un uomo e la sua

It has been “Back to Africa” for Francesco Gambella the record breaking man. After crossing the Tyrrhenian Sea, after the Mexico-Cuba endeavor, Indonesia, Lake Victoria and Dubai, this year the canoeist has braved the Equatorial Guinea waters in Central Africa. Continue reading →

2017 – Emirates Kayak Expedition

2016 – Yucatàn Kayak Expedition

Yucatàn Kayak Expedition; May2016, 200 km to be covered in just two days departing Playa del Carmen and arriving in the beautiful island of Holbox.

The athlete and the staff departed Rome airport boarding gear and canoes in the plane Continue reading →

2015 – Ostia – Porto San Paolo Kayak Expedition

In the month of June 2015, Francesco repeated its first sports challenge, previously accomplished at the age of 20, in 1994. Exactly 21 years later, he crossed again the stretch of sea that divides mainland Italy from Sardinia, this time Continue reading →

2011 – Zanzibar Kayak Expedition

This expedition proved to be a proper African adventure, conceived by Bruno Liconti to support the realization of water related Amref projects in Tanzania.

The endeavor consisted in crossing the stretch of water dividing Pemba island from Zanzibar.

Once on Continue reading →

2010 – Lake Victoria Kayak Expedition

2010 proves to be the right time to brave Lake Victoria, the largest tropical inland basin in the world, home of crocodiles and hippopotamus. Two years worth of traveling and inspections were necessary to organize such undertaking in order to Continue reading →

2007 – Kayak “Giro d’Italia”

The “Giro d’Italia” is every canoeists’ wet dream, yet again the logistics concerning such a grand scale endeavor are complex and not within any sportsman’s reach.
Before Francesco, another athlete, Gennaro Cirillo, achieved the kayak “Giro d’Italia”, seeing it through Continue reading →

2000 – Mexico to Cuba

This accomplishment, achieved in the Jubilee year 2000, was sponsored mainly by Ostiensis travels owned by Giampiero Gualandri.

At first Francesco intended to set a route which leaving Miami would directly reach Cuba; the diplomatic tensions and the long standing Continue reading →

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Francesco
ed Amref

Francesco è ambasciatore della ONG AmrefItalia Onlus

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Francesco Gambella

A man and

his vessel

un uomo e la sua

imbarcazione

Only relying on

his own strength

spinto solo dalla forza

delle sue braccia

Defying the sea,

seeking excellence through the unmapped

sfida il mare

l'ignoto per eccellenza

Challenging his

own limits

mettendo alla prova

tutti i suoi limiti

A man and

his vessel

un uomo e la sua

imbarcazione

Only relying on

his own strength

spinto solo dalla forza

delle sue braccia

Defying the sea,

seeking excellence through the unmapped

sfida il mare

l'ignoto per eccellenza

Challenging his

own limits

mettendo alla prova

tutti i suoi limiti

A man and

his vessel

un uomo e la sua

imbarcazione

Only relying on

his own strength

spinto solo dalla forza

delle sue braccia

Defying the sea,

seeking excellence through the unmapped

sfida il mare

l'ignoto per eccellenza

Challenging his

own limits

mettendo alla prova

tutti i suoi limiti

HIGHLIGHT!

EQUATORIALGUINEAKAYAKEXPEDITION

THE NEW VENTURE

COMING SOON

EMIRATESKAYAKEXPEDITION

LA NUOVA IMPRESA DI FRANCESCO

70th Anniversary of Italian Constitution

Who is Francesco

Ventures

Le imprese di Francesco

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Francesco and Amref

Francesco is Ambassador for the African NGO Amref Italia Onlus

Francesco ed Amref

Francesco è ambasciatore della ONG AmrefItalia Onlus

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EMIRATES
KAYAK
EXPEDITION

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ed Amref