The world leader in outdoor lifestyle company, THE NORTH FACE sponsors MKTramping and supplies adventure clothing for its guaids. With 40 years in the outdoor industry, The North Face is the premier supplier of authentic, innovative and technologically advanced exploratory footwear, equipment and accessories. Its products are widely recognised and used by professional explorers, climbers and skiers, as well as weekend sport lovers, around the world.
MATEUSZ KARASIŃSKI
Mateusz is a big fan of cycling and herpetology (if you are uninitiated it means he loves all reptiles and amphibians especially snakes and lizards) and you can see a part of his collection at our head office in Krakow. In 1995 he was cycling in Africa to look for snakes. He did not find the snakes but he came back with a new passion – traveling. He would like to share his hobby with other people so he started up MK Tramping adventure travel agency. Since then he has been fulfilling his dreams: traveling, creating innovative itineraries and runs his company. Since 2005 Mateusz and his friend Martyna Wojciechowska set up Martyna Adventure to implement challenging projects of incentive tours. At present he is a chairman of Martyna Adventure management board. He spends free time shooting movies from unpopular and remote places of the world, cycling, especially with his son Leon and wife Joanna.
ULA NAIRNE
Managing Director, UK branch
Ula is responsible for managing MK Tramping & Martyna Adventure, their activities and contacts with individual and corporate clients in the UK. With an MA degree in International Relations she is passionate about travelling, exploring the world and other cultures. So far she visited over 30 countries on 6 continents and is constantly planning trips to new destinations.
She is a member of the Royal Geographical Society and the Brighton Explorers Club. She lives with her husband, Bruce, and her little son, Oscar, to whom she is quickly introducing the delights and challenges of travel and adventure.
Responsible for Americas and Africa.
Tour Leader: Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela
Awa graduated in Geography (Tourism and Accommodation Industry) from University in Lodz and Latin-American Studies from University in Warsaw. Because of her passion for travel, beside her own tours, sometimes she works as tour leader, especially to beloved Peru. At the office she is responsible for all tour leaders and she manages all the expeditions to Africa and Americas.
STAN SKOTNICKI
Responsible for coordinating MK Tramping groups in the Pacific Region as well as Martyna Adventure incentive groups and VIPs to the Americas, North Asia and Oceania
Tour Leader: New Zealand, Australia, North America
University of Economics in Krakow and Lyon graduate with a degree in Masters of International Relations. Active fan of marathons, beach volleyball, tennis and sking. Crazy fan of football and Cracovia FC. After spending a year traveling around the world his biggest passion becomes travels. His blog www.roundtheworld.blog.pl, where he places all his photos and the useful information how to travel, got the nomination for an „Blog of the year 2007” award. He now shares his trips and motto “The world is like a book and those who do not travel read only one page” with his wife Marysia and daughter Jagna.
MARGARET KOCANDA
Responsible for Asia, the Middle East and North Africa.
Margaret graduated in the Comparative Study of Civilizations and Tourism (both thesis about Ethiopia). She is a tour leader (especially to Ethiopia), Krakow city guide (www.malaika.pl), a rock climbing trainer (expedition to Himalayas in 2004), paragliding course, all-year cyclist, author of travel articles in Polish press. Beside Ethiopia she has visited India and Mongolia. Her hobby is travel, photography and of course Ethiopia.
AGNIESZKA WAGNER
Responsible for finances and administration
At the office she has merged her education and fondness for administration. As she is saying she loves paperwork, especially creating reports and calculation. She likes traveling and spending time in nature, especially on the beach by the sea.
JAGODA GLAZ
Responsible for managing of the secretariat.
She graduated in Tourism from the Academy of Physical Education. She loves sport (especially volleyball) and spending her free time in an active way. Every year she looks forward to the winter season and snowboarding. Besides she is trying her hand at tour leading.
PAWEŁ TYSA
Region specialist: Asia, Africa, Australia Languages: English, Spanish, Russian, Polish
Geographer and traveler. A comprehensive tour leader, who has visited every continent. He specializes in organizing expeditions and adventure trips. In his spare time, he leads groups in Africa, Australia and Canada. He is a "Kolos"prize winner of 2004 in the category "Event of the Year".
Region specialist: Latin America
Languages: English, Spanish, Portugease, Polish
Spanish translator and expert in Hispanic culture and Latino cinema. With our office from the very begining. A friend of the sorcerers of La Paz and the Shuar tribe Indians of the Ecuadorian jungle. During her stay in Cuba she participated in santerii initiation which is a part of black slaves descendants religion. She spends every Christmas in her beloved Argentina, where she almost has been "adapted" by a local family. For MK Tramping Basia leads the groups in America - from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego. As a valued specialist in areas of Latin America she has been noticed by the editors of the Lonely Planet. In her spare time she writes articles about travels for National Geographic Traveler.
