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Atil Ulaş Cüce

1973 doğumlu olan Atıl, liseden beri turizm sektörünün farklı alanlarında çalışmıştır.1997'den beri ise trekking turları düzenlemektedir. Hatta yürüyüş rotaları için valilikler tarafından desteklenen yürüyüş ve bisiklet rotalarının hazırlanmasında çalışmış; rehber kitapların yazımında yer almıştır. http://www.kayseri.gov.tr/kurumlar/kayseri.gov.tr/pdf/kayseriyuruyusrot.pdf Temmuz 2009 Su Peri adında güzel bir kızın, 2013’de ise Toros adında bir yakışıklının babası olan Atıl’ın Felsefe mezuniyeti ve ilgisi ile Küçük Asya tarih bilgisi dikkat çekicidir. Bu nedenle rehberiniz Atıl ise, entelektüel sohbetlere hazır olun. Ayrıntılı planlaması ve mükemmeliyetçiliği, turları çok iyi organize etmesine; entelektüel-renkli kişiliği ise turlarının bilgi ve keyif yüklü olmasını sebep olur. İyi derecede İngilizce bilen ve biraz Almanca bilen Atıl, bu özellikleri sebebi ile şirketin tur geliştirme ve operasyonlarından sorumludur.

Kerem Karaerkek

Özgür Özmete

Born in 1976, he has been leading trekking and climbing tours since 1997 even in different tour companies and Hacettepe University Mountaineering and Nature Sports Club. As a matter of fact, he is a chemical engineer, and he tried to earn money as an engineer from time to time (FIAT Automotive Paintshop, Textile Dyes, Artificial Heart) but he couldn’t stop to breathe of spanking clean air of mountains. He has been working for Middle Earth Travel since 2001. He loves bird watching. He has been doing down hill ski since 6 years old and tour ski since 21 years old. He has climbed a considerable amount of summits all over the world, even in summer and winter (Crimson Mountains, Mount Ararat, Erciyes and Hasan Volcanoes, Beydağlari, Kaçkar Mountains etc-Turkey, Otzal Alps-Austria, Algau Alps-Germany, Eastern Sierra Mountains and Yosemite, Nevada-US). He is one of the full members of Turkish Search and Rescue Team (AKUT)-Ankara Section, he joined several rescue operations on Turkish Mountains.

Deniz Cüce

1976'da Kütahya'da doğdu, matematikle ilgileniyor. Göreme ofiste geçirdiği 4 yıldan sonra Antalya ofisi açtı. Iyi hafızası ile, tutku haline getirdiği uzun yürüyüş patikalarını hatmetti. Detaylar konusundaki hassasiyeti ile turunuzun sorunsuz ve akıcı olmasını sağlıyor. Likya güneşine yakın olmak için 2008'den beri Antalyada yaşıyor.

Kate Clow

Kate is certainly the most well-known among us. To summarise, she’s the founder of Turkey’s first long distance trekking routes ‘ The Lycian Way ‘ and ‘ St. Paul Trail ‘, the author of the related books as well as the one on the Kaçkar Mountains. Living in Turkey since 1989, she dedicated her time to explore ancient roads, which form networks linking the centres of ancient civilisations of Turkey. This resulted in the opening up of the Lycian Way in 1999, followed in 2004 by the St. Paul Trail, and in 2008 by the Kaçkar routes. Her deep knowledge on history, flowers and animals are highly appreciated by the trekkers following in her footsteps. Kate developed and designed tours for us and her nice house in Antalya has always been a base camp for us. She continues to promote alternative, sustainable tourism both in Turkey and abroad.

