In a bid create awareness towards Monarch butterflies, a crew plans will accompany the butterflies on their epic journey.

Monarch butterflies travel from the forests of eastern Canada to the central Mexican mountains for the winter.

The pair plans to travel with the butterflies along their 3,415 mile route riding in an oversized hang-glider painted with huge versions of the orange, black and white wings of the Monarch.

Mexican pilot, Francisco "Vico" Gutierrez, will lead a crew of pilots from Canada, the United States, and Mexico. They will be in Quebec on August 15 for the trip.

A documentary will be produced on the journey. For that a photographer will accompany Gutierrez and other pilots on-board.

Gutierrez says, "I'm really content, really excited."

The route will cover Montreal and Toronto in Canada and south across the United States with stops at Niagara Falls, N.Y., New York City, Washington D.C, Lawrence, Kansas, Oklahoma City, Austin, Texas, and Eagle Pass on the Mexican border.

The trip will end on November 2 in Valle Del Bravo, near to the forests where the butterflies winter in Michoacan state.

The World Wildlife Fund of Mexico, the government of Michoacan and Gutierrez are sponsoring tour.