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Sociedad Audubon de México
Sociedad Audubon de México
Trip to México City
October 19-22, 2009
Itinerary
Monday | 19 Oct 09
9:00 a.m. Meet at San Miguel where the bus will be ready to
drive us to Mexico City.
* Water, Granola Bars and
fruit will be available.
1:00 p.m. Arrive at Emporio Reforma Hotel at which time you
will find you room, settle in and be greeted by a
bottle of red or white wine for the room (selection #1)
as well as a complimentary Common Birds of
Mexico City Handbook.
* Emporio Reforma Hotel is member
of Small Luxury Hotels of the World.
Monday | 19 Oct 09
2:00 p.m. After settling in, the bus will be ready to drive us to
Centro Universitario (UNAM) for our tour at the
botanical garden.
* We suggest getting (with anticipation) baguettes for Lunch at
hotel's café.
3:00 p.m. Guided tour at Botanical Garden (UNAM)
* Botanical Garden (exterior) 1 hour.
* Faustino Miranda's Greenhouse 1 hour.
* We suggest to wear sun block, cap or a hat to protect
ourselves from sun.
* Tour guides: Botanical Garden’s guides.
Botanical Garden (UNAM)
Monday | 19 Oct 09
Mexico's geographic location and its topographical features has allowed a wide variety of plants and
flowers to thrive. The botanical garden at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) is the
showpiece of this diversity.
Aware of the nation's rich vegetation and flora, botanists at the Biology Institute of the strive to
preserve living collections of native species from across the country.
The Botanical Garden is located in Mexico City's Pedregal in San Angel behind the Olympic Stadium.
One of the garden's most appealing attractions is its setting among lava outcroppings, the uneven,
volcanic ground resulting from the volcano Xitle's eruption some 2500 years ago. It is a haven some
2,320 meters above sea level, sheltered and isolated from Mexico City's busy streets and urban
surroundings. The Pedregal features mild weather and ample showers in the summer season.
The collections of plants and flowers are divided into sections based on regions and the indigenous
species found therein. There are detailed markers found throughout the garden with data such as
scientific and common name, botanical family, where the species is found and its usages.
As nearly 70 percent of Mexico's territory is covered by arid and semi-arid vegetation -- where weather
is highly variable and rain is scarce -- the garden boasts a marvelous collection of plants from arid
zones, including a variety of yuccas and agaves. This particular section also includes the Helia Bravo
Desert Garden -- Helia Bravo was one of the garden's founding members -- which features an
exceptional collection of cactus species.
Botanical Garden (UNAM)
Monday | 19 Oct 09
In the garden's "temperate zone", the arboretum stands out. This collection of living trees was created
to display together samples from the temperate zones across the nation, found mostly in mountainous
areas where pine trees and encinos prevail. The most important group of trees in this collection is
precisely the pine tree family, characterized by their needle-like leaves. The timber is usually used to
produce paper, wood products and charcoal. Also in the arboretum is a small collection of Liquidambar
trees which grow in humid, cloud forests (i.e. Chiapas, Hidalgo and Oaxaca). As fall approaches, their
usually light-green leaves change different shades of yellow and red. Firs, Mexican hawthorn trees and
loquats are among the trees in the arboretum.
In the tropical areas of the country, vegetation is exuberant with an enormous variety of species. The
Manuel Ruiz Oronoz Greenhouse was built at the garden to showcase a variety of plants from these
areas. Both the warm temperatures and humidity prevailing in Mexico's far-flung jungles are recreated
in the greenhouse. Visitors sometimes are treated to a small waterfall, when it is operational. Among
the species here is the pochote with its conic thorns (its trunk provides wood commonly used in the
construction industry). Also found here are samples of barbasco -- or "cabeza de negro" -- used in the
production of steroids, as well as the fat pepper tree, cherished for its scented seeds used as
seasoning in traditional medicine.
