Butterfly Sanctuary Tour: Puerto Vallarta's Heritage

Immerse yourself in Puerto Vallarta’s heritage, culture, and nature with a guided visit to the Butterfly Sanctuary. Enjoy a delicious traditional lunch and learn about the region’s culinary heritage. Book now!

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Mariposario Jardin Magico - At the butterfly sanctuary we’ll delve into engaging encounter with nature in all its beauty and diversity, lead by the most passionate guide, while learning about the life of butterflies. We’ll take a captivating stroll through subtropical sanctuary filled with breathtaking butterflies free-flying and dancing above…
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Complimentary bottled water
  • All applicable fees and taxes included
  • Authentic Mexican lunch experience
  • Participate in a butterfly release ceremony
Additional Information

For an immersive encounter that allows you to make the most of your acquaintance with Puerto Vallarta’s heritage, vibrant culture, arts, indelible traditions, nature and biodiversity, this one-of-a-kind specially tailored privately guided experience of the Butterfly Sanctuary. In addition, you will get an inclusive experience that will leave you in awe…

Location
Mariposario Jardin Magico
Calle Golondrina 60, Madre Tierra Ranch
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Wander302612
May 11, 2025
Great tour to support local conservation efforts! - So wonderful to see people committed to protecting butterflies and the environment. Informative tour, great communication to set up transport from our hotel, and then got to enjoy lunch with our guide. Recommend this tour and supporting their mission!
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Heather_p
Apr 7, 2025
A beautiful and engaging... - A beautiful and engaging experience. Fabian and Erika are awesome and we had a wonderful day learning about butterflies, their life cycle and predators. Wish I could give 10 stars- definitely worth it!
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Journey21525078362
Mar 3, 2025
Loved the Private Tour - We booked the tour directly through the Sanctuary not through a booking tour group. We did not have lunch there. We enjoyed the private tour and we got to release two butterflies. I liked that these are native butterflies...not ones they buy and raise.
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Connector720732
Jan 8, 2025
Very interesting - Very interesting learned about all local butterflies and what they eat got to release a new butterfly and have a nice authentic Mexican lunch
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Kirsten_w
Oct 13, 2024
A special day! Educational and personal. - This was a highlight of our time in Puerto Vallarta! Fabian and his team have created the most beautiful sanctuary for the butterflies and experience for those who value conservation. We loved learning about the genesis of the project, how it's evolved and what is in store for the future. We saw so many gorgeous butterflies and learned about their lifecycles, what plants they like, what predators threaten them, and we got to see a butterfly laying eggs, a newly hatched butterfly drying itself, and got to release three-hour old butterflies. After our tour, Fabian took us to a local restaurant where we had the best Mexican lunch and had time to get to know each other. It was a very special day! The transportation to and from was seamless and Erika was great.
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Angelar_m
Jul 15, 2024
Great learning experience! - This particular outing was all about learning about the different types of butterflies and how they thrive in their natural environment. I believe his name is Fabio and he has a passion for these "pollinators" as he calls them. Afterwards, he took us to lunch at a local restaurant where we continued to learn about sustainability and conservation. Just use bug spray because the mosquitos are bad! Cassandra M
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Markhv2533la
Apr 28, 2024
Marky Marks butterfly experince - Fabian was awesome. The experience was very well planned thoughtful and informative. Would def recommend! I C woukd definitely see when he expands
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Joselineb899
Apr 26, 2024
Best one year anniversary trip, great staff - We loved it here!! The staff was amazing!! My boyfriend and I got losted looking for the pick up spot and couldn’t recognized our staff at first… we ended up making the tour an hour late but they came back for us and made it a great time, also recovering the time waisted! 100% recommend it there!! We also went on four wheelers up to a restaurant resort!! We had an amazing time with quality photos.. we didn’t know that the staff edits them, them self so please be patient with them as they are making them to the best quality they can !!:)
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Vacation42248264072
Apr 13, 2024
Best Part Of Vallarta Trip - This was absolutely incredible. Brilliant sanctuary full of ao many different local species. Amazing gift to talk with Fabian about the work of the butterfly sanctuary and the impact their studies have over lunch.
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Salicia_b
Mar 29, 2024
Beautiful Butterfly Experience - This was an AMAZING experience! I am a butterfly fanatic and was so excited to see this was an option. Fabian the guide is so knowledgeable and has worked hard to put the sanctuary together! The private transfer is so helpful to make it easy to get there. We had lunch at a local restaurant with Fabian it was delicious. DEFINITELY DO THIS TOUR
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From $119
up to 12 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).