Milena Ignatova

Route: Bulgaria

Milena loves to spend as much time as possible outside. She is passionate about travelling, discovering new places, meeting new people and trying new adventures.

Milena is also co-founder and board member of a small environmental NGO working to engage entrepreneurs to analyse and manage various environmental aspects. Inspired by natural principles and ecosystems, the organisation supports tourism businesses in implementing environmental management practices in their everyday life.  Visit: www.ecosystemeurope.org

Since 2012 the joy in Milena’s life has a name and it is Anastasia, her smiling daughter.

Friend and business partner Ivo Stoikov has been leading hiking, snowshoeing, ski touring and ice climbing trips. During the summer his main activity is hiking trips in the Balkans. In the winter he is guiding clients in Bulgaria, Albania, Macedonia, Romania and Turkey mainly for ski touring. High ranges of the world are his big passion and he has been with groups to many  countries including India, Nepal, Argentina, Chile, Morocco, Egypt, Jordan. He has climbed Mont Blanc, Toubkal, Mera peak and Aconcagua.