Private Trips
Design your dream adventure. Remote Expeditions crafts bespoke private trips & personalized travel experiences, guided by Tristan. Plan your exclusive journey!
Private and Customizable Trips
You prefer travel at your own pace rather than a group ? We got you covered, all of these trips below are available as Private. Feel free to explore these itineraries, they can be booked as a VIP tour only for you ! You would like to adjust it, add an activity or stay longer in a place ? Just let us know
What make us Different ?
The Tristan Edge: Photographer, Guide, Explorer (and Coder!)
Unlike generic tour operators, you’re guided by someone who lives and breathes both photography and South America. With 20 years shaping travel experiences and deep roots across the continent, I blend technical photo expertise with intimate local knowledge. I don’t just point out shots; I help you find the story within the frame. And yes, as a developer, I even built our custom travel app to enhance your journey.
Deep South American Expertise
Forget surface-level trips. My time living, exploring, and building relationships across South America means access to unique locations, genuine cultural encounters, and insights that generic tours miss. We go where the light is best and the stories are richest.
Meticulously Crafted Itineraries
Every itinerary is built from years of on-the-ground experience. I prioritize:
- Flexibility: Building in time for spontaneous opportunities and adapting to conditions.
- Optimal Light: Being in the right place at the golden hours (and blue hours!).
- Unique Access: Leveraging local connections for experiences and locations others can’t reach.
- Photographic Potential: Scouting locations specifically for their visual storytelling power.
How it works ?
1. Explore & Enquire
Review the tour details online. Ready to join a group or craft a private journey? Contact Tristan to begin!
2. Personal Consultation
Let’s connect via phone or video! Share your travel dreams and expectations so we can tailor the perfect experience.
3. Craft Your Trip
We’ll refine your itinerary via email, answering all questions until you’re thrilled with the plan and ready to proceed.
4. Secure Your Spot
Confirm with a $1500 USD deposit (secure Card/Transfer). This lets us book prime hotels & flights early for you.
5. Finalize Payment
The remaining balance is due 90 days before your departure. We’ll send a friendly reminder for easy payment.
6. Booking Confirmation
Relax while we handle it all! We secure all bookings and logistics, ensuring a seamless travel arrangement for you.
7. Get Trip Ready
~60 days pre-trip, receive your detailed Roadbook: final itinerary, packing list, country info, and useful tips.
8. Adventure Awaits!
Travel worry-free! Tristan meets you upon arrival. Your unforgettable journey begins now!
The Complete Journey: Comfort, Care & Connection
Curated Hotels
We select accommodations not just for comfort, but for character and location – charming lodges, boutique hotels, or unique stays that enhance the experience and offer photographic potential.
Confortable Transportation
Focus on your photography, not logistics. We handle the details with reliable, comfortable, and appropriate transport (often with extra space for gear), ensuring your safety and peace of mind throughout.
Selected Restaurants
Experience the local culture through its flavours. We prioritize authentic, delicious meals, often in locally-owned restaurants or unique settings, providing opportunities for connection and shared moments.
Here’s what others have to say about Remote Expeditions!
Take a look at what our travelers have to say about their experience with Remote Expeditions
A Photographer’s Dream Tour with Tristan
From the very first communication Tristan was responsive and helpful, receptive to tailor making a travel and photographic experience that was exactly what I was looking for. As a passionate photographer himself, I knew I was speaking with a like-minded soul who understands the specific needs and wants of a fellow photographer.
The tour itself was brilliant. As well as being a capable and professional tour organizer, Tristan is great company and an interesting travel companion.
The special relationship he has built up over the years with the Kogui people and local guides enabled a very special opportunity to visit and photograph them, both culturally and photographically interesting, and a rare, much appreciated opportunity.
Combine this with Tristan’s ability to speak several languages fluently including the local one, and you’re onto a winner!
United Kingdom
Fantastic trip off the beaten path
Tristan is a very knowledgeable guide and photographer, and he is also very personable. Traveling with him was a very nice experience and we had lots of laughs too!
The trip was flawlessly organized and Tristan understood our needs very well, tailoring the itinerary to ensure we had the best experience possible. Thanks to him, we discovered Colombia off the beaten path.
