Meet Our Experts
Exploritas's expert lecturers and group leaders create exceptional educational opportunities for you by contributing their extensive knowledge about the culture, heritage and history of the places you're visiting. They are both authorities on your destination and lifelong learners themselves who are excited to answer your questions, hear your opinions and share your experience.
On our educational programs you will be led by people such as:
Andrew Young is a noted Civil Rights activist, former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia and the United States ambassador to the United Nations in the Jimmy Carter administration. As a prolific author, Ambassador Young's most recent books include An Easy Burden: The Civil Rights Movement and The Transformation of America (with a foreword by Quincy Jones) and A Way Out of No Way: The Spiritual Memoirs of Andrew Young. Join Ambassador Young on Historical Diversity and Current Life on Martha's Vineyard.
It is hard to match the resume of a man who has served as an assistant to Senator Lyndon Johnson, written episodes of "Bonanza" and become an expert on Latin America and the Spanish language. Profit from Roland's experience on Speaking Spanish: Crossing Cultures.
When she is not lecturing at New Bulgarian University, working at the National Archaeology Institute or leading her own archaeological digs in Europe and elsewhere, Katya leads Exploritas programs such as Three Ancient Civilizations: Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey.
What Katya says about Exploritas participants: "They are the perfect audience, all open-minded and always ready to discover new cultures."
Born in the remote Zimbabwean village of Zaka, Benson discovered his love of nature tracking wildlife as a boy. Named one of the world's best safari guides by Condé Nast Traveler, he brings an encyclopedic knowledge of the wilderness to Wild Africa: Botswana and Zambia.
What participants say: "In terms of knowledge, both cultural and natural, and personality, Benson shares Africa as only he can — with a big smile and warm heart. "
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Hugo has been combining his passions — art, history, music and philosophy — with a keen understanding of the interests of participants to create exceptional learning opportunities in Europe for over two decades. Let him lead your riverboat voyage on European Mosaic — Germany, France, Switzerland Along the Rhine.
What participants say: "Hugo is superb. He is the primary reason we chose this program."
Rapanui by birth and an archaeologist by trade, Sergio was the first native to serve as governor of Easter Island. He oversaw the restoration of the island’s mysterious moai statues and today is dedicated to preserving his homeland and sharing its wonders on Easter Island: Uncovering the Mystery of Rapa Nui's Ancient Culture.
What participants say: "Sergio was really special, his knowledge of the island in every aspect was excellent."