Vores team

Dimiter
Dimiter - Trekking & Cycling

A geographer and former mountain guide and ski-instructor Dimo founded Penguin Travel in Copenhagen in 1989. Having visited over 150 countries he is a member of the Danish Travellers Club (De Berejstes Klub) and FRGS (Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society). Dimo still leads most of the groups to new destinations. He takes care of all equestrian and cycling programmes in Bulgaria.

Lubomir
Lyubomir - Horseriding

Super Lubo - born in November 1988, worked for the company three and a half years. Studied tourism in New Bulgarian University. Lives in a small village in the Rhodope Mountains, near Plovdiv. Join the firm as a guide-horseback riding and biking.

Milena
Milena - Cultural, trekking, cycling & horseriding

Milena Radeva was born in 1988 in Sofia, Bulgaria. She graduated from the National Art Academy and completed her PhD in 2017. With a rich background in Art History, Milena is always eager to share insights about the art, cultural influences, and history of every place you visit with her. A passionate solo traveler, Milena’s curiosity and love for connecting with local communities have shaped her journeys around the world. Her deep fascination with the Middle East led her to start learning Arabic after falling in love with Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon. In her spare time, Milena creates children’s books and takes part in various literary events and exhibitions, representing her publishing house and creative side hustle.

Georgi
Georgi - Cultural, Outgoing department

Born in 1996, Georgi got his bachelor degree in tourism from Sofia Universtiy “ St.Kliment Ohridski” in Sofia, Bulgaria in 2019. Working in the company since 2022 he travelled some of our most famous destinations, such as Central Asia, Caucas and the Balkans. He started job in the company in the outgoing department, and nowadays he is responsible for our Best seller tours, inspired by his passion about adventurous and cultural tourism. Over the last 2 years Georgi developed his guiding skills, so now he is more than happy to share the experience, the knowledge and the culture about the country and destinations visited. His patience and sense of humor will make you feel like you are travelling more with a friend, than with a tour leader itself.

Nesi
Nesi - Roundtrips and Cultural Tours

Nesi was born in 1996 in a small town in Southern Bulgaria, at the foot of the beautiful Rhodope Mountains. Ever since high school, she has always been curious about the diverse places and peoples of the world. After a few short trips to Western Europe in her college days, she got the travel bug irreversibly and ever since, she has been dreaming of travelling to as many distant places as possible. So it was only natural to turn that passion into a living. She joined the Penguin Travel team in 2019 in the cultural roundtrips department, first in the back office and customer service team. In 2022, she also started leading some of Penguin Travel’s tours. Some of her favourite ones include Tassili National Park(Algeria), Iraq, Syria and the West Africa Tour (Ghana, Togo & Benin).

Pencho
Pencho – Birdwatching

A naturalist by nature, Pencho is a member of the Bulgarian Society for Protection of Birds. As a researcher in animal breeding he implements the initiatives of the Society for preservation and restoration of habitats into farming on regional scale. He is a birder with good insight into bird behavior and identification, well acquainted with the Bulgarian open country and ornithologically interesting spots. Pencho joined Penguin Travel in 2010 and he loves touring – being in touch with nature and meeting people of the ilk. An enthusiastic bird picker and a nice company – your guiding bird and fellow.

Vandreferie i Rila- og Pirinbjergene - Bulgarien 5510 DKK, 8 Dage

Vandreferie i Rila- og Pirinbjergene - Bulgarien

En unik bjergvandretur over skyerne i Balkan-halvøens højeste bjerge. På denne tur vil vi bestige...
Cykelferie i Balkanbjergene - Bulgarien (guided) 6550 DKK, 8 Dage

Cykelferie i Balkanbjergene - Bulgarien (guided)

Spændende cykeltur i hjertet af Balkanbjergene. På denne rejse cykler vi langs med de nordlige...
På opdagelse I Kaukasus - Armenien, Georgien og Aserbajdsjan 9080 DKK, 11 Dage

På opdagelse I Kaukasus - Armenien, Georgien og Aserbajdsjan

Kaukasus – regionen, hvor Europa møder Asien, hvor dramatisk natur møder 1000 år gamle kirker...
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