Party Promoter, Photography, and Social Media
Gilney has been an awesome part of our team! He is a great attitude, works with passion, and delivers exceptional content!
Thank you very much for your kindness and appreciation. You guys are amazing!!! :-D
Talking about the hostel is the same as talking about a big, amazing, and welcoming family. I learned a lot of new skills and made friends for a lifetime. I definitely going to miss this place and I look forward to come to voluntering again.
Content Writer, Photography, and Video Making
Conhecer o eco lodge através de um voluntariado foi uma experiencia única e muito enriquecedora. Além da recepção calorosa pude aprender muito com o proprietário, funcionários e com os locais sobre práticas sustentáveis e desenvolvimento do turismo sustentável. Além disso, fiz amigos para uma vida toda. Muito obrigado!!!
Video Making
Gilney é um profissional de alta qualidade e vasta experiência, suas fotografias são pura arte! Além disso, é proativo, responsável, e preocupado em cumprir com tudo o que é combinado. Tem vivência internacional e muita bagagem para agregar a qualquer anfitrião! É também uma pessoa de relacionamento muito fácil, ótima conversa. Além de ser educado e respeitoso, se preocupa em zelar pelos espaços que utiliza. Ficamos muito satisfeito em recebê-lo aqui, e mais do que isso, nos sentimos orgulhosos por ter feito parte de um trabalho tão rico que ele produziu durante a sua estadia!
Fico muito feliz em saber que pude contribuir com o meu traballho fotográfico Tadeu. Saiba que é muito fácil e prazeroso trabalhar quando o anfitriao é receptivo, flexível e comprometido, fornecendo as ferrementas necessárias para a boa execuçao do serviço proposto. Foi uma experiencia magnífica! Muito obrigado!
My experience was very positive, cheerful and friendly. The host Tadeu is a caring person who made me feel like part of the family. Very attentive and professional, he was always ready to meet my needs with a big smile on his face. The property is beautiful and history and nature are in the same place. This whole environment made my job easy and very pleasant. This was my first experience as a Worldpacker and without any doubt I started it on the right foot.
Worldpackers Academy was created to prepare the travel community to be committed and engaged volunteers.
Completed the Worldpackers Travel Writers certificate where he/she learned how to create engaging travel content, optimize for SEO, and pitch stories.
Completed the course “How to travel and work as a photographer”, learning which equipment to use, editing and processing techniques, and how to create a photography portfolio.
I am a Brazilian guy with a Bachelor’s degree in Tourism and a MBA in Tourism and Hospitality, also a Graduate School in Ecotourism. I am a professional photographer and divemaster with a great passion for nature and travel. I leaved in Maui, Hawaii for more them 4 years and my passion for nature it’s huge. Aloha!!!
I have a Bachelor degree in Tourism with a MBA in Tourism and Hospitality and a Graduate School in Ecotourism.
During 15 years of my life I was a Professor in Brazil where the main subject was Tourism and Hospitality, Environment Protection, Administration and Sales, Workplace safety, First Aids.
As a photographer I have 16 years of experience in Landscape and Underwater photography. My passion for the water and the environment made me want to learn more about it, so, in 2009, I became a Cave Diver and, in 2010, a Divemaster and an Advanced EANx Diver. I spent years diving in lakes, rivers and oceans. Along with my love for the water I also have a great passion for Landscape Photography.
Being in touch with the nature and traveling around the world has always been my passion since I was a child and being able to combine these two passions and explore the world of the photography with it, makes me fell fulfilled.
2020 - Currently - Photographer and Owner of Gilney Lima Photography - Maui, Hawaii and Lavras, Brazil
• https://gilneylimaphotography.com
• Photographing nature (aerial, Landscape and underwater) and selling photography products in various venues
Color Me Maui Photography – Maui, Hawaii
Photographer and Owner November 2017-2020
• Photographing nature (aerial, Landscape and underwater) and selling photography products in various venues
CETEC – Centro Tecnologico de Lavras (Technological Center of Lavras) – Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Professor July 2008- November 2017
• Tourism and Hospitality
• Environment
• Business Administration
• Workplace Safety
• First Aid
Green Valley and Waterfalls Tourist Circuit – Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Manager January 2001-August 2006
• Teaching Courses, Lectures and Seminars in the associated municipalities
• Preparation of Tourism diagnosis
• Photographing the attractions and tourism equipment’s
• Guiding tourists in the multiple cities
• Trained new team members
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT (300+ hours of community service)
• Volunteered at Maui Humane Society – Maui, Hawaii May 2016-March 2017
• Taking care of cats, cleaning and helping in maintenance services.
I started traveling very early when I was a kid fishing with my dad. I got to know many different areas in Brazil.
After I completed my Bachelor of Tourism, I started to explore Brazil even more. I went to the North of the country (Recife) where I took the Divemaster and Technical Diver course. Always with a camera in my hands.
In the southeastern region of Brazil I did my Cave Diver Courses.
In 2016 I traveled to Costa Rica to photograph and also have fun staying there for ten days.
In April 2017 I went to live in Maui, Hawaii, United States. There I started working as a professional photographer getting the green card (Permanent Resident Alien). but in April because the Covid 19 pandemic I had to return to Brazil where I am a living today.
When I lived in the United States, I visited the different islands of Hawaii and also traveled to Arizona and Oregon. At that time I was always photographing, having fun and meeting new people and new places.
