This trip is a rare opportunity to visit the Manantlán Biosphere Reserve, considered the third most important biosphere reserve in Mexico. Located southeast of Autlán de Navarro, in the Sierra del Madre Sur, Manantlán spans 139,577 hectares over the states of Jalisco and Colima.
Accommodations are at Las Joyas Field Station of the University of Guadalajara, a birding hotspot with over 365 species of birds, including 22 different hummingbirds and more than 40 birds endemic to western Mexico. Also present are many endemic species of flora and fauna including the ancient relative of corn, Milpilla perene (Zea diploperennis), as well as the endemic magnolia tree, Magnolia iltisiana. Other residents include 110 species of mammals, 80 species of reptiles, and 23 species of amphibians, many endemic to this region.
The trip will be led by accomplished, bilingual birder, Siux Díaz, as well as a botany expert familiar with the cloud forest flora.
All meals, two nights lodging, and van transportation to and from La Manzanilla, or Melaque, is included in the price of $3,500 pesos (about $195 USD). A deposit is required by Jan 14th.
This is a moderately strenuous trip up into the cooler cloud forest ecosystem, with some hiking, and travel in the Reserve by pickup truck.
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