{"id":4226,"date":"2019-03-06T14:14:42","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T04:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveltourexplore.com\/?p=4226"},"modified":"2019-08-04T14:06:29","modified_gmt":"2019-08-04T04:06:29","slug":"mariposa-monarch-reserve-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveltourexplore.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/06\/mariposa-monarch-reserve-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariposa Monarch Reserve Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"

Getting to the site, Cerro Pelon, Monarch Butterfly Reserve<\/h3>\n
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To get there it was a long drive up a winding road with the caravan, we camped over night and then took a horse ride further up the hill to the oyamel fir trees where the butterflies migrate to each year. The horse trail was steeper than it looks in the photos.<\/p>\n

The route the butterflies take and their life cycle are shown by an ICF diagram, Illinios conservation foundation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

Getting to the site, Cerro Pelon Monarch Butterflies<\/h3>
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Path to the fir tree. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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The Butterflies<\/h3>\n
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We got to the butterflies at about 9am so they were all still huddled together on the branches for warmth, but as the sun came out and the day got hotter they started to move.<\/p>\n

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