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Escursione Torrente Licenziata
Serra di Crispo (ph. Francesco Bevilacqua)

The Park's Environmental Hiking Guides are professionals who possess a great knowledge of the protected area especially with regard to the naturalistic, anthropological and cultural aspects of the territory.

They guide in safety and with appropriate equipment individuals or groups providing the necessary technical assistance and carrying out didactic, educational and environmental dissemination activities as well as education for sustainability.

Services offered by Guides Excursion

  • Visit of the most interesting places of the Park, starting in the early morning and returning in the evening
  • Trekking: visit of several days
  • Programs and environmental educational activities
  • Education and environmental naturalistic interpretation

The official and exclusive Park Guides - Useful Tips before making a visit or an excursion in the Park

  • We will document the itinerary we intend to follow, adapting it, if necessary, to our own abilities
  • Choose a clothing and equipment suitable for the type of visit or excursion you want to undertake
  • Inquire in advance about the expected weather conditions
  • Choose, if possible, the accompaniment of an official and exclusive Park Guide. Even if you know the itinerary you want to travel, a Guide, through its expertise, is important for a good use of nature and for the safety of the excursion.
  • Report to the competent offices, emergencies, dangers, damages, possible problems and inconveniences, incorrect behavior.

In the Park it is not allowed to

  • Drive by car in streets not open to traffic and park outside the areas provided
  • Light fires; camp in the appropriate spaces if not authorized
  • Spread or leave rubbish in place
  • To eradicate or damage plants, flowers, fungi; collect minerals
  • Abandon stade or beaten paths
  • Introduce pets
  • Bring radios, musical instruments and anything that violates the silence, the peace, the solemn integrity of nature

For a good excursion

  • Recommended period: from spring to autumn
  • Clothing: make use of comfortable clothes that allow the body to breathe, in a combination of layers, in order to be able to cover according to the atmospheric conditions found during the excursion
  • Make use of long trousers, hiking boots and breathable and tight-fitting long socks
  • Wear a hat to shelter, depending on the season, from the sun or from the cold and have sunglasses
  • Essential equipment: not too big rucksack, where you always keep a rain-resistant cape, clothes, water bottle, breakfast (consisting of light and not bulky food, preferring fresh food: fruits and vegetables
  • Recommended accessories: binoculars and camera

The official and exclusive guides of the Park

Notice to official park guides
Any corrections to telephone or e-mail contact information can be communicated to the following address: bruno.niola@parconazionalepollino.it


Guide evaluation
After an excursion, in order to evaluate the service provided and to report any critical issues, please download and fill in this form and send it to bruno.niola@parconazionalepollino.it

Angela Armentano

Angela Armentano

Mormanno (Cs)

Languages spoken: Italian, French
Area of interest: Central-southern area of the Lucanian and Calabrian sides
Period: all year round

Available for: Hiking, Environmental education

Contacts
cell. 377 9716675
email angelaarmentano16@gmail.com

Immacolata Camodeca

Immacolata Camodeca

Firmo (Cs)

Languages spoken: Italian, English, French, Spanish, Albanian
Area of interest: Central Pollino, Orsomarso Mountains, south-eastern Pollino
Period: all year round

Available for: Trekking, Hiking, Winter environment, Water tourism, Accompaniment for the disabled, Birdwatching, Nordic walking, Environmental education, Environmental interpretation

Contacts
cell. 346 6213217
email camodimma@gmail.com

Silvestro Carrieri

Silvio Carrieri

Castrovillari (Cs) | Guida certificata CETS

Languages spoken: Italian
Area of interest: the whole Park area
Period: all year round

Available for: Trekking, Hiking, Bicycle touring, Winter environment, Accompanying the differently-abled, Birdwatching, Environmental education, Environmental interpretation

Contacts
cell. 347 6519686
email info@silviocarrieri.it
web silviocarrieri.wordpress.com

Gennaro Cavaliere

Gennaro Cavaliere

Grisolia (Cs)

Languages spoken: Italian, school French
Area of interest: south-western area of the Park, Orsomarso Mountains group
Period: all year round

Available for: Trekking, Hiking, Environmental education, Environmental interpretation

Contacts
phone 0985 83542 | cell. 333 9286017
email rinocavaliere@libero.it | cavaliererino@gmail.com

Francesca Crispino

Francesca Crispino

Dipignano (Cs)

Languages spoken: Italian, English
Area of interest: central-southern area of the Park
Period: all year round

Available for: Trekking, Hiking, Winter environment, Environmental education, Environmental interpretation

Contacts
phone 0984 445526 | cell. 334 3001543
email crispinofrancesca1@gmail.com
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Adalberto Corraro Q

Adalberto Corraro

Viggianello (Pz)

Languages spoken: Italian
Area of interest: Central massif of Pollino
Period: all year round

