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Marco has a proven track record in almost all of the competencies of the Tourism Industry, especially in the Tropical Rain Forest as a Naturalist Guide and Trip Leader for groups of different interests and different ages. He worked programming trips inside of Ecuador and took care of the operations and logistic in the Ecuadorian Amazonia, worked as Resident Manager of an Eco lodge and led around 35 employees and 40 guests and provided an excellent service. He has been working for ten years as a Naturalist Guide and Trip Leader in The Amazonia. He loves to be in contact with people whose main interest is to learn about the culture, nature, history and geography of his country.
Rodrigo was born in the village of Nuevo Rocafuerte, along the Napo River, close to the border with Peru. He grew up in the forest learning all the traditions of the community, as well as everything that the rainforest offers. In 1988, he began to work for La Selva as a member of the kitchen staff. As time went on, he started to learn about birds and learned English to be able to guide visitors of the lodge. He has been working as a naturalist and birding guide since 2005.
Luis studied Tourism at an institute in Quito and then decided to study Linguistics at ESPE Polytechnic SchooI. He finished his studies with a Master Degree in Linguistics abroad. Luis has been working as a tour guide all over Ecuador for more than ten years. He started working as a city tour guide, then as a mountain climber and has also lead trekking tours around the Andean region. Later, he decided to work in the jungle. Nowadays, he works as a Naturalist and as a Cultural Tour Guide and likes to work in different regions and activities of Ecuador. He specializes in birds and insects and likes to travel all over the country trying to identify as many birds as he can.
Jorge has a degree on Ecotourism and sustainable development. He is been working in Tourism for the last 17 years. He started as a rafting guide in Ecuador and later went to work with the Shuar in the southeast Amazon basin in Ecuador. After that, he was involved with several indigenous hunters of the Amazon Basin in Ecuador, helping them to develop community-based projects. Jorge Jose was also a Professor in two prestigious universities of Guayaquil: Espiritu Santo and Jefferson. He has been guiding for several lodges along the Ecuadorian Amazon basin, and has been part of La Selva Guide's team since 2005.
