Jungle Team
Jungle Doc Productions is comprised of two partners, Alain Bonnet and Thierry Jamin, and relies on a network of partners selected for their expertise.
Thierry Jamin
Co-founder, along with Alain Bonnet, of Jungle Doc Productions.
Bachelor’s degree in History and Geography, Master’s degree in History and Geography, Master’s degree in Modern History, and one year of graduate study in Latin American history as part of the preparation for a thesis on Païtiti.
A French explorer and graduate of the Universities of Tours and Toulouse (France, EU), with a passion for Inca civilization, he has devoted his research since 1998 to studying the Inca people’s enduring presence in the Amazon rainforest. After numerous expeditions into the Peruvian Amazon rainforest, he may be on the verge of reaching his ultimate goal: the “mysterious” lost city of Paititi.
Previously published:
- Thierry Jamin, « L’aventurier de la cité perdue », éd. du Trésor, Paris, 2014
- Thierry Jamin, « Pusharo, la memoria recobrada de los Incas », Lima, noviembre de 2007
- Thierry Jamin, Pierre-Albert Ruquier, « L’Eldorado inca. A la recherche de Païtiti », éd. Hugo & Cie, Paris, novembre 2006
- Thierry Jamin, « Machu Picchu, la chambre secrète », Amazon, 2020
- Thierry Jamin, « Les momies non humaines de Nazca », éd. Atlantes, 2020
Alain Bonnet
Co-founder, along with Thierry Jamin, of Jungle Doc Productions.
Manager of Jungle Doc Productions.
Photographer, webmaster, graphic designer, director, cameraman, and video editor.
Passionate about image and sound, he founded a communications agency in 1996 near Toulouse (France, EU), which he managed until its closure in 2020. Nearly a quarter-century in the communications industry.
Eager for new discoveries, he has been a partner on Thierry Jamin’s expeditions since 2003. He participated in the Pusharo 2006 and Palotoa 2007 expeditions. This allowed him to experience firsthand the realities of the field in the Amazon rainforest and its challenges. He was captivated by the human richness of Peru, both past and present, and by the striking contrast between the country’s three main regions: the coastal desert, the peaks of the Andes, and the Amazon.
Chiki Jamin
Chiki joined the team in 2020. An explorer at heart, the Amazon rainforest holds no secrets for her anymore. The Nasca Desert had better watch out! As a member of the Chiribaya community—now designated a national heritage site in Peru—Chiki has remained humble nonetheless…
Jungle Doc's Partners
Edward Valenzuela Gil
Edward Valenzuela Gil is the director and founder of NEVIZA Productions, an audiovisual company based in Cusco dedicated to promoting and showcasing tourist destinations in Peru.
A graduate in Communications and Television from Lima, he has worked for over 10 years producing documentary films and videos promoting tourism through NEVIZA Productions. His primary focus is to showcase the most spectacular locations and, above all, to faithfully document the efforts, challenges, joys, and hardships encountered during these expeditions.
Thanks to Edward Valenzuela Gil’s fabulous images, you will be a privileged witness to the extraordinary archaeological discoveries made by Thierry Jamin’s team as they follow in the footsteps of the Incas’ last secrets. You will follow them through the Andes, the Peruvian coast, and the Amazon rainforest. At the end of the road, Eldorado may lie…
Jonathan Wachbar & Maxime Arnould
Maxime Arnould, an exceptional drone pilot from the Jura region of France, has been accompanying us in the Nasca desert since 2024. New breakthroughs in the study of the “Nasca Mummies” site and the incredible geoglyphs have been made possible thanks to his drones equipped with thermal cameras.
Jonathan Wachbar, originally from Alsace (France), is Maxime’s assistant. He has also been working with us in the field since 2024.