Available for: Trekking, Hiking, Winter environment, Water tourism, Accompaniment for the disabled, Nordic walking, Environmental education, Environmental interpretation

Contacts
cell. 349 2176398
email info@infopollino.com
web www.infopollino.com | facebook Adalberto Corraro (Infopollino)

Luca D Alba

Luca D'Alba

Trebisacce (Cs)

Languages spoken: Italian, English, French, Spanish
Area of interest: Eastern Pollino
Period: all summer, in the rest of the seasons only weekends

Available for: Trekking, ebike excursions, cyclotourism

Contacts
cell. 329 6573757
email info@ebikepollino.com
web www.ebikepollino.com | facebook

Pino Di Tomaso

Pino Di Tomaso

Rotonda (Pz)

Languages spoken: Italian
Area of interest: heart of the Park
Period: all year round

Available for: Hiking, Winter environment, Birdwatching, Environmental education, Environmental interpretation

Contacts
cell. 349 8758417
email pinoditomaso@gmail.com
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Iole Esposito

Iole Esposito

Rotonda (Pz)

Languages spoken: Italian, English, German
Area of interest: Lucania area of the Park
Period: all year round

Available for: Trekking, Hiking, Winter environment, Nordic walking, Environmental education, Environmental interpretation

Contacts
cell. 388 6927934
email iole.esposito24@gmail.com
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Salvatore Franco

Salvatore Franco

Firmo (Cs)

Languages spoken: Italian, Spanish, Albanian
Area of interest: Central Pollino, Orsomarso Mountains, south-eastern Pollino
Period: all year round

Available for: Trekking, Hiking, Winter environment, Water tourism, Accompaniment for the disabled, Birdwatching, Nordic walking, Environmental education, Environmental interpretation

Contacts
cell. 340 9241485
email salvatore.franco@firmo.net
web montagnediemozioni.blogspot.com | facebook

Luca Franzese

Luca Franzese

Cerchiara (Cs)

Languages spoken: Italian, French
Area of interest: the entire Park area
Period: all year round

Available for: Trekking, Hiking, Winter environment, Water tourism, Environmental education, Environmental interpretation

Contacts
cell. 339 6197005
email franzesel@yahoo.it
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Pierre Francois Frega

Pierre Francois Frega

Lungro (Cs)

Languages spoken: Italian, French, Arbëresche
Area of interest: Orsomarso mountains
Period: all year round

Available for: Trekking, Hiking, Winter environment, Water tourism, Birdwatching, Environmental education, Environmental interpretation

Contacts
tel. 0981 947891 | cell. 339 7665640
email Frega01@libero.it
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Giacomo Gervasio

Giacomo Gervasio

Dipignano (Cs)

Languages spoken: Italian
Area of interest: central-southern area of the Park
Period: all year round

Available for: Trekking, Hiking, Winter environment, Accompanying the disabled, Birdwatching, Environmental education, Environmental interpretation

Contacts
phone 0984 445526 | cell. 333 6350917
email gervasogiacomo@gmail.com
web greenwoodstudiecologici.it

Domenico Gioia

Domenico Gioia

Frascineto (Cs)

Languages spoken: Italian, Albanian
Area of interest: the entire Park area
Period: all year round

Available for: Trekking, Hiking, Horse-riding, Mountain biking and off-road cycling, Cycle-tourism, Winter environment, Accompanying the differently-abled, Birdwatching, Nordic walking, Environmental education, Environmental interpretation, Experimental archaeology imitative and divulgation

Contacts
cell. 347 6550784
email pollinopicchio@libero.it
facebook Gioia Domenico

Antonio Ielpo

Antonio Ielpo

Trecchina (Pz)

Languages spoken: Italian, French
Area of interest: central-northern area of the Park, in particular the Lucania-Basilicata side and the south-western area of the Tyrrhenian coast
Period: all year round

Available for: Hiking, Winter environment, Environmental education, Environmental interpretation.

Contacts
cell. 339 3154816
email info@laterradeimulini.it
web percorsilucani.it | facebook

Luigi Perrone

Luigi Perrone

Mormanno (Cs)

Languages spoken: Italian, French, Spanish
Area of interest: the entire Park area
Period: all year round

Available for: Trekking, Hiking, Mountain biking and off-road cycling, Cycle touring, Winter environment, Accompanying the differently-abled, Nordic walking, Environmental education, Environmental interpretation

Contacts
cell. 347 4416619
email info@guidaparcopollino.it
web guidaparcopollino.it | facebook

Emanuele Pisarra

Emanuele Pisarra

Civita (Cs)

Languages spoken: Italian, English, Albanian
Area of interest: the entire Park area
Period: all year round

Available for: Trekking, Hiking, Winter environment, Birdwatching, Nordic walking, Environmental education, Environmental interpretation

