About me

I am a passionate adventurer, travel journalist and outdoor enthusiast. My parents first took me across the Sahara when I was just one year old – and travel has been part of my life ever since.

I studied geography, zoology and tourism before setting out on adventures of my own: exploring the countries of the Sahara by 4×4, crossing Africa from Munich to Cape Town in my old Toyota Land Cruiser, climbing and skiing some of the most active volcanoes along the Pacific Ring of Fire, and guiding trekking and mountaineering trips in Morocco’s High Atlas, on Mount Kenya and Kilimanjaro, in Kamchatka and Indonesia, as well as across the Andes, Himalayas and Alps.

I have authored and contributed to more than fifteen travel guidebooks, with a particular focus on Morocco, and my stories and photography have appeared in German and international newspapers, travel, outdoor and mountain magazines.

In 2016, I shipped my Land Cruiser from South Africa to South America and spent the following years exploring the continent’s remote backroads and high mountains. Our overland journey has since continued north through Central America.

Since 2019, there has been a new dimension to my adventures: travelling with my son, Nelion. From road trips and hiking to wildlife encounters and outdoor adventures, he has become my favourite travel companion – and proof that having a child doesn’t have to mean giving up an adventurous life.