Chiapas 2015

These photos were taken on a Chiapas Birding Adventure with the Wimberley Birding Society in March 2015. We visited Villahermosa, Palenque, Tres Lagunas, Yaxchilán, Bonampak, Las Guacamayas, Lagos de Montebello, Amatenango, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, San Juan Chamula, and Zinacantán.

Gil and I had been in the area many years ago -- in a Ford van driving from Chicago to Guatemala. So it was lovely to return to some places we had been to and many places we had not. http://chiapasbirdingadventures.com/

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  • We flew into Villahermosa and overnighted there. The next day we visited the Parque-Museo de la Venta in Villahermosa and drove to Palenque.

    1 Villahermosa and Palenque

    We flew into Villahermosa and overnighted there. The next day we visited the Parque-Museo de la Venta in Villahermosa and drove to Palenque.
  • On Day 4 we traveled to Frontera Corozal and the next morning traveled by lancha to the archaeological zone of Yaxchilan.

    2 Yaxchilan

    On Day 4 we traveled to Frontera Corozal and the next morning traveled by lancha to the archaeological zone of Yaxchilan.
  • On day 6 we visited Bonampak Archaeological park.

    3 Bonampak

    On day 6 we visited Bonampak Archaeological park.
  • On day 7 we took a lancha on the Lancantun River and then into th eMonte Azules Reserve on the River Tzendales.

    4 River Tzendales

    On day 7 we took a lancha on the Lancantun River and then into th eMonte Azules Reserve on the River Tzendales.
  • On Day 8 after birding in the morning, we traveled to San Cristobal de las Casas.

    5 Going to San Cristobal

    On Day 8 after birding in the morning, we traveled to San Cristobal de las Casas.
  • Day 9: San Cristobal de las Casas.

    6 San Cristobal

    Day 9: San Cristobal de las Casas.

  • 7 Chamula and Zinacantan

    On Day 10 we visited the indigenous villages of San Juan Chamula and Zinacantan as well as the Medicina Maya Museum.