SEE NATURE UP CLOSE & PERSONAL

Many people love going on nature and wildlife tours. After all, there are so many cool and neat animals to see that watching them interact in their natural habitat is most definitely something to cherish. These ecotourism vacations run the gamut, from African safaris and visiting nature preserves to private butterfly tours and visiting places butterflies congregate.

Fauna Ventures is proud to offer private butterfly tours in Colombia and Honduras. Guided by those well-versed in lepidopterology or scientists who study moths and butterflies, you’ll be amazed at the beauty surrounding you. You’ll see many exotic species of butterflies on these tours, such as Callicore ines and Charonias eurytele, and birds and other rainforest animals. Be prepared to form memories that will last a lifetime. Contact us about our private butterfly tours today!

HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR BUTTERFLY AND WILDLIFE TRIPS

• See dozens and maybe hundreds of different butterfly species
• See many historical, cultural, UNESCO World Heritage sites
• Visit nature preserves
• See birds and wildlife, including jungle animals
• Experience other cultures
• Form memories with your closest friends and families
• Enjoy a nature vacation you won’t forget!

BENEFITS OF PRIVATE BUTTERFLY TOURS

• Completely customizable. When you choose a private butterfly tour, you get to decide where you want to go, what you want to see, and what you want to do from a list of activities, sights, and locations.
• Take the trip you want, when you want it. You can book a private butterfly tour to Colombia or Honduras when convenient for you. Thus, you can go when it’s not high tourist season, and you can go in the middle of the week when many popular tourist places are not crowded.
• Led by an expert. When you partner with Fauna Ventures for your nature tour, your leader will be the founder or an expert lepidopterist who can answer all of your questions about butterflies and show you the hidden spots you otherwise would not know about or have the opportunity to visit.
• No wasted time. You can maximize your time on your private tour because you don’t waste time waiting on others, boarding a bus, or stopping for frequent breaks. You can schedule a lot more in a day when your nature vacation is all about you.

WHO CAN GO?

No minimum number of travelers is required, but small groups decrease the cost per person. If you want to travel with a small group of friends or your extended family, you can still have a personal tour and combine it with the people you want to travel with. Fauna Ventures offers discounts for groups of 10 or more people. This is a great way to enjoy a private tour for less and have fun with some of your favorite people. Contact Fauna Ventures to learn more today!

ITINERARIES

Itineraries are not set in stone when you choose a private tour. For example, we often explore the forests surrounding Minca, a small mountain village, and explore many of the surrounding trails on our Colombia trip. On a private butterfly tour, you can explore many more of these trails in your quest for butterflies. This is just one example of how you can personalize your time. We can also go to other places that you want to visit. If you are looking for the ultimate level of freedom, book a butterfly tour with us today!

PRICING

• Prices will vary according to locations, dates, and duration of travel

Fauna Ventures cannot wait to share the beauty of Colombia and Honduras with you. Our experienced guides will ensure your wildlife tour is everything you’ve dreamed of. Private butterfly tours are delightful to take since they offer personalized destinations and attention. You are sure to learn a lot about butterflies, the surrounding people, and yourself. You’ll have ample time to reconnect with nature and bring peace back into your life as you let go of the modern world’s stresses. Connect on a Fauna Venture you will never forget. Contact us today!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
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 David Szetela 
 
 
 
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Fauna Ventures' guided tour to the Honduran Butterfly Festival was uniformly excellent. All our needs were catered to cheerfully and expertly. Thanks for a magical experience!
  
 
  
 
 
 
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 TheWilsmurphy 
 
 
 
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My husband and I were excited to go on tour with Fauna Ventures to the Emerald Valley Butterfly Festival because we are passionate about butterflies and the magical beauty they offer as they fly from flower to flower as one of the world's most exquisite pollinators. This tour was all we hoped for and more. Our hosts and translators were very accommodating and knowledgeable about the area and the flora and fauna we were seeing in the mountains of Honduras on Lake Yojoa. The lodging was rustic, clean and comfortable, and the food was delicious. One of the bonuses of the trip was meeting new friends who shared similar interests.   Our photographs of these amazing and colorful butterflies will always be a cherished memory of this trip. I highly recommend it.
  
 
  
 
 
 
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 Elise Barry 
 
 
 
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My husband and I just returned from our first Fauna Ventures trip of the Honduras Butterfly Festival & Conservation Tour. Fauna Ventures is warm and welcoming to all levels of experience and ability. We appreciated their pre-trip preparation recommendations, their knowledge and expertise, their assistance and efforts to make sure that everyone experienced what they hoped for and more!, their attention to making certain that no one was left behind, and their day and night efforts to see that everyone was enjoying themselves. I even got help with using my camera! Their steady friendly attention puts everyone at ease. I particularly enjoyed a night time adventure for herps that wasn't on the itinerary but they graciously provided it. We're a senior couple and they knew how to make that a non-issue. We'll surely be looking to do more with Fauna Ventures!
  
