EcoTour of Southern Mexico
Tillandsias & other Bromeliads
Cactus, Orchids, Cycads
Tillandsias & other Bromeliads
Cactus, Orchids, Cycads
Date: No EcoTours planned at that this time
Mexico Nature Tours is pleased to once again announce collaboration with Pamela Koide-Hyatt, to offer a Tillandsia/Bromeliad sweep in the southern Mexican states of Oaxaca and Chiapas.
Where: The tour will begin in Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico and end in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico.
We will travel in a luxurious, 20 passenger minibus. Our group size will be limited to 12 participants per vehicle with plush seats and air-conditioning. The tour price will include hotels, meals (and tips), beverages, transportation, fuel, guide costs, tolls, entry fees, and snacks from point of origin in Oaxaca to point of departure in Tuxtla Gutierrez (airfare is not included).
Jeff Chemnick, owner and operator of Mexico Nature Tours, has been leading botanical Ecotours throughout Mexico for over 40 years to show groups the most sought after plant families in the country. Jeff is a member of the IUCN Cycad Specialist Group and is currently co-authoring a book on the cycads of Mexico. Please visit:
http://www.mexiconaturetours.com
Pamela Koide-Hyatt, the owner/operator of Bird Rock Tropicals is the tour co-leader. Pam has been researching tillandsias in Mexico for over 39 years and is a highly regarded world expert on the genus Tillandsia. As a grower and hybridizer, she has introduced many species and varieties into cultivation. Pamela is a frequent lecturer at national and international conferences and is currently working on a book about Tillandsias and related air plants.
Together we led two very successful sold-out trips, one in January of 2017 and the other in May of 2018, with participants from the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. In 2017, we were pleasantly surprised to encounter 82 taxa of bromeliads (mostly Tillandsia) including several natural hybrids. In 2018, we found 110 tax of bromeliads and dozens of blooming orchid species.
This tour will visit a number of localities and diverse habitats in the states of Oaxaca and Chiapas including oak pine forest, tropical deciduous thorn forest, desert, coastal dry forest, cloud forest, montane rain forest, and limestone mogotes. Among the spectacular species we intend to see are Tillandsia xerographica, seleriana, prodigiosa, eizii, bourgaei, violacea, sierra-juarezensis, atroviridipetala, caput-medusae, lucida, punctulata, imperialis, grandis, ionantha, ionantha v. vanhynigii, chiapensis, Hechtia lanata, rosea, lyman-smithii and many, many more
To reserve your space, send your deposit check of $500 to:
Mexico Nature Tours, LLC
114 Conejo Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
For additional information and to make your reservations, please contact Jeff via email:
[email protected] or call: (805) 705-3397
We look forward to having you aboard!
This tour will visit a number of localities and diverse habitats in the states of Oaxaca and Chiapas including oak pine forest, tropical deciduous thorn forest, desert, coastal dry forest, cloud forest, montane rain forest, and limestone mogotes. Among the spectacular species we intend to see are Tillandsia xerographica, seleriana, prodigiosa, eizii, bourgaei, violacea, sierra-juarezensis, atroviridipetala, caput-medusae, lucida, punctulata, imperialis, grandis, ionantha, ionantha v. vanhynigii, chiapensis, Hechtia lanata, rosea, lyman-smithii and many, many more
To reserve your space, send your deposit check of $500 to:
Mexico Nature Tours, LLC
114 Conejo Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
For additional information and to make your reservations, please contact Jeff via email:
[email protected] or call: (805) 705-3397
We look forward to having you aboard!
Previous tours:
TILLANDSIA BROMELIAD TOUR, May 2018
WITH MEXICO NATURE TOURS
WITH MEXICO NATURE TOURS
Next Tour date May 15 - 28, 2018
The Bromeliad Society International has arranged for Mexico Nature Tours to conduct the WBC pre conference tour. Tillandsia - Bromeliad Extravagana EcoTour. A similair tour in January 2017, sold out with 12 participants from the United States, Australia and New Zealand. They were pleasantly surprised to see 120 species of Bromeliads, mostly Tillandsia, including several natural hybrids.
Pamela Koide-Hyatt will join Jeff Chemnick, owner of Mexico Nature Tours, to co-lead another Tillandsia-Bromeliad EcoTour. The tour will start in Oaxaca City, Oaxaca on May 15, 2018 and end in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, on May 28, 2018. By departing from Tuxtla Gutierrez we will have a few extra days in Chiapas. With the trip starting on in Oaxaca, participants may want to arrive a few days earlier to take in local sites in Oaxaca. May is a great time to travel in southern Mexico. The rainy season has not yet started and the temperatures are warm. Many plants are blooming, so there will be lots to see. We will explore the states of Oaxaca and Chiapas. See description below from the last trip for more details. Visit the BSI website for details. http://www.bsi.org/new/pre-conference-tour/
The Bromeliad Society International has arranged for Mexico Nature Tours to conduct the WBC pre conference tour. Tillandsia - Bromeliad Extravagana EcoTour. A similair tour in January 2017, sold out with 12 participants from the United States, Australia and New Zealand. They were pleasantly surprised to see 120 species of Bromeliads, mostly Tillandsia, including several natural hybrids.
