Monica Conticini

artista

My Name Is Monica Conticini and I am president of the association The Wild Side. 

My love for nature and for Africa in particular, comes from afar, when I was young and my uncles decided to move to Nigeria for work.

Since then, I grew up with their stories, with the image of a land with magnificent colors, bursting with life everywhere.

Over time, however, I found myself on different paths, and put aside the dream of working in Africa.

I studied art and fashion, although in the meantime I was interested in everything related to environment and animals as self-taught.

As we know, if something is meant to happen, it comes somehow.

So, surfing on internet, I came across an academy that trains Safari naturalistic guides, and without thinking twice, I signed up, passed the exam and flew to South Africa, at Limpopo Field Academy to complete my studies.

My life had finally begun, but I needed experience, I wanted to live in the bush and put into practice what I had studied, so I went in Botswana, where I left my heart and my soul.

Today I am a certified guide, I am studying natural sciences and I am about to start training as a veterinary technician to give substance to what I love and to be able to help concretely.

"Every long journey, always starts from the first step.”

Monica