One section is devoted to plants traditionally used for ornamental purposes and another to medicinal
plants, many of which are used in some traditional Mexican dishes. A pond marks the entrance to the
ornamental and medicinal sections, which features the carob (an edible bush used to treat the cough),
the hoja santa (used as a seasoning and in treating digestive complications), the lemon balm (used to
treat nervousness), rosemary (used as a condiment and in treating hair-loss) and borage (an
indigenous plant used to lower fever plus treat cough and rheumatism).
Botanical Garden (UNAM)
Monday | 19 Oct 09
Another attractive feature of the garden is the series of tiles depicting the many different butterfly types
that frequent the area at different times of the year. For instance, visitors discover that the Danaus
plexippus -- better known as the Monarch butterfly -- flits through the Valley of Mexico from June
through December and its familiar image is colorfully portrayed on the white tile. Most of the tiles refer
to the butterflies by their scientific names exclusively, such as the Nymphalis antiopa -- an insect that
boasts purple wings with a yellow stripe along the fringes -- that is found throughout Mexico and can
be seen in the Valley of Mexico year-round. Then there is the so-called "cara de perro", or dog face,
which migrates annually from the United States to Guatemala and abounds in Mexico during the
summer rainy season.
http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/mexico/gardens/unam.html
Monday | 19 Oct 09
5:15 p.m. After Botanical Garden visit, the bus will be ready
to drive us to the Hotel.
7:00 p.m. For dinner we suggest the following restaurants:
° Condimento (Hotel's restaurant)
° Evita restaurant (at Embassy suites hotel one block away)
Argentina style food
° Chilis at Reforma 222 mall
www.alsea.com.mx/chilis/quienes.php
° Tezka at Zona Rosa www.tezka.com.mx
Spain style food
Tuesday | 20 Oct 09
6:15 a.m. Meet at Hotel's restaurant Condimento for buffet
breakfast.
7:00 a.m. Departure to Desierto de los Leones National
Park.
8:00 a.m. Birding tour at Desierto de los Leones
* Birding guides:
Gerardo del Olmo
and Alyson from
Bruja de Monte.
Desierto de los Leones (National Park)
Tuesday | 20 Oct 09
A short, hour drive from downtown Mexico City takes you to the fresh air and the dense pine and oak
forests of Desierto de los Leones, Mexico's first national park.
Located in the 3,000-meter high mountains on the southwestern side of the valley, the abundant
springs were the major water source for Mexico City and the dense forests attracted pilgrims and
loggers alike.
The name of the park, which translates to 'Desert of the Lions' might appear misleading. If you're
looking for Lawrence of Arabia-type sands, you will be disappointed.
This is not a desert but an area named for its (one-time) inaccessibility. The Desierto is a pleasant
retreat, made even sweeter by occasional Sunday concerts at the Carmelite monastery (completed in
1611) in the center of the park.
CULTURAL HISTORY
The Carmelites believed that they should worship in a house in the wilderness to honor their spiritual
founder, Saint Elias as well as Santa Teresa de Jesus and San Juan de la Cruz.
The barefoot Carmelites took vows of virtue, isolation, poverty and silence. They built their convent -Desierto de los Leones, named after the Leones family who were the monks' lawyers and spent almost
200 years paying homage to God in the wilderness.
Desierto de los Leones (National Park)
Tuesday | 20 Oct 09
As the centuries passed, Mexico City grew, so much so that the urban encroachment made the region
not secluded enough for the spiritual pilgrims, so the monks moved to the town of Tenancingo, and the
Desierto de Los Leones monastery became an "ex-convent" in 1801.
NATURAL HISTORY
The dense forests caught the eye of investors and in the 1880s Mexico City officials encouraged
logging in the area - so much so that the excessive forestry caused a diminished flow from the springs
that fed the Mexico City population. It was one of the clearest cases that deforestation had severe
consequences in the country.