Pamela Koide-Hyatt will join Jeff Chemnick, owner of Mexico Nature Tours, to co-lead another Tillandsia-Bromeliad EcoTour. The tour will start in Oaxaca City, Oaxaca on May 15, 2018 and end in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, on May 28, 2018. By departing from Tuxtla Gutierrez we will have a few extra days in Chiapas. With the trip starting on in Oaxaca, participants may want to arrive a few days earlier to take in local sites in Oaxaca. May is a great time to travel in southern Mexico. The rainy season has not yet started and the temperatures are warm. Many plants are blooming, so there will be lots to see. We will explore the states of Oaxaca and Chiapas. See description below from the last trip for more details. Visit the BSI website for details. http://www.bsi.org/new/pre-conference-tour/
For more information, please contact Jeff Chemnick, Mexico Nature Tours.
email: [email protected] or call Jeff: (805) 705-3397
email: [email protected] or call Jeff: (805) 705-3397
ECUADOR BROMELIAD TOUR, JULY 2017
WITH SOUTH AMERICAN NATURE AND BIRDING TOURS
WITH SOUTH AMERICAN NATURE AND BIRDING TOURS
Jul 1 - 17, 2017
Pamela Koide-Hyatt and Jose Manzaneras will join Guillermo Rivera, owner of South American Nature and Birding Tours, for a Bromelaid Expedition in Ecuador. Jose Manzaneras is the author of two books on Bromeliads of Ecuador and even though he will only participate for a few days, it is a great opportunity to have him on this trip. For more information contact Guillermo Rivera at:
http://www.plantexpeditions.com/
Pamela Koide-Hyatt and Jose Manzaneras will join Guillermo Rivera, owner of South American Nature and Birding Tours, for a Bromelaid Expedition in Ecuador. Jose Manzaneras is the author of two books on Bromeliads of Ecuador and even though he will only participate for a few days, it is a great opportunity to have him on this trip. For more information contact Guillermo Rivera at:
http://www.plantexpeditions.com/
TILLANDSIA BROMELIAD TOUR, JANUARY 2017
WITH MEXICO NATURE TOURS
WITH MEXICO NATURE TOURS
Mexico Nature Tours is pleased to announce it's collaboration with Pamela Koide-Hyatt, to offer Bromeliad Sweep Eco tours in southern Mexico.
Jeff Chemnick (owner of Mexico Nature Tours) and Pamela Koide-Hyatt (world renowned Tillandsia/Bromeliad expert and owner of Bird Rock Tropicals) have more than 60 years combined experience traversing Mexico in search of plants.
They will lead a group of bromeliad enthusiasts to visit as many bromeliad species (with emphasis on the genus, Tillandsia) as possible during a botanical Eco tour through the Mexican states of Oaxaca and Chiapas. The tours begin in Oaxaca City and end in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas. We will travel in a luxurious, 20 passenger minibus (though group size will be limited to 12 participants) with plush seats, and air-conditioning. The tour price will include hotels, meals (and tips), beverages, transportation, fuel, guide costs, tolls, entry fees, and snacks from point of origin in Oaxaca.
We will traverse numerous mountains and canyons in search of the many spectacular bromeliads in the region…the most botanically diverse in Mexico! And of course, in addition to the bromeliads, we will see many other plant groups such as agaves, cactus, crassulas, cycads, palms, orchids, beaucarneas, burseras, and dasylirions. If you have always wanted to visit southern Mexico on a botanical Eco tour…and you love tillandsias and other bromeliads---this trip is for you!
For additional information and reservations, contact Jeff via email: [email protected] or call Jeff: (805) 705-3397. We are looking forward to having you aboard!
Jeff Chemnick (owner of Mexico Nature Tours) and Pamela Koide-Hyatt (world renowned Tillandsia/Bromeliad expert and owner of Bird Rock Tropicals) have more than 60 years combined experience traversing Mexico in search of plants.
They will lead a group of bromeliad enthusiasts to visit as many bromeliad species (with emphasis on the genus, Tillandsia) as possible during a botanical Eco tour through the Mexican states of Oaxaca and Chiapas. The tours begin in Oaxaca City and end in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas. We will travel in a luxurious, 20 passenger minibus (though group size will be limited to 12 participants) with plush seats, and air-conditioning. The tour price will include hotels, meals (and tips), beverages, transportation, fuel, guide costs, tolls, entry fees, and snacks from point of origin in Oaxaca.
We will traverse numerous mountains and canyons in search of the many spectacular bromeliads in the region…the most botanically diverse in Mexico! And of course, in addition to the bromeliads, we will see many other plant groups such as agaves, cactus, crassulas, cycads, palms, orchids, beaucarneas, burseras, and dasylirions. If you have always wanted to visit southern Mexico on a botanical Eco tour…and you love tillandsias and other bromeliads---this trip is for you!
For additional information and reservations, contact Jeff via email: [email protected] or call Jeff: (805) 705-3397. We are looking forward to having you aboard!