Lead astronomer, Atacama
Spent nine years on the operations team at Paranal before moving to guiding full time. Camila runs the longest-standing programme on the plateau and knows exactly which ravine blocks the wind on any given night. She keeps a hand-drawn logbook of every object she has shown a guest since 2012.
“People come for the photographs. What actually changes them is the ten minutes when nobody says anything.”
Record
Led by Camila
Atacama Plateau · Chile
Five moonless nights on the plateau timed to put the galactic core at zenith between 01:00 and 03:00.
From, per person
$3,480
Wadi Rum · Jordan
Peak-night Perseids from a Bedouin camp, with sandstone walls framing every frame.
From, per person
$1,120