Festival Cultural de la Mariposa Monarca (Migration of

In Autumn each year the Monarch butterflies gather in southern Canada and begin a journey across North America to Mexico. The insects that begin the journey in Canada will never see Mexico, but their great- great- grandchildren will eventually make it to the small town of Angangueo in Michoacan province some 3100 miles (5000km) from the start of this epic journey. Like the butterflies, tourists flock to the small town of Angangueo to see the millions of butterflies obscuring the sky and some
Event Date: End of February and beginning of March 2012
Venue: The Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve