Mexican Mushroom Tours 2008

For Fungi Aficionados with a Sense of Adventure

Since 2000 we have welcomed more than 150 mycology enthusiasts, from renowned
experts to curious beginners, to our unique mushroom-hunting/travel excursions
in some fascinating regions of Mexico. Many participants have returned as
often as 3, 4 or even 5 times for tours in different locations with us. Now you,
too, can join us for our well-planned, all-inclusive, small-group adventures in
fungi-rich areas that also offer much to the culturally interested traveler.

In 2008, our foray location will be back in central Mexico, but in a new, exciting region for Mexican Mushroom Tours.

Some months ago, based on earlier suggestions and information, we had planned to run our 2008 foray in the state of Michoacan, but based on recent scouting that prompted concerns about current facilities, logistics and access to forests, we have moved our foray base further east to the green, ecologically aware state of HIDALGO. The foray dates remain August 17-24, and we will meet in the easy-to-travel-to state capital, Pachuca, which you can reach via first class bus, in just over an hour, DIRECT from the Mexico City airport.

Hidalgo's heritage is, of all things, partly British, due to the many overseas miners who came in the 1800s to reap the rich silver and other metals in the nearby hills. They left a legacy that includes charming towns in the mountains and a version of the Cornish Pasties food staple - an empanada style here called "pastes" (pahs-tehs).

But what for us is most important is the abundant forest habitat that remains, with a semi-temperate climate that generates a wide variety of fungi, which have been extensively studied there by top mycologist Dr. Arturo Estrada, our technical leader for this important foray.

We will be staying in comfortable lodgings in the woods as well as nice renovated-hacienda accommodations, with good local cuisine.

We will see local geological wonders, colonial treasures and much of the indigenous Huasteca culture in this corner of Mexico that has so far been spared "the beaten path."

We have wanted to plan a foray in Hidalgo for a long time and are very excited that it will happen this year. We hope that you will join us for this exceptional mycological/travel experience.

For information on tour fees and the planned itinerary for this special foray adventure, see our HIDALGO TOUR page. CONTACT US today for further details or if you would like to put a tentative, no-obligation hold on a spot. (Limit of 20 participants - already more than half booked.)

Recent activities

In September and October 2007, we organized two virtually identical week-long tours in the exotic, colorful, southernmost state of Chiapas. (Originally, we had planned only one tour, but so many people were keen that we added a second edition of this foray/travel adventure.)

Our mushrooming locations included tropical jungles, cool cloud forests, lakeside woods, and we saw awesome pre-hispanic ruins, roaring waterfalls, tradition-bound indigenous villages and even cosmopolitan colonial towns. A round-up of the trip and pictures are posted on our PRIOR TOURS page.

Further information, fungi ID lists and pictures will be posted soon on our PRIOR TOURS page.

If, instead of our set-date, larger group tours, you might prefer a special arrangement to fit your particular interests and travel schedule, click HERE for details on our NEW, flexible,

PERSONALIZED FORAY ADVENTURES.