COMPANY INFORMATION
Name: SardinianDiscovery.com
Post address:  Via Ruota, 2 - 07041 Alghero (SS) - Sardegna – Italia
VAT number:  00390588887

ABOUT SardinianDiscovery.com :  Our story
A hiking enthusiast, I started going to the mountains when I was 6.  I made hundreds of trips in Sardinia, Corsica and Abruzzo (central Italy), first as a hobby then professionally.  Later I also became involved in my second passion: water sports, such as wind surfing, kayaking and rafting.
I started out as a software developer back in 1993, later progressing to project manager, consultant, technical director, quality manager and trainer.  In 2004 I began working as a hiking guide.  In 2007 I joined both professional experiences creating SardinianDiscovery.com and, while continuing as a hiking guide, I also started working on projects for companies:  outdoor training (i.e. team building) and incentives.
In 2011, together with Giuseppina Pintus, I opened 2 kayak centres: one for surf kayaking in Porto Ferro, the other at the Lazzaretto beach. 
Over the years I have organized outdoors activities for people with disabilities and now I want to extend these to offer kayak-based activities at the 2 centres.
Today SardinianDiscovery.com is a young and dynamic company that can meet the needs of individuals and groups; we have a large fleet of vehicles (off-road, quad bikes, mountain bikes, kayaks and other water transports); and a complement of guides and trainers who are experts in their field.
Claudio Desiati
Owner, guide and trainer

OUR CLIENTS
These are some of the clients and companies that have used our services:
Sanofi-aventis Spa, Allergy Therapeutics, Nordomatic, Medis, Tui Nordic, Fritidsresor , Star Tour, Finnmatkat, Thomson, Holiday Option, Thomas Cook , Sunway Holidays, Bici Juwel, Per pedes bergferien, F.A. Travel, Shardana Tours, Insula Tours.

NUMBERS
Between 2004 and 2007 I organized over 400 day outdoor activities with individuals or groups. Since 2007 I worked mainly with groups,the largest of 400 people.

Claudio Desiati (Owner)

EDUCATION

2012 FICK (Italian federation for canoe and kayak): Technical Canoe
2011 A.S.D 4 MORI Canoa Kayak:  Eskimo course
2010 Fondazione culturale L’Ateneu di Alghero: Catalan language course
2009 Associazione “Sottocosta”: basic kayak course
2009 Club della Vela di Porto Conte (Alghero): sailing course on Laser 1 and Laser 16  boat
2006 Società sportiva “Rockmadness” di Sassari: climbing course
2005 Enaip: introductory software course for Photoshop e Dreamweaver
2003 Club Alpino Italiano sez. di Roma:  hiking and trekking course
2003 Axios: “Quality Management System” course – implementation of a corporate quality management system according to UNI EN ISO 9001:2000
2000 Axios: management and organization of Companies 
1991 Ministry of Defense – COMSUBIN. The Navy’s commando " Subacquei e Incursori " school; assembly, disassembly and using automatic weapons, assault and defense techniques, survival, topography and orientation.

PERSONAL OUTDOORS EXPERIENCES

High altitude hikes, above 2,000 meters:
Gran Sasso:  Corno Grande from Campo Imperatore (m. 2912), both day time and night time hikes
Most of the peaks in the Parco Nazionale del Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga
High Tatras mountains (Poland and Slovakia)
Monte Cinto (Corsica)
Mont Blanc (Valle d’Aosta)
Mountaineering
Tavolara island: 120 meters 

Rafting
Marmore falls (Italy)
Iguazu falls (Brazil)
Dunajec (Poland)

Hydrospeed
Marmore falls (Italy)

Sailing
2009    Sailing along the North Sardinia coast
2009    Night crossing on a catamaran in the Tyrrhenian sea between Italy and Sardinia
1996    12 day crossing between Sardinia and the Balearic islands – with no electronic instruments

CONTRIBUTIONS TO TRAVEL GUIDES
I contributed to some travel guides:
“Alghero” by Antonio Nughes (Director of the Historical Diocesan Archive and of the School of Algherese language “Pasqual Scanu”)
North-west passage
National Geographic: an issue on Gallura (Sardinia) for the US market