Experiences

Birdwatching

Flamingo colonies, resplendent quetzals, high-desert endemics. Where and when, plus the reserves that protect them and the guides who know the calls.

Northern Mexico

Restored colonial silver town where snowbirds and birders winter

Turquoise desert pools full of life found nowhere else on Earth

Cloud forest biosphere in a state most advisories say to skip

Quiet riverside colonial town and the western jump-off for El Chepe

Pacific lagoon where gray whales come to calve and nudge your boat

A volcanic lake, howler monkeys, and a witchcraft industry.

Dozens of multicolored lakes in pine forest on the Guatemala border

Kilometer-high canyon walls on a fast boat down the Grijalva

Flamingo lagoons and the pink salt flats of Las Coloradas on the north coast.

Cloud-forest biosphere reserve and Franciscan mission country