Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Jacek Pałkiewicz (born 2 June 1942) is a Polish journalist, traveler and explorer.

Throughout his life, Pałkiewicz collaborated with many of the most respected newspapers, including Corriere della Sera, Rzeczpospolita, Gazzetta dello Sport, Newsweek and National Geographic.

Jacek Edward Pałkiewicz was born on 2 June 1942 in a German labour camp in Immensen near Lehrte in Lower Saxony, where his mother was forcibly sent during World War II.

In 2002, under the patronage of the government of Peru, Pałkiewicz began an expedition upstream the Madre de Dios River in search of the semi-mythical city of Paititi, better known as El Dorado.

Currently, he resides in Bassano del Grappa near Venice, where he continues to train various special forces and astronauts in the art of survival.