorgeous Cosmovitral, that is a stained glass mural and botanical garden located in Toluca, arrival to Mexico and check-in at the hotel.
- In the evening, transfer to a local restaurant for your special farewell dinner. Return to the hotel and overnight.
- Breakfast at the hotel. Check out and transfer to Mexico City airport for your home-bound flight.
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