 
  
 
 
 
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 Susan Brown 
 
 
 
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Wonderful butterfly tour with expert guides and fabulous meals!
  
 
  
 
 
 
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 Alison Smith 
 
 
 
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Just back from the 3rd annual butterfly festival in Honduras.   This was my first trip to Central America and I was totally amazed by the country's natural beauty and incredible biodiversity.   I will definitely return!  The trip was very well organized allowing us to make the most of our time every day.  The expertise and knowledge of our guides regarding the local fauna and habitats greatly enhanced our experience and  knowledge of the area.   Accommodations were modest but clean and  in a beautiful natural setting.   We could simply walk out the front door in the morning and begin birding.    The butterflies were literally right outside our door too.  Food was tasty, fresh and well prepared by the staff who clearly wanted us to be pleased.   Our experienced guides were very responsive to all of our questions and needs and unfailingly helpful.  i believe this was an incredible value for those who want to experience birding and butterflying in a beautiful part of Central America not known for ecotourism.   It did my heart good to know there are still places on this planet with such abundance of natural beauty. I just returned from my second trip with Fauna Ventures, this time to the Lower Rio Grande Valley.   Another wonderful trip in every way:   the trip was well organized and planned, the accommodations were good and centrally located to our multiple destinations.   Weather required our trip leaders to make adjustments to the locations where we were taken in order to maximize our opportunities to see butterflies.    At all times they made sure we saw as much diversity in this remarkable area as was possible.   Our trip leaders were expert naturalists, well versed in the fauna of the area and extremely knowledgeable about the butterflies we saw.   They knew what we could expect to see in specific areas and went out of their way to find specific butterflies for us.   At all times the trip leaders made a point of accommodating the requests of our entire group.   If you enjoy ecotourism you will enjoy any of the trips with Fauna Ventures.
  
 
  
 
 
 
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 Aiming Gao 
 
 
 
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Thank you for a very enjoyable butterflying experience, Fauna Ventures!  The services you provided had met and exceeded our expectations.  We are not experienced butterfliers, yet we got to learn a lot during this trip and saw many beautiful and unique butterflies.  Hope we will have opportunity to join other butterflying trips in other parts of the country/world in the future.  Happy Butterflying!
  
 
  
 
 
 
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 Wanzhou Lei 
 
 
 
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My 24-day journey in Colombia is amazing. I and my guide traveled through Colombia and stopped on 5 locations to take pictures of butterflies. In total, I got more than 400 species of butterflies. The hotels along the trip are very clean and decent. In SNSM, the hotel is a very beautiful ecological hotel in the rain forest with great food and very nice people and tranquil environment. Other hotels are all very nice. Fredy, my guide, is very responsible and caring. He took care of all things and took care of me very well. He always gave the chance to take pictures of butterflies to me first. He is a very good guy and friend with a lot of experience and knowledge of butterflies. He knows the secret ways and places to find butterflies. He is amazing.
  
 
  
 
 
 
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 Caydee Savinelli 
 
 
 
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This was my first tour with Fauna Ventures and it will not be the last.  The tour was Highlands and Hairstreaks an as the name implied, we saw a lot of hairstreaks which are not always the easiest to see right away, but the tour experts made all of the difference in the experience. The lodging was good to excellent and the food was very good.  In addition to butterflies, we saw a number of birds and my favorite insect the cicada.  One of my favorite parts of the trip was the chance to meet old and new friends who have a common interest in nature.  Highly recommended.
  
 
  
 
 
 
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 Debra Marsh 
 
 
 
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I recently attended Fauna Ventures' Hairstreaks and Highlands butterfly tour in Honduras, in April 2022. It was an excellent experience and I'm so glad I did it. Guides Robert Gallardo and Rob Gilson were friendly and extremely knowledgeable. They handled the logistics of the trip quite smoothly too. The lodges were comfortable and offered very good birding and butterflies. I wouldn't hesitate to return to Honduras with these folks, and I just might!
  
 
  
 
 
 
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 matt klein 
 
 
 
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I just came back from my first butterfly trip, a trip to Honduras. While the butterflies were amazing, what made the trip so special was the care and attention to detail taken by Robert Gilson of Fauna Ventures. Rob is more than just a butterfly expert and enthusiast. He is the full package.  He served as a helpful guide, exploring everything from butterflies, to birds, to moths and assisting with IDs. He also was a great tutor and helped with my photography so that I could maximize the experience. And, boy, did I end up with some great shots thanks to Rob’s advice. Rob was patient with all participants on the trip, often giving up “the shot” so that others could get it instead.  Finally,  he was just a great guy to be around. His knowledge in butterflies is beyond compare but he never made anyone feel like they were out of place, from the novice (me) to those with more experience.  You just wanted to learn as much as you could and explore the world of butterflies with Rob. I will definitely be checking out another trip with Fauna Ventures and I am really looking for to it. Thank you for everything.