Last but not least, I have done a number of photography trips and Tristan is probably the most dedicated teacher I have traveled with. He is really passionate about passing on his knowledge and passion about photography.
I will certainly book another trip with Remote Expeditions in the near future.
Switzerland
Excellent Travel & Photography Guide
Tristan created a wonderful cultural experience for us over a 10 day visit to Cuba.
From a photography perspective, he had researched people and locations to insure the best model, in the most cuban environment in the best light.
Although we were focused on photography, he rounded out the tour with opportunities to experience the history (visit to old sugar plantation), the land (visit to a farm with oxen and a hike to waterfall), and the food (experiencing local food and drink in beautiful settings). I would highly recommend Tristan as a guide. We are already planning our next trip with him.
USA
Unveiling Beauty Through the Lens with Tristan
The Luminous Journeys “VIVA Colombia” trip was fantastic for photographic opportunities in a country that is still largely unexplored by travel photographers. Tristan was an enthusiastic leader offering insights into his creative approach to photographing Colombia, including its indigenous peoples. His patient and sensitive approach dealing with locals allowed participants learn and appreciate Colombia’s many diverse customs. There was a good balance between street & culture photography, nature/tropical birds, and landscapes.
In addition, Tristan’s willingness to help participants with the technical and artistic aspects of photography was greatly appreciated. Plus he’s just great fun! The trip was well organized and the hotels and food were superb. Overall, Viva Colombia! provided diverse photographic opportunities that would have broad appeal to photography enthusiasts looking for untrammeled travel adventure in a fascinating South American country.Highly recommended!
Canada
Authentic and well organized expedition in an indigenous tribe
It was a work trip as I was working on a very specific topic ( panela) and Tristan took care of all the details and was very
understanding.
The whole experience felt very authentic, and overall Tristan is so passionate
about what he does it’s hard not to have a blast during the trip.
USA – France
A Compassionate Journey with Tristan
As the wife of a photographer, I’ve gone a half dozen photo tours. I try to make them my own and usually am successful in doing so. If I had to pinpoint anything that made the trip successful, it would be Tristan’s humanity shown so many times in the way he treated participants and native
Colombians. Visiting native tribes (not painted-face imposters) was a treat for me and my iPhone camera. Tristan planned well, explained things in detail and also found local experts who taught a great deal.
USA
What a wonderful Trip !
What a wonderful trip. Tristan is such a lovely person and well organised.
We had a wonderful trip around the Sierra Nevada in Colombia, up to Camarones and even Mompox. We visited so many places and met so many great people and communities.
It was FANTASTIC.
I highly recommand Remote Expeditions and Tristan for any trip you intend to plan
Switzerland
Pocket Guide
The Remote Expeditions App
Enhance your journey with our exclusive custom-built mobile app, designed specifically for Remote Expeditions travelers:
- Offline Access: Navigate maps, view your detailed itinerary, and access key info even without connectivity.
- Photography Tips: Get location-specific shooting advice and reminders right when you need them.
- Seamless Communication: Easy access to contacts and updates.
- Your Journey, Organized: All your trip details in one convenient place.
This is a tool born from my own experience as both a traveler and developer, designed to make your expedition smoother and more enriching.
What ? How ? When ?
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes sure. For any private journey, please refer to my page customized photo trips for more details. We can build together the itinerary of your dreams.
These photo tours are designed by photographers, for photographers… As experts of the destinations, we have worked hard to select the corners that best reflect the light and moments.. Easy hikes, where the days are punctuated by many spontaneous breaks, the ideal way to connect with the elements that surround us and take the time to frame before pressing the shutter release.
It will mainly depend on the main topic of the day wether the focus is on people, landscape or wildlife.<br>We will live to the rhythm of light and weather phenomena.<br>Always ahead of time, from dusk to dawn, playing with relief, contrasts and shadows…<br>On landscape assignement a typical day will consist of taking advantage of the lights that are present at sunrise and sunset. Depending on the weather and other factors such as fatigue, we may stay a few hours in hotels to devote ourselves to photo post-processing.