This website is run by András Zboray, a native of Budapest, Hungary. András made his first desert ventures at the age of 16 while living in Egypt, visiting Kharga & Dakhla oases in the Western Desert of Egypt with some friends. A year later he made a solo trip to northern Sudan. Since then his interest in travel and archaeology has taken him to over 70 countries on all continents, yet his main addiction remains the Sahara, where he began a serious study of the prehistoric rock art. The first major Sahara trip was to the Tassili N'Ajjer in southern Algeria in 1991 (accompanied by his wife Magdi, a partner on all later trips), which was repeated in 1993.
In 1987, after a request by Hungarian Television to organise an expedition along the footsteps of Almásy, we ventured into the Great Sand Sea in Egypt. The following year we succeeded in reaching our longtime goal, Jebel Uweinat and the Gilf Kebir.
Based on the success of these trips, András and Magdi established Fliegel Jezerniczky Expeditions in 1999 to organise expeditions to the Western Desert of Egypt. Since then we made several expeditions to Jebel Uweinat and the Gilf Kebir region in South-western Egypt. In 2000 october we made an exploratory trip to the Fezzan in Libya with our daughter Dóra, then 3.5. Based on our very positive experience, a trip was organised to Jebels Arkenu & Uweinat from the Libyan side in 2001 november, and further trips are planned to both Egypt and Libya.
In his "normal life" András manages the European operations of a startup information technology firm. András is the author of the "Saharan Rock Art", "Tassili N'Ajjer" and "Egypt" chapters of Chris Scott's Sahara Overland, the only up-to date guide to the whole saharan region, and is currently working on a comprehensive catalogue and bibliography of all known rock art sites in the central Libyan Desert. Magdi is a financial consultant.
Fliegel Jezerniczky Expeditions Ltd. is a limited liability company registered in the United Kingdom.