Gaye Gönülal

Yıllardır turizm sektörünün içinde olan gaye, daha önce bir bankada çalıştı. B.A.'sı var. İşletme mezunu (Ankara Üniversitesi), ancak doğada olmayı tercih etti. Kaş / Antalya'da profesyonel PADI Dalış Eğitmeni olarak çalıştı. Daha sonra aşkının peşinden gitti ve meşhur patikalarda yürüyüp, trekking rehberliği yaptı. Tüm Türkiye’de size eşlik edebilir. 18 yıldan fazla bir süre önce Kapadokya'ya taşındı ve profesyonel bir rehber oldu. Oldukça enerjik, konuşkan ve eğlenceli bir lişiliğe sahip olan gaye, tarihe ve yeme-içmeye meraklıdır. Onu görmüyorsanız, kahkahasını kolayca takip edebilirsiniz. Yerinde duramayan Su Peri ve karizmatik Toros adında iki enerji topuna sahip. Gaye şimdi de Kapadokya’nın vadilerine koşmaya başladı. Kapadokya'nın kocaman bir oyun alanı olduğunu: koşabileceğinizi, yürüyebileceğinizi, bisiklete binebileceğinizi, meditasyon, kamp, yoga gibi bir çok aktiviteyi yapabileceğinizi söyler…

Els Hom

After falling in love on and with the Lycian Way in 2010, Els traded Amsterdam for a new life in Turkey. She has a University degree in Classical Archaeology and worked as lecturer, museum guide, tour leader and self-guided hiking route maker. Her passion for ancient walking routes acquired during losts of archaeological fieldwork in Greece, fits perfectly with our trekking holidays on the Turkish south and southwest coast for which she co-develops the self-guided and bespoke versions.

Jon Bawn

In order to escape from a mundane office job, Jon managed to combine lifelong passions of adventure cycling and trekking in the Anatolian mountains when he and Atıl founded Biking in Turkey in 2011. Middle Earth’s biking tours have become more popular each year since, with the area around Göreme starting to be known as a singletrack mecca. Though Jon now lives in Berlin, Germany with his partner and their adorable son Lewis, he still looks forward to regular trips to Turkey- to guide trips and to catch up with old friends. He also leads MTB tours in Morocco and Sweden and gets out on his bike whenever possible!

Kristina Akdemir

Born in Russia in 1986, Kristina graduated from the Institute of Economics and Tourism Management. She works in the tourism industry since 2006 and likes numbers, details and systematic work. In 2015 she took a degree from the Air Booking Courses at the Turkish Aviation Academy. She knows Russian, Turkish and English. Kristina takes care of our tour details such as hotel reservations, flight tickets and transfers.

Koray Ata

Born in München at 1980. He knows perfect German and English. He is been guiding since 2003 in all regions of Turkey. He has a master degree on ancient history. He believes in ultimate freedom and mother nature… His knowledge about history and wild life makes a perfect combination for an outdoor guide. Stay wild, live free… Rock’n roll in a free world.

Cenk Metinkaya

He has been working in the nature tourism industry for 20 years and he has been leading many groups. He is professionally interested in all outdoor activities including trekking, hiking, mountaineering, biking, sea kayaking, diving and tour skiing. He is an emergency first response instructor, diving instructor and also works in search and rescue teams during winter seasons. He has been living in Kaş, that small town of the Mediterranean for 12 years.

Ezgi Selçuk

Ezgi is the joy of our Cappadocia office. She joined us to work as an accountant at first but after discovering her talent as a barista she decided to take over the Cafe (@celsiuscoffeegoreme) that is part of our office and hotel. Since then she hands out, many kinds of warm, delicious happiness to our guests and to us, ger colleagues as well. She was born and raised in Cappadocia, an authentic Cappadocian. She is a natural at entertaining guests so from this year she is also running the small hotel ( https://adventureinncappadocia.com/ ) we have. Always with a smile on her face and a big, soft heart she is the irreplaceable hostess who can make anyone feel welcome.

Başar Tunçel

He is the founder and managing director of Mareo Creative Agency, a 360-degree advertising agency aimed to excel at understanding overall requirements of customers, then to come with solutions fully implemented.

Abbas Özgür Tepe

Born in 1978, Özgür has a B.A in Tourism Guiding and Management. He is a professional tourist guide with a broad knowledge of archaeology and art history. He has an interest in literature, folklore and heterodox sect of islam. His career includes working in Florida and for several travel agencies. Having a romantic and poetic side, Özgür is very enjoyable with his relaxed personality.