Why is Barna Takats your best choice?
Barna is in love with nature and this love drives him every day and every minute to get the best closest and most amazing Wildlife Encounters. This is his true passion, so going out there and guiding you is not a job for him, it is what he dreamed of doing since a child.
Of course he does not expect you to build on his passion only, trust is given to those who can proove their experience. For this reason see below the different qualifications and references Barna has for guiding you to the wild side of Mexico.
Of course he does not expect you to build on his passion only, trust is given to those who can proove their experience. For this reason see below the different qualifications and references Barna has for guiding you to the wild side of Mexico.
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Barna Takats is the Founder and Main Guide of Encounters a unique tour company offering all the Wildlife and Nature tours existing in the region.
Barna is also guiding Wildlife tours for other operators. Just to mention a few - he guided groups for / worked with the following companies in the last years:
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Barna Takats is a PADI Staff Instructor, TecRec Trimix Instructor and a TDI Full Cave Diver with a few thousand dives behind him.
After years as an instructor he likes to concentrate now on the "Special" courses as:
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In the last years Barna was working together and guiding many groups and individuals including some biologist and other professionals:
- David Robinson: Marine Biologist working with Sea Turtles and Whale Sharks. To learn more see details on Sharkwatch Arabia
- Thomas M. Iliffe Ph.D: Marine Biologist and Professor at the Texas A&M University. Se more details here.
- John McIntyre: Underwater Journalist & filmmaker. To learn more about him, visit his own website.
- Tom Campbell: one of the most experienced Marine Cinemotographer and the pioneer of Underwater HD production. More about him here.
- Simon J. Pierce: Marine Biologist working with sharks (mainly whale sharks) around the globe. To learn more about him visit his personal site or the site of the Marine Megafauna Foundation.
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Barna is prepared with all the accesible field guides about the region. From the most in depth bird guides to the only complete guide to th mammals of the Yucatan peninsula he has everything.
If you are looking for a specific frog, snake or insect he has you covered as well :) Shouldn't even mention it, but the first aid kit (Barna is a first aid instructor too) snake bite kit, machete, MagLite flashlights and binoculars are all part of the standard "expedition kit". |
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After hundreds of dives with Bull Sharks Barna wrote his own PADI Specialty Course to share not only an amazing experience but also knowledge about the sharks with the divers. With the help of this course he can support Shark Conservation and Project AWARE directly.
In the beginning of 2014 PADI accepted another course written by Barna about the Sailfish which concentrates on the Sailfish found in winter around Cancun. |
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In February 2014. Barna Takats was invited to give a presentation at the "Universidad Anahuac" in Cancun about the local Bull Shark population and about the latest results of the ongoing research of Bull Sharks.
The results of the same investigation (done mainly by Mauricio Hoyos) was also published by the Playa Times. The article was written by Barna and the photos were taken by him as well. |
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Encounters and Barna featured in the September 2014. issue of the Emirates Diving Association's Magazine.
In this Cover Story Simone Caprodossi talks about his experience diving in the Cenotes (Caverns or Sinkholes) of the Mayan Riviera. To see the full article click here. |
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When Barna is not out in the wild guiding he writes nature and wildlife related articles to the local newspapers to spread awarenes about the amazing resources of the local environment.
He writes about anything from national parks to endangered species or hidden natural treasures of the Riviera Maya. You can find more articles here |
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Barna visitd ove 70 countries around the world looking for animals you might never even heard of. He is the guy you can ask about any wildlife encounter around the world and he will be able to comment on because he was there or because he is planning to go and already started his research.
If you are lucky, you might even be able to join him on one of these far away expeditions. |