Guides

IE’s Madagascar safari will be accompanied by an International Expeditions’ Expedition Leader, local Expedition Leader and local naturalist guides in the parks and reserves.

Cassiano (Zapa) Zaparoli

IE Expedition Leader

Since graduating from the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul in 2002, Cassiano "Zapa" Zaparoli has been working as a naturalist guide and a wildlife photographer. As a naturalist guide, he leads trips to the Southern part of Brazil, PatagoniaBrazil's Pantanal and Peruvian Amazon. With more than a decade focusing on nature photography, Zapa has built a collection of almost 60,000 nature and wildlife images, and has photographed more than 1,300 different bird species. Zapa’s photography has been published by WWF, the BBC and the Wildlife Conservation Society among others.