Contacts
cell. 333 8732829
email episarra@tiscali.it
web acalandrostour.com

Luigi Poerio

Luigi Poerio

Viggianello (Pz)

Languages spoken: Italian, English
Area of interest: Rotonda, Viggianello, Mormanno, Laino Borgo, Laino Castello, San Severino Lucano
Period: all year round

Available for: Trekking, Hiking, Mountain biking and off-road cycling, Cycle tourism, Winter environment, Water tourism, Accompaniment for the disabled, Birdwatching, Nordic walking, Environmental education, Environmental interpretation

Contacts
cell. 327 0139522
email gigipoerio@gmail.com
web infopollino.com | facebook

Roberto Pozzoli

Roberto Pozzoli

Castrovillari (Cs)

Languages spoken: Italian, English (scholastic)
Area of interest: Lucanian side of the Park (Colle Impiso - Piani di Pollino); Calabrian side of the Park (Rifugio Salviosa)
Period: June - October

Available for: Trekking, Hiking, Mountain biking and off-road cycling, Cycle touring, Environmental education, Environmental interpretation

Contacts
cell. 338 5950330
email cedaquattro@gmail.com

Mario Salerno

Mario Salerno

Terranova di Pollino (Pz)

Languages spoken: Italian (English and school French)
Area of interest: the entire Pollino area
Period: all year round

Available for: Trekking, Hiking, Winter environment, Water tourism, Nordic walking, Environmental education, Environmental interpretation

Contacts
cell. 347 6993880
email mario_salerno@hotmail.com

Francesco Sallorenzo

Francesco Sallorenzo

Castrovillari (Cs) | CETS certified guide

Languages spoken: Italian
Area of interest: the whole Park area
Period: all year round

Available for: Trekking, Hiking, Mountain biking and off-road cycling, Winter environment, Accompaniment for the disabled, Birdwatching, Environmental education, Environmental interpretation

Contacts
phone 0981 28404 / cell. 339 8446060
email francesco.sallorenzo@gmail.com
web francescosallorenzo.it | facebook

Gaetano Sangineti

Gaetano Sangineti

Castrovillari (Cs) | CETS certified guide

Languages spoken: Italian, English
Area of interest: the entire Calabrian area of the Park; on the Lucanian side of the Park: Rotonda, Viggianello, Terranova di Pollino, San Severino Lucano, Lauria
Period: all year round

Available for: Trekking, Hiking, Mountain biking and off-road cycling, Winter environment, Accompaniment for the disabled, Birdwatching, Nordic walking, Environmental education, Environmental interpretation

Contacts
tel. 349 5346434
email sanginetigaetano@yahoo.it
web discoverpollino.it | facebook

Alba Tempone

Alba Tempone

Potenza

Languages spoken: Italian
Area of interest: the entire Pollino area
Period: all year round

Available for: Trekking, Hiking, Winter environment, Accompanying the disabled, Environmental education, Environmental interpretation

Contacts
tel. 0971 56133 | cell. 349 2643356
email alba@giro-vagando.it
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Isabella Tufaro

Isabella Tufaro

Terranova di Pollino (Pz)

Languages spoken: Italian
Area of interest: Lucania area of the Park
Period: all year round

Available for: Trekking, Hiking, Mountain biking and off-road cycling, Cycle tourism, Winter environment, Environmental education, Environmental interpretation

Contacts
cell. 388 4719436
email isaidea@yahoo.it
web lagaravina.it | facebook

Rocco Tufaro

Rocco Tufaro

Terranova di Pollino (Pz)

Languages spoken: Italian
Relevant territorial area: the entire Park area
Period: all year round

Available for: Trekking, Hiking, Mountain biking and off-road cycling, Cycle tourism, Winter environment, Environmental education, Environmental interpretation

Contacts
cell. 329 0661448
email lagaravina@gmail.com
web lagaravina.it

Andrea Vacchiano

Andrea Vacchiano

Castrovillari (Cs) | CETS certified guide

Languages spoken: Italian, English
Area of interest: the entire Park area
Period: all year round

Available for: Trekking, Hiking, Winter environment, Birdwatching, Environmental education, Environmental interpretation

Contacts
cell. 348 2745771
email and.vacchiano@gmail.com
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Leonardo Viceconte

Leonardo Viceconte

San Severino Lucano (Pz)

Languages spoken: Italian, English
Area of interest: Lucanian side of the Park
Period: all year round

Available for: Trekking, Hiking, Mountain biking and off-road cycling, Cycle touring, Winter environment, Water tourism, Accompaniment for the disabled, Environmental education, Environmental interpretation

Contacts
cell. 347 8587582
email viceconte61leonardo@gmail.com
web leotrekkingpollino.it | facebook

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