Highlights:
Let us take you on a world class birding and archeological adventure in the southern state of Chiapas, one of the last wilderness areas of Mexico. With unbelievable Maya archeological sites, you can explore for great birds as well as this lost culture of a highly advanced civilization. And what better time than during 2012, the year of the end-date of a 5,125-year-long cycle in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar.
Our itinerary travels in a clockwise fashion, beginning in Palenque, continuing to Frontera Corozal and Las Gucamayas, and finishes in San Cristóbal de las Casas. Each area boasts amazing Maya sites, cultural offerings, and a varied and colorful avian population. Among the birds we can expect to see are Chestnut-collared Araçari, Keel-billed Toucan, Blue-crowned Motmot, the Citreoline and Violaceous trogons, Lovely Cotinga, and Green Honeycreeper. We expect to see Scarlet Macaw, the last known wild flock in Mexico. A river trip will show us Ornate Hawk-eagle and Howler Monkeys. And we’ll be looking for a Texas native, the Golden-cheeked Warbler, in their winter territory. The warbler is seen regularly around San Cristobal.
For each passenger on this excursion, a donation will be made to Travis Audubon Society, whose symbol is the Golden-cheeked Warbler.
