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Our guides

Local guides who live where you are going

Every Northwilds trip is led by someone who grew up in the mountains, forests or coasts you visit. Meet them, read their stories and find the trips they lead.

Meet the team

Qualified, local and very good company.

Ingrid Solberg standing on a mountain top with her backpackIngrid SolbergLead guide, Lofoten and western NorwayIngrid grew up on a fishing island north of the Arctic Circle and has walked every ridge in Lofoten at least twice. In winter she swaps boots for skis on the Hardangervidda plateau. She knows where the cloudberries grow and never shares it.Norwegian, English, GermanMeet IngridMarco Dellantonio smiling in a green jacketMarco DellantonioLead guide, Dolomites and Swiss AlpsMarco is a qualified mountain guide from Val di Fassa who has spent twenty summers between the huts of the Dolomites. He plans every route around the best coffee stop and the best view, usually in that order.Italian, Ladin, English, GermanMeet MarcoAilsa MacLeod in a red and grey hat in the woodsAilsa MacLeodLead guide, Scottish HighlandsAilsa teaches wild camping and navigation across the Highlands and has a story for every glen. She trained as a mountain leader after ten years as a geography teacher, and it shows: nobody leaves her trips without knowing how a corrie was made.English, Scottish GaelicMeet AilsaTashi Sherpa smiling in his trekking jacketTashi SherpaLead guide, Everest and AnnapurnaTashi grew up in Khumjung, below Ama Dablam, and started guiding at nineteen after summers as a porter. He has led more than sixty treks in the Khumbu and Annapurna and knows every tea house owner by name. He is strict about acclimatisation and generous with butter tea.Nepali, Sherpa, English, HindiMeet TashiLiisa Korhonen standing in front of a forestLiisa KorhonenLead guide, Finnish Lakeland and LaplandLiisa splits her year between canoe routes in the Lakeland and snowshoe trails in Lapland. She is a wilderness first-aid instructor and believes no day outdoors is complete without a sauna and a cold lake.Finnish, Swedish, EnglishMeet LiisaJonas Lindqvist in a grey hoodie and orange knit capJonas LindqvistLead guide, Swedish archipelago and lakesJonas has paddled the Stockholm archipelago since he could hold a paddle. He leads our Swedish paddling and family trips, and his campfire cinnamon buns are the reason many guests come back.Swedish, English, NorwegianMeet JonasSofia Novak smiling among the treesSofia NovakLead guide, Julian AlpsSofia was born in the Soča valley and guides hiking, gravel and family trips across the Julian Alps. She studied forestry, so walks with Sofia come with the names of every tree, flower and mushroom along the way.Slovenian, Italian, EnglishMeet SofiaFinn Gunnarsson smiling on a hilltopFinn GunnarssonLead guide, Iceland and the Isle of SkyeHalf Icelandic and half Scottish, Finn leads our trips in both of his home countries. He has crossed the Icelandic highlands by bike, on foot and on horseback, and still stops for every waterfall.Icelandic, English, DanishMeet Finn
A group hiking on a trail towards a large mountain peak

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