Starting today, travelers will be able to walk between San Diego and Tijuana International Airports. The crossing is limited to ticketed passengers flying out of Tijuana within 24 hrs. It’s free to cross the 390-ft bridge until Dec 18. After that date, the fee goes to $18 each way. Mexico flights are often less expensive from Tijuana so this […]
Read PostEarlier this month, a new national park received final approval by Peru’s president, Ollanta Humala. Sierra del Divisor National Park spans 3.3 million acres, protecting a huge swath in the Amazon basin. Rainforest Trust in the US worked with Peru’s CEDIA (Center for the Development of an Indigenous Amazon) along with local communities and government […]
Read PostThe vast majority of lions stay put on the ground, leaving tree climbing to other big cats like the leopard. However, there are two places in Africa where you have the opportunity to see lions scattered along tree branches – the Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda and Lake Manyara National Park […]
Read PostIn June, Sheridan Samano represented Reefs to Rockies during AdventureWeek Ecuador along with other representatives from a select group of travel companies and media. This 10-day educational trip sponsored by Ecuador Ministry of Tourism and Adventure Travel Trade Association showcased all that Ecuador has on offer. The group hiked mountains, rafted whitewater rapids, rode a […]
Read PostWe’ve just returned from our sixth scouting trip to Mexico this year. Our latest trip was to Guadalupe Island where we spent three days cage diving with great white sharks. Wow! All of this year’s Mexico trips offered unforgettable wildlife experiences. Friendly gray whales, millions of monarch butterflies, a bat volcano, and sharks (both whale […]
Read PostMonarch butterflies are found throughout the United States, though a majority of the population migrates up to 3,000 miles to Mexico for the winter months. In 1996, the Mexican government created the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve to protect monarch’s wintering habitat. The reserve spans more than 56,000 hectares (138,000 acres). Over the past two decades, the […]
Read PostCosta Rica’s newest tourist attraction opened last week in the city of Cartago, located outside of the capital, San Jose. Magmática is a combination of a restaurant, small seismological museum, and earthquake simulator that will allow visitors to experience the feeling of a quake up to an 8.8 on the Richter scale. Cartago is the […]
Read PostJetBlue Airways recently announced daily flight service between Fort Lauderdale, Florida (FLL) and Quito, Ecuador (UIO). Service is scheduled to begin on February 25, 2016. Flights will depart FLL at 7:05 pm and arrive to UIO at 11:30 pm. The return flight from UIO departs at 12:59 am and arrives to FLL at 5:14 am. […]
Read PostStarting this fall, Alaska Airlines will offer non-stop flights from Los Angeles (LAX) to both international airports in Costa Rica (Juan Santamaria – SJO and Liberia – LIR). Flights between LAX and SJO begin on October 31, 2015 and between LAX and LIR on November 1, 2015. This new service also makes it easy to […]
Read PostLeatherback sea turtles are the largest species of turtle to swim the world’s oceans. A leatherback can measure four to six feet in length and can weigh in at more than 1000 pounds. The biggest, deepest-diving, widest ranging of all turtles, the leatherback has endured for 100 million years. Reefs to Rockies co-founder Sheridan Samano […]
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