It's been a while since we last caught up with one of our awesome local guides. And following International Women’s Day on 8th March, it’s only right that the next guide we introduce you to is one of the badass women we work with. Meet Aurora. She’s a guide, biologist, teacher, wildlife photographer, conservationist and a mother – how she fits this all in we will never know! Being Shkodër born-and-raised, Aurora primarily leads our North Albania trip, which includes visiting her hometown and Lake Shkodra. You may also have her as your tour leader on one of our cross-border hiking holidays or in South Albania, where you can pick her brains about the wildlife at Lakes Ohrid and Prespa. Over to Aurora… Tell us about yourself. You are a woman of many talents – tour guide, teacher, wildlife photographer, biologist… How did all of this come about? I’ve been a biologist since 2001 and I have a master’s degree in environmental biology from the University of Shkodra. For the past 24 years, I’ve taught natural science, biology and chemistry in high schools throughout Albania. I currently teach at a school in Zogaj, a village on Lake Shkodra. In 2015, I finished a training course for birdwatching organised by the Albanian Ornithology Society and Norway’s Nord University. That year, I helped establish Well Point in Shkodra, [a non-profit to preserve public and environmental health] and today I’m the association’s CEO. In 2017, I started to work as a mountain guide, and became the president of the Taraboshi Mountain Club in Shkodra for three years. The following year, I helped establish the Albanian Wildlife Photographers group to promote wildlife and the art of photography. And in 2020, I established a “Naturalist” youth group with the main goals of increasing environmental education,
It’s been a while since we last caught up with one of our awesome local guides. And following International Women’s Day on 8th March, it’s only right that the next guide we introduce you to is one of the badass women we work with. Meet Aurora. She’s a guide, biologist, teacher, wildlife photographer, conservationist and
