Our guides

Yana Ogarkova info@ecotravel.ru

Yana is a person deeply in love with nature. She has grown up in siberian taiga. After graduating Irkutsk Lingvistics University and Agricultural Academy she is working in Baikal-wave NGO in Irkutsk. Yana travelled all around the lake and has described her joyrneys in articles. Her hobbies are botany and photo. Specialization - Explorer's Expeditions, Wildlife eco-tours.

Olga Batova info@ecotravel.ru

Olga is dreaming to fly like a bird and understand their language since her childhood. She has started from junior biologists club of the Moscow zoo, than Biological faculty of MSU and starting from 1994 she is spending every summer in the Yenisey taiga at the biological station in direct contact with her feathery friends. In winter times Olga is preparing her PhD on sparrow's ecology. Specialization - Wildlife eco-tours, Explorer's Expeditions, Birdwatching.

Vladimir Sevostianov info@ecotravel.ru

Vladimir is ecologist who has furrowed up and down northern part of the Pacific. Over 10 years of his life he has spent on Kamchatka and Commander's islands. He got huge experience working with international scientific expeditions in Canada, USA, Australia, UK, Holland, Belgium and Poland. However, he remains devoted to Kamchatka and Commanders where everyone loves and knows him. Specialization - Birdwatching, Explorer's Expeditions, Wildlife eco-tours.

Elena Makova info@ecotravel.ru

Elena has fell in love with the Altai Mountain since she was a child. She got her knowledge about the Nature and birds at the Altai State University. The amazing world of birds with their behavior, voices, diversity have always interested her . She took part in many ecological camps, projects, scientific expeditions. She is dreaming of living in ecovillage, working in ecotourism. Specialization - Birdwatching, Explorer's Expeditions.

Elena Nikolaeva nikolaeva@ecotravel.ru

Lena is the greatest profi in tourism and eco-tourism, though she didn't get special travel education. She got vast experience while working in large tourist companies specialising in incoming tours to Russia. This gave her an opportunity to travel all over the country. And her geographical background and personal interests have added USA, Canada and many European countries to her world map. Specialization - Birdwatching, Explorer's Expeditions, Week-End eco-tours, Wildlife eco-tours, Green Ring Extended eco-tours.

Dmitry Nazarov info@ecotravel.ru

Dmitry - professional ichthyologist, finishes Ichthyology department of Biological faculty of the Moscow State University. Nevertheless, he hadn't olny studied fishery, but practiced it. The geography of his travel stretches from Kola peninsula on the north of Russia down to the Caucasus on the south, from Germany in Europe to the east inflows of Yenisei in Asia. In Germany he dealed with the greatest pikes in the world, and on Yenisei took part in capture if 30 kilogram taimen. Besides, he is interesting interlocutor, skilful cook and reliable partner in extreme taiga forest. Specialization - Catch & Release Fishing and Rafting.

Daria Morozova morozova@ecotravel.ru

Daria - One more soil scientist for the ETC team. She is a smart and hard worker and can handle 100 tasks at one time and do each perfectly. She likes fishing and extreme traveling, paragliding, snowboarding and traveling the world hitchhiking. In May 2006 she defended her Ph.D. thesis on ecosystems recovering after the fires. Specialization - Week-End eco-tours, Green Ring Extended eco-tours.

Vlad Balashov info@ecotravel.ru

Specialization - Bamboo eco-tours.