Career
At the age of 23 Schulz-Kampfhenkel made an expedition to Liberia. He described his experiences in the book Das Dschungel Rief. (The Jungle Called). After finishing his geography studies he became the leader of a Amazon-Jari-Expedition (1935-1937), supported by both Brazilian and German governments and the Nazi party"s Foreign Organization (NSDAP/Association for the Study of Internal Fixation).
Schulz-Kampfhenkel relates about this expedition in his book Rätsel der Urwaldhölle (Riddle(s) of the jungle hell) and produced an eponymous film, as well.
In 1943 Schulz-Kampfhenkel got promoted to Special Commissioner of geographical questions in the Reichsforschungsrat after he had been lieutenant of Luftwaffe and Steamship-Untersturmführer.