Job title: Vice President of Program Development
Worked at Holbrook Travel since: April 1998
Born: Ankara, Turkey
Pelin has a bachelor's degree in city & regional planning from Middle East Technical University in Turkey and a masters degree in recreation, parks & tourism from the University of Florida. She says she would like to go to Churchill, Canada to see the polar bears, but she doesn't have a favorite place to go because she thinks every place is beautiful and she can never choose. Her hobbies include photography and any Gators sporting event. If she were an animal, she would be a condor, because she'd love to fly that high and soar the skies.
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Photo of the Month: November 2025
Above: On the way to see baobab trees at sunset on the red dirt roads in the bush of Madagascar, we stopped as the young goat herders crossed directly in front of us, looking like majestic figures in the sunlit, dusty glow. It felt like the scene of a movie, and this photo captured the feeling of that moment perfectly.
eBird Trip Reports: South Africa
Want to know which species other Holbrook travelers have seen on their birding trips to South Africa? Check out these eBird trip reports shared by past groups to see their checklists and get an idea of what you might encounter on your own birding expedition.
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