帝王蝶生態保留區

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. .

帝王蝶生態保留區旅遊資訊

Activities

熱門景點

聖費利佩德洛斯阿爾薩提教堂

聖費利佩德洛斯阿爾薩提教堂只是聖費利佩德洛斯阿爾薩提眾多景點的其中一個，來到這裡旅行時，不妨也探索看看其他的地方與活動。漫步於公園或造訪當地的寺廟，讓旅遊回憶更加豐富。

聖費利佩·德洛斯·阿爾扎蒂考古區

想知道聖費利佩德洛斯阿爾薩提背後的故事，那就順道去逛逛聖費利佩·德洛斯·阿爾扎蒂考古區吧！漫步於公園或造訪當地的寺廟，讓旅遊回憶更加豐富。

Station House

在齊塔庫阿羅，您可以花上一個下午在Station House看場展覽。留一點時間，欣賞這裡的公園，散散步。

小花園

小花園是齊塔庫阿羅很不錯的戶外景點，您可來探索一下這裡的自然風光。

獨立山

獨立山是齊塔庫阿羅很不錯的戶外景點，您可來探索一下這裡的自然風光。留一點時間，欣賞這裡的公園，散散步。

拉永國家公園

拉永國家公園是拉普喀娃很不錯的戶外景點，您可來探索一下這裡的自然風光。在這裡的公園閒晃一下，或者體驗看看當地的博物館。

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