Meet the Team

Marcelo Andy

A charismatic guide, with a great sense of humour, Marcelo Andy is an indigenous from the Napo region of Ecuador’s Amazon Rainforest, who thanks to the efforts of his parents was sent to study in the nearby town of Tena. After graduating he began working at Sacha Lodge in the Amazon, where his passion for birding began. With a drive to learn, and thanks to the help of Jiovanny, and other experienced guides at the lodge who trained him, Marcelo began to work as a birding guide and now has over a decade of experience.

Edwin Perez

Edwin is a great guide, whose knowledge and passion for wildlife and birds has made him very popular in the six years has been guiding. Introduced to birding and trained by his brother William, Edwin has extensive experience of guiding birding groups particularly in the Amazon Rainforest and Cloud forest regions of Ecuador, as well as across all the different ecosystems that Ecuador has. In his free time Edwin teaches Environmental Education at the Pay y Miel foundation in Quito.

Roberto Cedeno

Roberto has two decades of experience working as a birding guide in Ecuador, and is one of the top guides. Having studied tourism, and specialised in guiding in protected areas, Roberto’s professional experience includes guiding birders across all of Ecuador, with a particular expertise in the Amazon Rainforest. Experienced as an ornithological instructor he has also worked as a research assistant on a number of biodiversity studies of Ecuador and is a keen amateur photographer.

Santiago Bejarano

Santiago was born and raised in Ecuador and has worked as a naturalist guide across the country, specialising in guiding in the Galapagos for over two decades. Widely recognised as one of the top naturalists in the Galapagos Islands, Santiago designs and leads all our small group trips to the Galapagos Islands, together with expert birding guides. Based in our UK office.

Rachel Dex

Rachel, originally from Yorkshire, moved to Ecuador to work as a foreign correspondent for The Economist and Bloomberg News soon after graduating. It was here she met Santiago and together they started organizing expeditions to Ecuador and the Galapagos. With over a decade of experience in organising travel to Ecuador and the Galapagos Rachel is your main point of contact in our UK office.

Andres de la Torre

Andres is a native of Quito and has worked as a naturalist guide since graduating in Biology over 10 years ago. An expert in the flora and fauna of Ecuador, in recent years he has focussed his attention on the amazing birdlife of Ecuador. With an enviable knowledge of the spectacular natural places in Ecuador he is one of the most experienced and knowledgeable guides in the country.

Jiovanny Rivadeneira

Jiovanny has 20 years of experience guiding in the Amazon rainforest and led his community, Kichwa Anangu in the construction of the award winning Napo Wildlife Centre. He now leads the Napo Wildlife Centre project. Recognised as one of the top birding guides in Ecuador, he worked in the field with John V. Moore in the production of ‘Birds of Eastern Ecuador’ and has worked as a consultant on environmental studies on the Yasuni National Park

Rene Torres

A biologist with over two decades of experience in tourism, Rene is in charge of co-ordinating all the projects with the Anangu Community, the Napo Wildlife Centre and Amazanga Expeditions. He has also worked in the field studying the behaviour of bio indicator species in Yasuni National Park and with John V. Moore in the production of ‘Birds of Eastern Ecuador’ and has extensive experience working as a birding guide in the Amazon region.

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