As a result, a few years later, when the Mexico City government auctioned off land in the Desierto, it
was with the proviso that the buyers agreed to conserve the springs and not cut down trees protecting
the underground watershed.
Such noble intentions did not go unchallenged, however. In 1914 Mexican president Victoriano Huerta
proposed to convert the forest reserve into a casino operation. Huerta had various schemes - such as
transplanting of trees from Mexico City streets to his ranch in the northern Mexico City district of
Azcapotzalco - but this proposal of converting the park into a casino went bust amidst the bustle of the
ongoing Revolution.
To safeguard the forests, Mexico's premier conservationist Miguel Angel de Quevedo (source of the
name for the "Quevedo" metro stop) urged President Venustiano Carranza to establish Desierto de los
Leones as Mexico's first national park in 1917.
Desierto de los Leones (National Park)
Tuesday | 20 Oct 09
While the forests in this park and the Ajusco mountains in general still function as the lungs of Mexico
City, they are not immune to environmental degradation. Prevailing wind patterns in the valley affect
the forests and pollution contributed to a die-off of oyamel firs in Desierto de los Leones in the 1980s
and 1990s. In 1996 government officials launched a new program called "S.O.S. Operation Desert"
that combines reforestation programs, agroforestry, and new natural management techniques to boost
the trees' health. Woodpeckers have been re-introduced into the forests to help restore balance to the
ecosystem.
http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/mexico/df/desierto.html
Desierto de los Leones (National Park)
Tuesday | 20 Oct 09
Preliminary Birding List
Magnificent Hummingbird
Gray-barred Wren
House Wren
Bushtit (black-eared)
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Mexican Chickadee
American Robin
Hermit Thrush
Golden-browed Warbler
Slate-throated Whitestart
Hermit Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Yellow-rumped (Audubon's) Warbler
Black-headed Grosbeak
Yellow-eyed Junco
House Sparrow
Red Warbler
Strickland's Woodpecker
Steller's Jay
Green-striped Brush-Finch
Rufous-capped Brush-Finch
Slate-throated Redstart
Crescent-chested Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Russet Nightingale-Thrush
Tuesday | 20 Oct 09
11:30 a.m. End of birding, the bus will be ready to drive us to
Xochimilco.
12:30 p.m. Canals and Gardens of Xochimilco Tour.
*After the birding tour, we board our tour bus and proceed to
Xochimilco, one of DF's best spots in the southern end of the
city. Here we board a traditional water craft called trajinera,
complete with flowers, mariachi musicians and a meal of
mixiote, quesadillas, guacamole, nopal salad, and handmade
tortillas.
Xochimilco’s tour guide:
Marlene Ehrenberg from Rebozo
Xochimilco (Canals and Gardens)
Tuesday | 20 Oct 09
A highlight of any trip to Mexico City is a visit to the canals and gardens of Xochimilco.
ORIGINS
500 years ago Xochimilco was the agricultural hub of Tenochtitlán, a metropolis of 235,000 inhabitants.
In the Náhuatl language of the Aztecs, the name Xochimilco means 'garden of flowers.' The flowers
that lined the streets of the city and its rooftop gardens took root here.
THE VALUE OF TOURISTS
Xochimilco became recognized as a tourist attraction in its own right in the 1920s. European
guidebooks romanticized the gardens and described Xochimilco as the Venice of Mexico. Today the
region depends on tourism to maintain thousands of jobs -- from the musicians to the cooks to the craft
vendors.
As testament to the site's historic value, UNESCO declared Xochimilco a Cultural Heritage Site in
1987.
Visits can assist local environmental conservation efforts. If you are taking a trip from the Nuevo
Nativitas or Caltongo landings, ask your boatman to take you to the Apatlaco Canal where one family
has set up a breeding area for the axolotl, an endangered salamander (pictured here). Contributions to
support this work are encouraged. The International Union for Conservation of Nature includes the
axolotl on its annual Red List of threatened species.