Region specialist: East and South Africa Languages: English, Spanish, Polish
Chris is one of the biggest specialists of East Africa in Poland. For many years, he successfully has been leading groups in this region of the World. He loves exploring inaccessible regions of Africa and climbing to its highest peaks. He has climbed Kilimanjaro repeatedly.
ŚWIATOSŁAW "ŚWIATEK" WOJTKOWIAK
Region specialist:
West Africa, Ethiopia, Morocco, Indochina Languages: English, French, Spanish, Polish
A graduate of international relations, traveler, photographer. A connoisseur of Caribbean and African culture, a collector of ethnic field recordings. With passion for local people, their culture and traditions he travels to the "desert" part of Africa, but also feels good in Central America, Amazonia and the distant Asia. He has won many photographic contests organized by National Geogrpahic.
OLGA RUEBENBAUER
Region specialist: Asia (Mongolia, Indochina, Indonesia), Middle East Languages: English, Russian, Spanish, Polish
Graduate in organizing tourist services in Maritime Academy, Gdynia. Her greatest passion is active tourism, especially rock climbing and mountaineering. Moreover she loves travels Ė these small and those large. Music from different parts of the world and collecting original dress, which she finds during frequent trips to Asia, make great pleasure for her. She leads groups in Siberia and Mongolia, as well as Indochina and the Middle East.
Region specialist: Iceland, Greenland, South America Languages: English, Spanish, Polish
Inspired by mountains all his live. He climbs Tatras in the winter and glaciers of Iceland. Together with Leszek Cichy and Marek Kaminski he took part in HiFlyer Polar Ice Expedition 2008 - the first Polish expedition to the highest mountain in the Arctic - Gunnbjrons Fjeld 3694 m. His passion is photography (publications such as Mens Health, Inventory Travelers, Globetrotter, NPM, Pascal). Also known as a co-founder of 'Globetrotter' magazine.
NATASZA BEDNARSKA
Region specialist: India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tibet, Indochina, Iran Languages: English, Hindi, Polish
She did a degree in art Fine Arts in Krakow, 3 years spent in a Zen Buddhist monastery. She has been traveling and climbing in high mountains for many years. She is truly faithful to Asia, especially India, because India means everything for her. When she doesnít lead a group she works as a therapist at the Center for meditation Osho in Pune. In the future, she wants to open a restaurant in Mumbay with her signature cuisine.
JACEK PASZKOWSKI
Region specialist: India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tibet, Indochina Languages: English, Polish
Traveler, a lover of Indian culture, Buddhist. He leads most groups to India, Nepal with Tibet and Indochina. He arranged the expedition to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, one of the few places in the world where there is no organized tourism for the "Gazeta Wyborcza". He played in several Indian films. Even has an agent in Bollywood! He also runs its own art gallery of Indian and Tibetan in Krakow "Kazimierz".
MARZENA MAGNUSZEWSKA
Region specialist: India, Nepal, Tibet Languages: English, Hindi, Polish
With education and the passion indolog. She lived in India and Nepal for several years. She taught Hindi Language at the Jagiellonian University. A connoisseur of Indian cinema. She has specialized in the organization of trips for 10 years, not only on the Indian subcontinent. Apart from variety of activities in India she leads the groups in Middle East, organizes Trampings and co-organizes the events for "Martyn Adventure".
DARIUSZ DĄBROWSKI
Region specialist: India, Nepal, Morocco Languages: English, Polish
He is a graduate of geography and specialization in cartography and remote sensing (Jagiellonian University). He is a fan of trips to distant and exotic countries - mainly to Asia and Africa. Other interests: wal king and biking hiking, photography, civil aviation. In his free time He leads groups in Poland, Europe and Asia. In the office deals with the development of programs and logistics support packages for Asian and African.
Region specialist: Indonesia, Indochina, Middle East, South America Languages: English, Spanish, Polish
Dorota Polaczek-graduate AGH Krakow, photographer, traveler and pilot tours. Amateur of free-diving and the strangest animals of the world. Worked in the dive centers in Croatia and Jordan. During the 3-year low-budget trip around the world, from which relationships can be found at www.dna2007.pl she discovered her passion for tropical forests. She specializes in nature trips, and her beloved country is Malaysia.
PAWEŁ CANCHAYA KRALEWSKI
Region specialist: Peru, Boliwia, Ekwador, Wenezuela Languages: English, Spanish, Polish
Licensed guide to Peru. He studied anthropology, acting, tourism and programming websites. He is also a shaman, a Peruvian expert on herbs - the secrets of this knowledge gave him a famous father Edmund Szeliga. Cultivates many sports include: snowboarding, sandboard, aikido, and swimming, and also meditates and practices yoga. Nowadays, because of professional reasons, He most goes to trekkings. His greatest hobby is collecting elephant figurines made of various materials -his collection now consists of nearly 100 pieces!
