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Monarchs migrating into Canada
According to reports from Point Pelee National Park, monarchs are making their final border crossing on this year’s migration. Point Pelee is the furthest southern point on Lake Erie, making it the shortest crossing point across the Great Lake into Canada. Monarchs cross at Point Pelee on their migration to and from Mexico every year....
Congratulations to one of our past guests!
We just received word that one of our two-time guests, Caroline Blizzard, has received the Environmental Education Award in Western Maryland. Caroline has enjoyed two trips to the monarch sanctuaries with us and demonstrates her passion for the monarch butterfly back home by setting up way stations at local schools to track the monarch migration. We...
Monarch Butterflies making great progress in 2011
It is always fascinating to watch the progress of the monarch butterfly migration every year through the messages people send us and the tracking done so well through Journey North’s online tracking map. This year it is particularly interesting to compare the monarch’s progress with last year’s map. As many may have heard or even experienced...
Mexico City, Magic Town, and LOTS of Monarchs
We are very pleased to share that the latest of our butterfly tour itineraries is now available! After last season’s 5-day Magic Town and Monarch Butterfly Tour, we decided to expand the itinerary to include a couple of incredible fully-guided days in the Mexico City. Experience the culture and rich history of Mexico City as...
Monarchs 2012!!!
The 2011 monarch season has only just come to a close and we are already looking forward to 2012! If you are interested in joining us for next season, contact us soon! The best weeks of the butterfly season are the last two weeks in February and first week of March. If there is a...
2011 Sea Turtle Migration Tour
[ November 12, 2011 to November 19, 2011. ] We will be running our Sea Turtle Migration Tour from November 12 - 19, 2011. Space is limited, don't miss out! For all the details on this tour, please click here. On this tour guests have a hands-on experience assisting local sea turtle protection organizations to collect turtle eggs, transport them to the...
Thanks to all for a great 10th season!
We are back from our 10th amazing season at Mexico’s monarch butterfly sanctuaries and would like to thank all of our guests for such a spectacular year. Despite some speculation that monarch populations would be down this year flooding and cold weather shortly before the 2010 tour season, 2011’s butterflies were spectacular and we thoroughly...
Our First Spring Monarch Butterfly Sighting…
We have been hearing that the monarch butterfly migration crossed into Canada at the beginning of May with a sighting at Rondeau Provincial Park on Lake Ontario. Rondeau is just up the lake from Point Peele, the shortest crossing point into the US on the Great Lakes. As the month passed we heard news of...
Good news and bad news: sea turtles in Mexico
The struggle for sea turtle protection on Mexico’s Pacific coast continues as two men were arrested May 17, 2010 in Acapulco with 5,830 sea turtle eggs. Although one of the suspects had been arrested for similar charges in the past, the crime is punishable with up to nine years in prison. Sadly, one cannot assume...
First Monarch Butterfly and Magic Towns Tour
February 15 – 19, 2011 we will be running our Monarch Butterfly and Magic Towns Tour! This tour offers three monarch butterfly sanctuaries and two of Mexico’s famous Magic Towns.We have been working on the details of this tour for a couple of years now and feel that it fits in perfectly with the rest...
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