Xochimilco (Canals and Gardens)
Tuesday | 20 Oct 09
CHINAMPAS
As in centuries past, canals surround raised agricultural fields called chinampas. Since the Valley of
Mexico was originally wetlands, the chinampas were the most productive means of agricultural
production.
Between the eighth and tenth centuries, seven Nahua tribes arrived in the Valley of Mexico. The
Xochimilca people founded their city at the southern tip of the valley. Another tribe, the Aztecs (or
Mexica), founded Tenochtitlán and the Aztec empire farther north. Soon after the Aztecs' arrival, they
conquered the Xochimilcas, whose agricultural fields, or chinampas, were used to provide the food for
the growing Aztec empire. Today the D.F. encompasses the once-distant cities.
ENDANGERED XOCHIMILCO
In the early 1500s, before the Spanish conquest, chinampas covered nearly 9,000 hectares (22,230
acres) on Lakes Xochimilco and Chalco. Each hectare (2.47 acres) could feed about 20 people, thus
supporting most of Tenochtitlán's residents.
When the Spanish arrived, they began to drain the lake bed. Today's canals are the deepest of what
was a much larger system.
What was the proud agricultural hub became a neglected garden. Hundreds of years later, in the
1970s and 1980s, it became a depository for the city's waste waters. The many freshwater springs that
once fed Lake Xochimilco were successively diverted to provide a water supply for Mexico City. More
than two-thirds of the fields cultivated in the 1930s have been paved over by streets and homes.
Xochimilco (Canals and Gardens)
Tuesday | 20 Oct 09
Most of the water that reached the canals was contaminated by residential or industrial pollution and
could not be used for food crops. The chinamperos chose to increase flower cultivation instead, using
discarded oil cans filled with organic muck from the bottom of the canal. The area has suffered from
environmental neglect.
AGRICULTURAL ALTERNATIVES
The chinampas should not be seen as mere historical artifacts, but as living examples of alternative
agriculture.
Farmers continue to scrape muck and organic debris from the canals, using the muck as fertilizer for
the agricultural gardens. They harvest chilicastle, the plentiful, shiny blue-green algae that grows on
the water's surface to help maintain the soil's fertility.
Chinampas are formed by alternating layers of aquatic weeds, muck, and earth packed inside
rectangular cane frames firmly rooted to the lake floor.
You may hear them called floating gardens, but the term takes poetic license with the truth. Trees are
planted along the edges of the fields. Their roots have long anchored the beds securely to the lake
bottom.
http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/mexico/df/xochimilco.html
Xochimilco (Canals and Gardens)
Tuesday | 20 Oct 09
Tuesday | 20 Oct 09
3:00 p.m. After Gardens of Xochimilco tour, the bus will be
ready to drive us to the Mercado de flores de
Cuemanco (Cuemanco’s flowers market) or to the
hotel. (selection #2)
Tuesday | 20 Oct 09
5:00 p.m. After the visit to the lowers market the bus will
drive us to the hotel.
7:00 p.m. For dinner we suggest the following restaurants
° Condimento (Hotel's restaurant)
° Evita restaurant (at Embassy suites hotel one block away)
Argentina style food
° Chilis at Reforma 222 mall
www.alsea.com.mx/chilis/quienes.php
° Tezka at Zona Rosa www.tezka.com.mx
Spain style food
Wednesday | 21 Oct 09
6:15 a.m. Meet at Hotel's restaurant Condimento for buffet
breakfast.
7:00 a.m. Departure to Xochicalco
9:00 a.m. Birding tour at Xochicalco Arqueological Site
* Birding guides:
Gerardo del Olmo
and Alyson from
Bruja de Monte.
