Meet And Work With Our Amazing Guides

Plamena Petrova

• Plamena is KayakZone and EpicTours founder
• She graduated from the National Sports Academy in specialty canoe-kayak coach. She has over 20 years of experience as a coach
• Licensed senior canoe-kayak coach at the Ministry of Youth and Sports
• Practicing sea kayaking since 2012
• Licensed British Canoeing Sea leader, EPP level 3
• Licensed mountain guide (license number: B-00296)
• Class "A" ski instructor
• Completed water safety & rescue course
• Completed medical assistance course
• Hobbies - kayaking, sea kayaking, ski and ski mountaineering, equestrian, hiking and trekking, climbing

Kristian Iliev

• Certified kayak coach and outdoor instructor
• Chris is a keen photographer.
• Passionate about working with children

Kalin Ivanov

• I started attending Survivalschool's bushcraft and survival courses in UK, in 2015
• I completed my instructor degree in 2016
• I also took additional courses at Ray Mears and Dave Canterbury
• I've been also one-week dog sledding and canoeing adventures in Sweden
• I have a Personal Performace Award (three starts canoe) at British Canoeing
• I adore spending time in nature where I can practice and improve my knowledge and skills in bushcraft and survival

Martin Stoimenov

• Martin is construction engineer by profession and mountaineer at heart
• Mountain rescuer and guide since 2019. Ski instructor since 2015
• One of his favourite activities in the mountains are ski touring during the winter season and technical trekkings during the summer

Вяра Лъджева

• Certified mountain guide
• She has experience with leading groups in the Alps and the Bulgarian mountains
• She turns her hobby into a profession with one single goal - to show the beauty of the montain to more people

Elitsa Pavlova

• Certified climbing instructor at National Sports Academy (00560/2008 г)
• National ice climbing champion 2000 and 2001
• First place at the national rock climbing championship 2012
• In 2002, together with Nikolay Petkov and Tervel Kerelov, they successfully climbed the Filippe-Flamm route along the 1,200-meter north face of Civeta
• In 2003, she participated in an expedition to Mount Lenin (7134 m). In 2004, she was the leader of a trekking group to the front base camp of Mount Everest from Tibet
• През 2008 г. в свръзка с Николай Петков изкачва връх Мисис Тау (4300 m) в Безенгийския район, Кавказ
• През 2008 г. в свръзка с Николай Петков изкатерват северната 1300-метрова стена на връх Пиц Бадиле в Швейцария по тура на Касин