Who are you hiking / wild camping guides?

At Walk Wild we take great pride in our leadership and bringing you guides that love to share their expertise and knowledge of the outdoors. What makes our guides unique and different is not only their extensive experience which spans over 15 years of expeditions, hiking and wild camping, but the life they lead to this day - which remains to be filled with nature and adventure.

Founder, Ian Finch

Former Royal Marine

ITC Level 3 First Aid

Lowland Leader Qualified

ML Training

Explorer Club member and Former Royal Marine Commando Ian Finch, is the founder of Walk Wild.

His most recent journeys in 2023 involved travelling on foot through the Loita Plains in Africa with the Maasai Tribes people to understand the right of passage to become a warrior.

In 2019 Ian’s 1,300 mile journey to retrace the footsteps of the Cherokee removals was featured heavily for October 2019 Sidetracked Magazine. Also, his 2000-mile canoe descent of the Yukon River, was included in the top 10 adventures by the Guardian in 2016. Ian has also led or participated in shoots and expeditions in Alaska, Mongolia, Africa, Greenland, Indonesia, Tibet, Canada, Spain, Iceland, Nepal, China, US, Switzerland, Sweden and Northern Norway.

He has also worked with the US Airforce as an external instructor in land navigation/natural navigation and externally trained potential recruits in preparation for Royal Marines training.

His raw passion for life is driven by creative discovery and capturing authentic bookmarks in time from expeditions, landscapes and people.

Marcela Moravkova

ITC Level 6 First Aid

Lowland leader Qualified

Marcela was born and brought up in Czech Republic with beautiful countryside on her doorstep, so from a young age her free time was spent hiking, cross country skiing and biking with her family. Marcela moved to the UK in 2006, and although she lives in central London, the adventuring has never stopped. She’s fallen in love with the wild beauty of the Scottish Highlands, Welsh mountains, its coastline and everything in between. She’ll be there on any spare weekend or holiday, hiking, sleeping under the stars and wild swimming. Marcela is happiest with a mountain to climb and some cold water to swim in, she’s energetic, enthusiastic and looking for an adventure.