Xochicalco (Arqueological site)
Wednesday | 21 Oct 09
Several ancient civilizations developed astonishingly accurate calendars. Even so, occasional
adjustments were needed to bring the calendar back in line with solar events. Archaeologists studying
the site of Xochicalco, just outside the city of Cuernavaca in central Mexico, believe that a major
conference of astronomers was held there in the eighth century A.D. in order to implement an
adjustment of six days. The conference may have been a sequel to an earlier astronomical gathering
(700 A.D.) held in Copán, in modern-day Honduras, commemorated at that site by a richly-decorated
altar. An altar may have been good enough to commemorate the Copán gathering, but in Xochicalco
the organizers went one stage further and built an entire lavishly decorated pyramid as a memorial to
the event.
The scenic and imposing ruins visible at Xochicalco today reflect only a small proportion of what was
formerly a much more extensive city. The name Xochicalco means "place of the home of the flowers",
and perhaps the city was once flower-bedecked, but nowadays its flattened hilltop platforms are
decidedly semi-arid in character. Numerous constructions, linked by cobblestone tracks, rise above the
platforms; they include palaces, temples, ball courts and more than one "observatory".
The central plaza is graced by the amazing Pyramid of the Plumed Serpents. Relatively small (only
about 6 meters tall), it has two levels and may have been roofed at one time. Its talud y tablero style
(with a gently sloping lower section surmounted by a vertically-sided table) echoes many of the
buildings at Teotihuacan. This is probably no accident. Researchers believe that Xochicalco, first
settled around 200 A.D., reached its peak only after the decline of the influential city of Teotihuacan,
which, at its height in around 750 A.D., was one of the world's largest cities, with an estimated
population of 500,000.
Xochicalco (Arqueological site)
Wednesday | 21 Oct 09
The Pyramid of the Plumed Serpents ( Pirámide de Quetzalcóatl) derives its name from a series of
eight plumed stone serpents that wind around its base. Their sinuous bodies frame magnificently
adorned seated figures. The serpents appear to be swallowing sun disks, a reference to solar eclipses.
Traces of original pigment show that the panels were once colored. The details of jewelry, shields and
headdresses suggest the figures represent high-standing officials of some kind, perhaps the
astronomers themselves. The second level of the pyramid is decorated with pairs of seated figures.
Close examination reveals that the styles of the figures on each side of the pyramid are very different.
The styles reflect four different major regional cultural groups of the time: the Maya (southern Mexico
and neighboring countries), the Zapotec (Oaxaca Valley), the Teotihuacanos (central Mexico) and the
Totonac (Gulf coast of Mexico). Presumably, astronomers from all four cultures met here (on neutral
territory?) and this unusual monument was built to commemorate their success in finding a solution to
a calendar that had become out of sync with the natural year.
According to Roberto Salido Beltrán, this calendric fix was to suppress six days of the ancient
calendar, between day 1-Casa (One House) and 11-Mono (11 monkey). Salido cites as his main
evidence a glyph centered on the sign for a house. Two hands reach out from this glyph. The right
hand, fingers outstretched, rests on a block. The left hand holds a cord leading to the glyph for 11monkey. In terms of our calendar, this event occurred in 765 A.D.
Xochicalco remained prominent until about 1000 A.D., after which it was abandoned. When the
Spaniards arrived in the sixteenth century, they learned of the ruins, but had no inkling of their
astronomical significance.
Xochicalco (Arqueological site)
Wednesday | 21 Oct 09
In the past twenty years or so, several other major findings have arisen from studies of Xochicalco's
astronomical importance. The site lies at a latitude of 18o47" North. At this latitude, the sun is at its
zenith (highest point, exactly overhead at mid-day) on May 15 and July 28. It is well documented that
observing (and celebrating) the solar zenith was very important throughout Mexico at the time the
Spaniards arrived, even though modern attempts to revive the ancient practices have not met with
much success.
