Sociedad Mexicana de MastozoologÃa Marina, A.C.
Actvities
If you wish to register for one or more activities, please get in touch with the Activity Coordinator, Wendy Espinosa de Aquino.
Except for the Exxi challenge, all tours must be paid to SOMEMMA via electronic bank transfer (account number 0188007282 of BANORTE, IBAN 072 040 001880072821). The account holder is Sociedad Mexicana de MastozoologÃa Marina, A. C.
You may also pay via Paypal. For this payment option, please contact our treasurer, Fabiola Guerrero (tesoreria.somemma@gmail.com), who will be happy to email you with instructions.
Hot-air balloon ride in Tequisquiapan or visit Atotonilco and San Miguel de Allende
Would you like to greet the dawn during an unforgettable trip over the Tequisquiapan countryside? or, perhaps you
prefer a cultural tour of Atotonilco and San Miguel de Allende?
Details and prices can be seen here.
These tours must be paid directly to SOMEMMA (see above).
Cheeses, wine and magical towns. Guided tour to Vai estate, Freixnet House and Peña de Bernal.
May 10 or 11, 9 am - 5:30 pm.
Cost $310 mexican pesos (ticket includes transportation, tourist guide, entry fees and wine and cheese tasting).
Details and prices can be seen here.
This tour must be paid directly to SOMEMMA (see above).
Ghosts and legends of the city center.
Walk the streets of Queretaro while you listen to the incredible stories and legends of our city, narrated by well versed actors...if you dare!
May 13 2014, 9:30pm. Cost to be announced.
Exxi challenge. Adventure tourism
Horseback riding, Sierra Gorda, bungee jumping, sky diving, rock climbing and rappel in Peña de Bernal.
Click for details here.
This tour is independent of SOMEMMA. However, conference attendees will get a 10% discount off listed prices.
Alternative tourism.
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Visita Escanela river
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Discover San JoaquÃn (Herrera cavern, archeological zone of Las Ranas and Cinabrio mines)
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Magic of the indigenous past (Peña de Bernal, otomà village of Villa Progreso, Purgatory chapel and food tour of the semidesert)
Details and prices can be seen here.
These tours must be paid directly to SOMEMMA (see above).
Hill of the bells.
Visit one of the city's most emblematic sites, the place where the Emperor Maximilian of Habsburg was excecuted by firing squad. This site is now a National Park.
May 11 2014, Time and cost to be announced.
Bringing the sea to Queretaro.
Science outreach talks on marine mammalogy. May 11 from 11 am to 3 pm, JardÃn Guerrero. General admission. No entry fee.
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Illusions of mermaids, knowledge of manatees. Dr. Luis Medrano González (Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM)
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Meet the giants. Dr. Diane Gendron (CICIMAR, IPN)
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Underwater maths: large marine beasts. Dr. Ibiza MartÃnez Serrano (Universidad Veracruzana)
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Marine mammals: super powers or the power of evolution? M.C. Jorge Montano FrÃas (Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro)
