Julia Rochat
Julia is an equestrian guide. In 2016 she escaped from Switzerland and, having fallen in love with the wild landscapes, the food, the hospitality and the profound sense of freedom that Sicily gives her, decided never to leave. An art history graduate, she lives off nature and horses. Passionate about exploration, you will find her in the Sicilian hinterland on untrodden paths.
Skills
An equestrian tour guide, her hobbies are horses, Sicily, good food and exploration.
Team
Like ibexes, eagles or whales, the members of this team can only be spotted in their habitat
Salvo Guidotto
Salvo is one of the historical guides of The Island of Wonders. Despite his young age, he is already an outdoor veteran in Sicily. He climbs and mountaineers for love, love of the spectacle that Alpine peaks and mountains can offer.
Skills
He guides trekking, mountain biking and body rafting. His hobbies are climbing, travelling and photography.
Marco Zagami
Marco is the founder of The Island of Wonders project. He is a radical environmentalist and passionate about outdoor and mountain activities. Rock, snow and ice are his elements, alpine walls and peaks populate his dreams.
Skills
He guides trekking, mountain biking and body rafting. His hobbies are climbing, mountaineering, trail running, travelling, pasta and reading.
Barbara Corbellini
Barbara is an environmental guide, biology graduate and convinced environmentalist. Rivers, canyons, waterfalls are her habitat, a second home that she has sworn to protect with the sharpest weapon a guide possesses, disclosure.
Skills
Environmental guide. His hobbies are photography, nature, wildlife, travel and environmentalism.
Marco Girgenti
Marco is an environmental guide, charismatic, engaging and a lover of conviviality. Growing up in the Nebrodi mountains, he fell in love at an early age with the Aeolian Islands where he accompanies hikers to discover unique landscapes.
Skills
Environmental guide and skipper. His hobbies are the sea, exploration, video editing.
Giancarlo TinÈ
Giancarlo Tinè is the company photographer. He is difficult to meet because he is always on the hunt for the right light around the world. His certainties are few, but of great inspiration: Sicily which is home, and the world which is wonder.
Skills
Landscape photographer. His hobbies are travel, light, nature, Sicily.
Mario Licciardello
Mario, Dive-Master instructor. He lives for and in the sea. One of the most experienced divers in Sicily, his dives are linked to Etna and its primordial underwater eruptions. You can find him around the Sicilian coasts freeing Caretta Caretta from nets or rejoicing at a school of dolphins chasing him.
Skills
Dive-master. His hobbies are travelling, the sea, marine biology.
Walter Catalano
Walter, off-road guide. Chameleon-like and omnipresent, you can spot him in the rapids of the Alcantara Gorges and the next minute riding an enduro bike. A workaholic of the latest generation always looking to the future.
Skills
Instructor and off-road guide. His hobbies are enduro racing, motorbikes and travelling.
Salvatore Catalano
Salvo is a master of logistics, organisation and planning, the ‘Wolf’ of Taranto memory. Even in the most complex moments, he does not lose the calm and tranquillity typical of the champion.
Skills
Manager in charge of activities. His hobbies are engines and good food.
Chiara Proietto
Chiara is the copywriter of The Island of Wonder. A tireless writer, she edits texts and publishes some of her articles on our blog. She loves travelling and nature, but above all she loves putting into words the wonder that creation can inspire in her.
Skills
Web-Writer. Her hobbies are travelling, Sicily, reading, writing and photography.
Leonardo Gianquinto
Leonardo is a skipper in love, in love with his job and his land. Despite a law degree, he has given up the courts for a unique and visceral love: the sea. His one and only goal is to give unforgettable experiences to his fellow travellers.
Skills
Skipper. Her hobbies are travelling, the sea and Sicily.
Salvatore Forte
Salvatore is a skipper. His age makes him one of the youngest members of the team. You can meet him along the southern coasts of Sicily, those facing Africa in the middle of the Mediterranean. Two degrees and a great desire to fight for his land and his sea, made up of unique wonders such as the Scala dei Turchi.
Skills
Skipper. His hobbies are Sicily, the sea, and never stopping.