Two of the many natural underground caves at Xochicalco, show clear evidence of architectural
modification, including the perforation of an artificial hole or "chimney" from the cave to the ground
above. These vertical shafts would have enabled very precise observations and measurements of
solar and possibly planetary events. For instance, the vertical north side of the 5-meter-long "chimney"
down into one cave would have resulted in a precisely vertical beam of sunlight on the day of the
zenith. The south side of the chimney slopes at an angle of 4o23'. Is it simply a coincidence that this is
the exact angle for light to be parallel to this side on June 21, the day of the Summer solstice? Archeoastronomers think not!
The dimensions and geometry of this chimney ensure that some light enters the cave every day from
April 30 (15 days before the first of the two annual zeniths) to August 12 (15 days after the second).
Put another way, the cave receives light every day from precisely 52 days before the solstice to 52
days after it. The number 52 was of immense significance in the pre-Columbian calendar, since it took
exactly 52 (solar) years for both the solar calendar and the ritual calendar (of 260 days each) to return
simultaneously to the equivalent of 0-0.
Xochicalco (Arqueological site)
Wednesday | 21 Oct 09
Another fascinating finding, first published in México Desconocido, is that from the "Acropolis" of the
site, on zenith days, the sun rises exactly behind Popocatépetl volcano on the eastern horizon. The
effect does not occur even one day before or after the zenith. Given the polluted skies over Mexico
City, it is difficult to guarantee witnessing this effect nowadays!
The site of Xochicalco is living proof of one of the most important scientific summits ever held in the
history of the Americas. The congress of astronomers from all over the zone held to agree the
calendric correction was a landmark event in the history of science worldwide.
http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/1176-did-you-know-mexico-s-ancient-astronomers-had-sophisticated-calendars
Xochicalco (Arqueological site)
Wednesday | 21 Oct 09
Preliminary Birding List
Lesser Ground Cuckoo
Squirrel Cuckoo
Lesser Roadrunner
Hooded Oriole
West Mexican Chachalaca
Bridled Sparrow
… the list will be completed soon.
Wednesday | 21 Oct 09
12:30 p.m. Lunch* time after the birding tour
We board our bus and proceed to Coatetelco lake for lunch, a
community some 25 minutes to the south of Xochicalco. Here we will eat
fresh-caught mojarra from the lake, with caldos and sopes and cold
beers. It is not elegant, but as we eat right beside the lake we consider it
beautiful. The loncherias are quite humble (humilde) but in a way it is
100% authentic Mexico, and the food is good. It’s recommend more for
the adventurous who wish a more authentic experience.
Otherwise we can go to the Hacienda San Antonio El Puente which is
part of a small collection of haciendas and restaurants known as
Tesoros de Morelos.com all of which will give us a good meal in good
surroundings. Please bear in mind that for this level of quality, we will
also have to pay a good size bill!
It really depends on our decision, if we expect the best service then
definitely this restaurant is the ideal. (selection #3)
* This are suggestions for lunch (this meals are not included in the trip cost.)
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Wednesday | 21 Oct 09
1:00 p.m. Lunch
2:30 p.m. Departure to Mexico City
4:30 p.m. Arrival at hotel
7:00 p.m. Farewell dinner at El Bajío Restaurant
Thursday | 22 Oct 09
08:00 a.m. Meet at Hotel's restaurant Condimento for buffet
breakfast.
10:30 a.m. Load bus for our trip home.
11:00 a.m. Group departure to San Miguel de Allende
3:00 p.m. Arrival to San Miguel Allende
About the advisory group
& tour guides
Gerardo del Olmo
Marlene Ehrenberg
Carmen & Rodrigo
brujademonte.com.mx
marlene-ehrenberg.com.mx
travelian.com.mx
Birding guide
Xochimilco and UNAM guide
sustainable tourism at Mexico
Gerardo del Olmo
Gerardo del Olmo
Gerardo del Olmo was born in Mexico City in 1958. His passion for birds took him to develop the
illustration technique in a self-taught form which you see on these pages.
