The People Behind your Tour

Mabelin Reyes, Operations Manager

When asked about her commitment to our company and our travelers, she said, "Ecotourism is not an ideal... it is our way of life! Perfect organization in our office is not only benefitial to our host communities but also to our environment. Our travelers appreciate these details and keep coming back to our region for more great adventures with us!" Mabelin is very pleased to be a part of Ecotourism & Adventure Specilaists and we treasure her work, which is efficient in every way in the precise organization of every adventure. "Everything is perfectly planned and organized for each individual itinerary and I personally experience great advancement for myself as an individual and for the organization I am a part of on a daily basis", she says, "reaching my every goal is a great ingredient in my own personal satisfaction". She eagerly awaits our travelers' comments, as each one of them represents great motivation for her to give her best every single day as our Operations Manager at our Guatemala office. Mabelin is in University studying Engineering and is in the 8th semester. She has been with our company for 3 years.

Marina Sunchagova, Russian Market Sales Director

"I love my work immensely so I like our travelers to be pleased with all of our company's arrangements and services", she says. For Marina a great sense of respect for our travelers is very important so she is focused on surpassing all of their expectations. "Ecotourism & Adventure Specialists' services cover a very wide area: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama, and it is my duty to arrange our travelers' hotels, transfers, guides and flights for all Russians who want to visit the Maya World region & Central America." Marina is the only certified professional guide accreditted by the Guatemalan Tourism Board to work in the Russian language.

Juan Salvador Galich

Juan is a man of many talents. He is adventurous, artistic and enthusiastic and discovered the beauty of nature by exploring mountains, caves, volcanoes and the Maya Jungle.  As an experienced trekker, a professional mountain biker and spelunker (caver) Juan has helped develop responsible and green tourism options in different areas of Guatemala with local community members.

You will have a lot of fun while exploring the trails with Juan, and you’ll be surprised of how much you can learn from listening to his stories while you absorb the loads of information he has to share with you…  During his 6 years of experience on the field Juan has acquired a great set of skills, passion for nature, and understanding of what ecotourism is really all about and has a very smooth way of transmitting that passion to everyone going on an adventure in nature with him. Juan has a wilderness first-aid certification and is also an instructor with several organizations that are helping young people get in touch with the Maya culture. Check this link for more information!

Juan is our main volcano adventure guide and one of our professional guides to the site of El Mirador. When asked about his vision for the future of ecotourism in the Mirador Rio Azul National Park he said, “I am determined to make this trip possible for everybody, from the backpacking youngsters to the most demanding world travelers". Our objective is that everyone can see and fall in love with our park. On our part we’ll all need to prevent our impacts by managing people at the site and on the trails, managing trash at the different campsites, and working together with the IDAEH park guards to make sure we all contribute to the preservation of this wonderful and vast cultural & wilderness area. Juan is always thinking about nature first and foremost.

Christian Wehner, Systems Engineer

"I have managed to develop and put my knowledge as a webmaster to use and apply it to our company's needs to have the best customer service possible. At Ecotourism & Adventure Specialists I have also acquired new skills, where I am forced to keep up to date with the latest technology demanded by our clients. It is interesting to see how their purchasing habits evolve along with the technology we make available to them on our websites", he says, "I am pleased to see that our travelers, who are the center of our attention, are satisfied with the service they recieve from the moment they contact us to the moment they send us their comments and evaluations after their trip. My main focus is to showcase all of our destinations and it is very important to us that our web sites are also "alive" and interactive."

Like Christian we get very excited when our travelers send us sound clips, videos and photograhs as well as their comments so that their experiences may also be showcased in our websites, if they want a part of them. So, do send us your comments, along with your pictures, videos and interesting sound clips if you would like Christian to put them up on our websites... Christian holds a dual nationality, Guatemalan and German, and is a Systems Engineer with a Masters in Electronic Banking and Masters in Communications.

Carla Molina, President & Marketing Director

Our company's President, Carla Molina, is a Guatemalan born world traveler, who has lived in several countries around the world and speaks 4 languages... Her formal studies are in International Relations, but has been a conservationist, a nature lover and an explorer at heart for the past 28 years! As a Maya World expert, she has worked in this region for the past 2 decades with local communities, saving & reintegrating wildlife into the jungle, supporting cultural, archaeological & conservation programs and promoting ecotourism development. She is actively working at the site of El Mirador where she has been taking adventurers for the past 14 years. She is also our Marketing Director, who makes sure our experience and wonderful adventures are all on-line for you to discover on our websites. She's always looking for new routes and adventures in the Maya World, Mexico & Central America, proposing new & exciting itineraries and making sure you enjoy great, safe & professionally operated adventures...

"We will keep you doing interesting & exciting things at all times, having a deep experience in nature & interacting with local culture... doing all we can so that ecotourism will be all it can be for our visitors, our people & our parks...", she says. This is the idea that has moved her forward in consolidating the leading ecotourism company in our region since 1996.

Our local guides

Miguel Marin, Luis Ramirez and Aquiles Hernandez in Tikal, Juan Skinner on Lake Atitlan, Roberto Spillari in Antigua, Juan Salvador Galich, Nestor and Angel Marroquin at El Mirador, (Juan Salvador is also an amazing volcano and adventure sport guide), Marina Sunchagova, Edith Llamas in Mexico City, Daniel Guzman in Palenque, Kayum Arturo & Francisco Guzman in Naha...

Our boatmen

Alfredo Ramos on Lake Izabal & Rio Dulce, Misael on Lake Atitlan, Manuel Martinez in the Petexbatun region & Don Prospero on the Usumacinta River as well as our Tzotzil Maya partners in Frontera Corozal....

Our transportation guys

Jose Ortiz in Tikal & the Peten region in Northern Guatemala and Amilcar Villalta in the Guatemalan highlands... Tito Cueva in Honduras & Nicaragua... Enrique Solis in Central Mexico & Jose Manuel in the Maya World region in Southeastern Mexico... Eddie Fischer in Belize... Yoyo & Nelson in Cuba...