FILIP WASIAK
Region specialist: Indochina, China, India, Nepal Languages: English, Spanish, Polish
Traveling is his passion. He arranges and leads trampings in various places of the globe, including to Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East. He visits with pleasant little known, mysterious and extremely charming places. He implements trips with great enthusiasm and commitment by showing the beauty of the World.
ANDRZEJ MUSZYŃSKI
Region specialist: East and South Africa, SURVIVAL type trips (Africa, Asia) Languages: English, Spanish, Polish
He organizes and leads expeditionary trips to all still unknown places of our planet. Minkebe Expedition in Gabon, Traversing Atacama in South America Ė trips like these gave him nominees to National Geographic Award as an ďEvent of the yearĒ. He graduated law in Jagiellonian University. Being bored or following tourist trails is wasting time for him.
KAMILA PACHO - FIEDOROWICZ
Region specialist: Japan Languages: Japanese, English, Polish
"By profession I am Japanese philologist and Tourism Manager. My great passion are: people, travel and Asia and Oceania regions. The combination of all three components gives me the energy and drive to work. I love to get in real places, filled with exotic traditions alien to us, sometimes incomprehensible, and thus even more beautiful. Traveling is great opportunity to get to know people, watching them and constantly learning something new. "
MARTA PODLEŚNA - NOWAK
Region specialist: South and Central America Languages: English, Spanish, Polish
Graduate Geographer (Institute of Developing Countries, Warsaw University) specializing in Latin America. She has written a lot of articles concerning eco-touristic program ďMundo MayaĒ. Marta also worked to create tourist sites, as well as an amateur photographer- South and Central America organized an exhibition of photographs in the travel Cubana Ristorante. To make her dream come true she traveled Soth American continent along the famous ďMotorcycle DiariesĒ trail. She has also broadcast for radio TOK FM. She leads groups in South and Central America.
MARCEL KWAŚNIAK
Region specialist: Siberia, Mongolia Languages: Russian, English, Polish
Cultural anthropologist and an avid traveler. He led ethnological fieldwork in Mongolia. He is also co-authored a guide for a transsiberian trail. He leads groups in his favourites Mongolia
RENATA KOPER
Region specialist: ASIA (China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Russia, Mongolia, Indochina) Languages: English, Russian, Polish
Traveler fascinated by Asia and its culture. As a journalism student at the University of Wroclaw writes out her master's thesis about the customs and traditions of Kyrgyzstan. She studied at the universities of Paris, St. Petersburg and Turku in Finland. In Poland you can find her In Mazury, when she has sailed since childhood. In her free time she meditates and practices yoga. She is also a good photographer. "I'm fascinated by movement and space, steppes and mountains. She leads groups on the Silk Road.
MAREK TOMALIK
Region specialist: Australian outback Languages: English, Polish
Traveler, radio and newspaper journalist, co-author of the popular magazine for travelers GLOBTROTER (Polish Radio Krakow), constant collaborator National Geographic Poland (numerous publications and photographs), formerly editor of Pascal. A fan of Australia which he has known since 1989. Winner of the prestigious award ďKolosy 2002Ē for the expedition to Western Australia. Every Wednesday arrives from Bielsko-Biala by Ąout backĒ Land Rover to MK Tramping and enthusiastically talks about trips to the beloved Antipodes.
TOMASZ "Cienki" CIENKUS
Region specialist: West Africa, South America Languages: English, Spanish, Polish
Famous photo reporter. Every day working for the well-known photo agency. In his free time he leaves the camera and he leads groups in Africa and Indonesia.
WŁODZIMIERZ MUSIAŁ
Region specialist: South Africa, India, China, North America, New Zealand Languages: English, German, Polish
Traveler, a lover of sights and culture of India and the Far East. He has been connected with our office from the very beginning. He has leads groups in India, China, Indochina and South Africa for many years. He is a great fan of Antipodes, which explores both private and in business.
Region specialist: Asia, Africa, Australia
Region specialist: East and South Africa
Region specialist: Asia (Mongolia, Indochina, Indonesia), Middle East
Region specialist: Iceland, Greenland, South America
Region specialist: India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tibet, Indochina, Iran
Region specialist: India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tibet, Indochina
Region specialist: India, Nepal, Tibet
Region specialist: India, Nepal, Morocco 
Region specialist: Peru, Boliwia, Ekwador, Wenezuela
Region specialist: Indochina, China, India, Nepal
Region specialist: East and South Africa, SURVIVAL type trips (Africa, Asia)
Region specialist: Japan
Region specialist: South and Central America
Region specialist: Siberia, Mongolia
Region specialist: ASIA (China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Russia, Mongolia, Indochina)
Region specialist: Australian outback
Region specialist: West Africa, South America
Region specialist: South Africa, India, China, North America, New Zealand
