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MEET THE TEAM.

Our mission as an experienced team is to deliver the best experience on each expedition. We carefully prepare every trip to ensure that you have an unforgettable experience. Trust us to provide you with the best possible adventure.

Willi Luhmann

Founder, AAGM Mountain Guide, Lead Guide
Languages: German, Spanish and English.

Half Peruvian and half German, Willi has lived in different countries in South America and Europe, so he knows well the idiosyncrasies of both worlds. He also had the opportunity to live for a few years in the Peruvian Amazon.

He discovered his passion for mountaineering when he lived in Argentina, where he trained as a mountain guide at the AAGM. He has been climbing, guiding, organizing and planning trips through different countries of the continent for 15 years. He has great experience in mountains over 6000 m high, including the highest such as Aconcagua, Ojos del Salado, Huascaran and Sajama. Being on the move, spending as much time as possible outdoors, climbing mountains and discovering new places are all part of his outlook on life.

His trade as a guide has also led him to work in different therapeutic communities.

Willi is an open and happy person who likes to laugh. His prudent and patient attitude, his sensitive approach to people and his tireless efforts for the well-being of his guests inspire security and confidence. Willi resides in Cusco Peru.

JUAN CARLOS BRICEÑO

Founder and Logistics Specialist
Juan Carlos Briceño is a logistics specialist and adventure tourism guide with over 25 years of experience organizing high mountain expeditions in South America. He has worked for various travel agencies in Chile and Bolivia and has made numerous trips and climbs to mountains such as the Ojos del Salado volcano, the Llullaillaco volcano, the Tres Cruces snow-capped mountain, Sajama, Tupungato, El Plomo, Licancabur, and Parinacota. Between 1996 and 2016, he made several climbs to these mountains. He is known for his experience in planning and logistics for adventure expeditions and for his skill in preparing good food in difficult weather conditions. He is a serious man and respectful of nature and indigenous peoples. His commitment to the safety of travelers is one of his priorities in work.

Felix Kraus

PATAGONIA EXPERT AND LEADE GUIDE
Languages: German, Spanish and English

Having spent one and a half years on the road traveling all around South America, Felix, together with his life companion and then 3-year-old daughter eventually ended up deciding to stay and try to make a living in this remote corner of the Chilean Patagonia instead of going back to Germany. In the meantime, his son was born and makes for the only real Patagón in the family.

For the past couple of years Felix has been guiding trips on foot and horseback all around Patagonia, but also in the Atacama Desert and the Bolivian Altiplano.

Felix describes this place as: Vast stretches of almost untouched wilderness next to the Northern Icefield and the still intact, openhearted and very inspiring Gaucho culture make this part of the Aysén region not only a beautiful place to live but also one of the most spectacular places to explore on foot, horseback or even on ski.

Felix is fluent in German, English and Spanish and is a Wilderness First-Responder.

TESTIMONIALS

Our Clients Reviews

Keen Leetz
“Two friends and I traveled with Willi to Colca Canyon near Arequipa, Perú, in december 2019 and Willi turned out to be a superb guide. This is actually my second time traveling with Willi and although the first time was fantastic in the Atacama Desert of Chile, Willi really showed his ...
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Keen Leetz
“Two friends and I traveled with Willi to Colca Canyon near Arequipa, Perú, in december 2019 and Willi turned out to be a superb guide. This is actually my second time traveling with Willi and although the first time was fantastic in the Atacama Desert of Chile, Willi really showed his training and expertise on the second trip. Not only did he provide a seamless trip, but he showed his intuitive sense of reading people in such a fashion that he talked me out of Colca Canyon, which some folks say is the world´s second deepest canyon.”
Keen Leetz
Keen Leetz
USA. Colca Canyon
Annette & Andreas
“Two perfect dream trips with a great mountain guide!!.”
Annette & Andreas
“Two perfect dream trips with a great mountain guide!!.”
Annette & Andreas
Annette & Andreas
Germany. Parinacota Expedition, Guallatire expedition.
Nicolás Villaume
"Willi was indispensable to the success of my photographic mission to the Quelccaya Glacier: not only did he manage to organize the expedition with maximum safety in a difficult context, but he also helped me a lot with the loading and protection of audiovisual equipment. 100% recommended."
Nicolás Villaume
"Willi was indispensable to the success of my photographic mission to the Quelccaya Glacier: not only did he manage to organize the expedition with maximum safety in a difficult context, but he also helped me a lot with the loading and protection of audiovisual equipment. 100% recommended."
Nicolás Villaume
Nicolás Villaume
France. Quelccaya Expedition.

“It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."

Edmund Hillary