Alejandro Capelli

Nature Photographer | Tour Leader

Alejandro was raised in the city of Buenos Aires,  spending weekends and summer holidays outside the city, in the countryside, practicing all sorts of sports and enjoying horseback riding in the pampas. He finished his Degree in Tourism, and with his wife Fernanda, they did a two month volunteering in the rainforest of Misiones, as Nature Guides. There, is where the passion for nature and birdwatching started, but their plans were in Patagonia. They moved to El Calafate in 2003, and since then, that is their hometown, and where Lucia, their daughter, was born in 2008. Alejandro is a Professional Tour Guide of Los Glaciares National Park and Santa Cruz Province with a deep passion for birds, nature and photography. With his family, they enjoy nature, hiking and camping as much as possible. He teaches  Geography of Argentina and Patagonia in the local Institute of Tourism for professional guides. Also, he is one of the main Coordinators of the local Birdwatching Club, from where they organize educational tours and birdwatching introductory courses  for the guides and the community, seasonal censuses and cleaning days along the wetlands of El Calafate. Alejandro is a member of an Association of Nature Photographers of Argentina (Afona)  and participated in different exhibitions with his photographs. He also published a book for the Municipality of El Calafate, with his photographs of landscape and native wildlife.