His artwork has been recognized by the Mexican Government, which included him in the national
illustrator catalogue. He also participated as an illustrator on the primary school books, and his work
has been shown in several museums in Mexico and Spain. He collaborates as an illustrator and
photographer in several national publications.
His artwork is inspired by the many colorful and exotic birds of Mexico. He also creates oil and pencil
drawings, however most of his artwork is done in colored ink.
"The Lophornis delattrei, (Rufous-crested Coquette), it is a beautiful hummingbird which lives in the
tropics in south of Mexico and in Central America, this bird was used, among others, by the natives
of prehispanic Mexico, for the practice of the beautiful and hard art of feather. Because of its crest,
and due to the principal God of the Aztecs was Huitzilopochtli, which means left-handed
hummingbird, I think this little bird deeply influenced in the feather artists. For the confection the
famous, plumes and feather tiaras that were so commonly used by the Mexicas emperors. Lophornis
delattrei is part of a collection of six illustrations, which I painted to illustrate the book "Huitzilin" The
Hummingbird of the Antique Mexico, and can be appreciated in the website originalbirdart."
Gerardo del Olmo
http://www.originalbirdart.com/del-olmo.htm
Gerardo del Olmo
Gerardo del Olmo is the art and investigation director and founder of Bruja de Monte, an
environmental organization dedicated to the conservation of birds. He has many years of experience
as a scientific and natural history artist, falconer, and ecologist. He is passionate about bird
conservation, habitat protection, and public education, and has published a field guide to the birds of
Mexico City.
"One of the most serious problems in Mexico, with relation to the birds, is the lack of clear and up-todate information," del Olmo said.
Marlene Ehrenberg
Marlene Ehrenberg
Organizer, Specialized ecotourism/nature tourism/cultural tours throughout Mexico as REBOZO:
Creator, Agua para el Mañana, with the logo”Mariposa de Agua” water-saving campaign in the hotel
industry.
Coordinator, North America Sister Canyons Project (Canada, México and the U.S.A.)
Skills
Multilingual Spanish, English, German, French and Italian, some Portuguese and Hebrew.
More than 30 years experience in designing, ecoturistical/cultural itineraries leading and organizing
unusual tours.
Consultant and conferences on ecotourism and adventure, workshops, seminars and training
courses.
Professional Experience
1968-Date : designer of eco- and adventure tours in nature since and for the Olympic Games in
México.
1992 : Conseptualized "Ruta de Cortés" circuit as an adventure in both cultural history and nature,
giving SECTUR a new program.
1994 : Co-founder of AMTAVE
1998 : Organized course on ecotourism planning and marketing, University "Faculdade da Cidade",
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1998-2000 : President of AMTAVE AC
Marlene Ehrenberg
1998-2000 : Invited to open and preside the chapters of Ecotourism at the Consejo Turistico
Empresarial, Executive Tourist Commission, at the Comisión Ejecutiva de Turismo, Tourism
Executive Committee at the Consejo de Promoción Turistica de México, Tourism Promotion Council
of México and at the Chamber of Deputies for the Federal Law of Tourism.
2000 : Designer and coordinator of the Pabellon Ecoturistico at the 2000 Tianguis Turistico, for
SECTUR (ministry of tourism)
2000 : Co-founder of Red Bioplanet@
Professional Associations/Memberships
AMERYCOP AC
AMTAVE AC
Guias Interpretes Profesionales AC
Red Méxicana de Ecoturismo ,
Consejo de Promocion Turistica de México,
Red Bioplanet@ AC
Bibliography of online Articles and Presentations
Taller Tarahumara (Español)*
Comision Jalcomulco (Español)*
Agua para el Mañana (Español)*
Zona del Silencio (Español)* etc.
Thank you !
Carmen Silva & Rodrigo López
+ 52 55 4171 4270
+ 52 55 5576 0940
+ 52 55 1827 3552
rodrigo@travelian.com.mx
www.travelian.com.mx