Konservasi Biosfer Kupu-Kupu Monarch

Visiting the Monarchs in Mexico is an amazing adventure. The sight of over 89 million butterflies will leave you speechless. It’s an easy 3 hour drive to walk through the forest.

It takes 1,000 butterflies to weigh one pound (.45kg), and the branches on this tree were sagging under the weight.

The monarch colony here was quite different than at the more popular El Rosario sanctuary. 40 minutes outside Zitacuaro, near El Capulin, we chartered a couple of tiny mountain horses to take us up the rugged path to view the colony. The monarchs were clustered within a ravine, swirling around a few choice pine trees in search of sunny roosts. Whenever the sun went behind a cloud the butterflies scrambled into the air and back to the safety of the nucleus, knowing that settling down for the night outside the warmth of the colony would mean certain death.

Up to 1 billion monarchs winter in the mountainous pine-oak forests of central Mexico after completing one of the most spectacular migrations on Earth.

From November to March they hibernate here, waking only long enough each day to sip water and gather pollen. As the weather warms they fatten up and mate. The males die quickly, but the pregnant females head north to Texas in search of a milkweed plant on which to lay their eggs.

Four days later each egg hatches into a tiny caterpillar that feeds non-stop for two weeks before molting into a small cocoon-like chrysalis. Hormonal changes lead to the "birth" of the next generation of monarch, which continues the northward migration. Over the course of the spring and summer three successive generations of butterflies repeat this cycle on their northward trek. By the time the fourth generation emerges it is once again time to head south - a journey last undertaken by this generation's great-great-grandparents.

The El Rosario sanctuary is open to visits, but it's a long drive from Zitacuaro and you need to get here early in the day to catch the monarchs when they are active. It also requires some steep hikes at elevations great than 10,000ft (3,000m).

Those are millions of little Monarchs clumped on the threes!

Monarch Migration 🦋
Hands down one of the most special events we have had the pleasure to witness. Millions of Monarch wings fluttering to sound like a huge stream, the swarm of delicate orange overhead. Simply magical. .

Kunjungi Konservasi Biosfer Kupu-Kupu Monarch

Activities

Tempat populer untuk dikunjungi

Gereja San Felipe de Los Alzati

Gereja San Felipe de Los Alzati adalah salah satu tempat untuk dikunjungi di San Felipe de Los Alzati, maka kenapa tidak menikmati hal lain untuk dijelajahi selama perjalanan Anda? Jalan-jalan di sekitar taman area ini atau kunjungi kuil.

Zona Arkeologi San Felipe de los Alzati

Cari tahu sejarah dari San Felipe de Los Alzati saat Anda melakukan perjalanan ke Zona Arkeologi San Felipe de los Alzati. Jalan-jalan di sekitar taman area ini atau kunjungi kuil.

Rumah Stasiun

Anda dapat menghabiskan waktu menjelajahi pameran di Rumah Stasiun selama perjalanan Anda ke Zitácuaro. Saat Anda berada di area ini, berjalan-jalanlah di taman.

Taman Kecil

Jelajahi aktivitas outdoor di Taman Kecil, ruang terbuka hijau yang indah di Zitácuaro.

Bukit Kemerdekaan

Jelajahi aktivitas outdoor di Bukit Kemerdekaan, ruang terbuka hijau yang indah di Zitácuaro. Saat Anda berada di area ini, berjalan-jalanlah di taman.

Taman Nasional Rayón

Jelajahi aktivitas outdoor di Taman Nasional Rayón, ruang terbuka hijau yang indah di Tlalpujahua. Jalan-jalan di taman area ini atau nikmati museum.

Opsi Penginapan Terbaik Dekat Konservasi Biosfer Kupu-Kupu Monarch

La villafranca del Cid

Domicilio conocido mesa de cedano Zitácuaro MICH

Hotel Villa Monarca

CARRETERA FEDERAL 15 ZITACUARO MORELIA San Felipe de Los Alzati MICH

Hotel Rancho San Cayetano

Carretera a Huetamo km 2.3 Zitácuaro MICH

Agua Blanca

Camino Real a Las Anonas 1 Jungapeo MICH

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