Neblina Forest Brochure 2017

Staff & Leaders
Xavier Muñoz:
Is the founder of Neblina Forest since 1994 , he has been guiding extensively in
all South America specially in Colombia, Ecuador, Perú and Brasil. His passion for
nature and wildlife have made Xavier be involved as active member in important
conservation NGO, such as Fundación Jocotoco in Ecuador.
He spend part of his busy live among birding trips when leading or scouting
new áreas, at the office, bird and travel shows and with his family in Ecuador.
Lelis Navarrete:
A Biology B.Sc and a renown bird guide on several South American countries, Lelis
has been guiding in Brazil for 16 years where he is especially fond to the Atlantic
Forest habitats and its Avifauna. Co-owner of Neblina Forest International well
reputed for his knowledge on bird vocalizations and guiding skills.
Jose Antonio Padilla:
Was born in Lima, Peru, three decades ago. After school he got a Licensed Degree in Nature
Tourism in Lima.
Jose Antonio then returned to Peru, and has spent most of this time travelling around
South America, birding a lot in countries like: Ecuador, Bolivia and Brazil.
Married to a Brazilian woman: Patricia Angel, Portuguese was added to his fluent English
and Spanish; Nowadays Jose Antonio lives in Cusco-Peru with his family, and spend most
of his time leading birding and photography trips between Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.
Adolfo Downs:
Jose Ferney Salgado Duque:
Ferney is a professional guide by career ,with an specialization on birds. He
is the president of Coraves a Colombian Foundation dedicated to promote
conservation and enviromental education. He and his team is charge of all our
logistics in Colombia. Ferney also leads some of our goups. He speaks french
and english. He lives in Manizales- Colombia with his wife and son.
Fito Downs was born in Costa Rica. Since he was a little kid he has been interested in the
rainforest natural history and the identification of species, especially birds.
Today, Fito Downs is the only Costarican birder guide guiding in some countries like: Costa
Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.
He also speaks English and Portugues. Fito is an active educator to developing naturalist
guides in the Sarapiqui region of Costa Rica.
Jorge Luna Jr:
28 years old, born in Quito Ecuador.
I’ve been involve with bird since childhood due to my family, based on the rich
north west region, who encourage me to get better as a bird guide.
Travel in Ecuador birding by myself has giving me the chance to expand my
knowledge is Jorge`s slogan.
Jorge is one of the youngest new leaders of our Company. He also has been
birding a bit in Colombia and Brasil. When not guiding he is paiting.!
Manuel Sánchez:
Andrea Molina:
She is 32 years old, She got graduated from the UTE (Universidad Tecnológica
Equinoccial) as Nacional Guide and Engineer in Touristic Administration and
Management of Natural Areas.
Born in Quito, most of the time guiding in natural areas in different ecosystems
where I got involved with birds since the beginning Andrea also has been
training in Brazil and Colombia with Neblina Forest leaders, with no doubt she
has a great future.
Demis Bucci:
Atlantic Forest Guide.
Demis is a birdwatching guide since 2012, he lives in the Atlantic Forest of
Southeast of Brazil. He guides groups of birdwatchers in some of the most
interesting places of the states of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, such as the
“Serra da Mantiqueira” and the “Serra do Mar” State Parks.
He has excellent ability to identify and locate the birds in the field. He’s
particularly attentive to the animal behaviour, in order to avoid to stress them
during the observation and the photography.
Manuel works on birding and ornithology for more than 10 years. He have worked
and volunteered in different national and international NGO’s Additionally,
he worked as a birding tourism consultant and trainer for birding guides in
Ecuador and other countries in South America. He was based in Scotland, where
he volunteered on ornithology and obtained a MSc degree in Sci.Comm. & P.
E. at The University of Edinburgh. He has been with Neblina Forest since 2008.
Manuel skills as a guide are excellent.
Kelly Dee de Rosero:
Detail oriented and accurate are two characteristics of Kelly, our operations
officer. She is in charge of all your reservations and will be always doublechecking
that everything works as planned and that your program runs
smoothly, after her return from Chile Kelly will be involved in our team again.
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