About Epic Trips
The smart way to plan and book tailor made trips.
Built on 20 Years of Travel Expertise - Reimagined for the AI Era
My Ventura
Behind every Epic Trip is a blend of human insight and smart automation. Your itinerary is generated in seconds, but it’s shaped by years of data from thousands of travellers, expert recommendations from our local teams, and the same care we put into every Ventura journey.
Our AI takes the complexity out of planning while our global network ensures quality, safety, and unique experiences you won’t find on mass-market platforms. You stay in control — adjusting days, changing hotels, or adding destinations — and we make the logistics effortless.
It’s like having a personal travel designer and a powerful trip-building tool working together, 24/7.
What it means to travel with My Ventura
My Ventura
And the best thing. Thanks to your trips good things are happening in the destination. Your trip is an investment in the country. Family fathers can stay with their family in remote areas thanks to income from community based tourism and don't any longer have to work in the big city half the year. Animals and nature gets protected thanks to the economic benefit of preserving them for travelers. Rights of indigenous people get respected, as they draw the attention of our clients.
Our promises to you
1. Checked locally
Routes, hotels, and key experiences are reviewed by people who know the destination, not pulled from a generic marketplace.
2. Adaptable where it matters
You can adjust pace, hotel level, activities, and extensions while keeping a route that already works.
3. Supported on site
You travel with a named local contact, WhatsApp concierge service, and Ventura backup before and during the trip.
4. Quality without the luxury tax
We build strong trips without bloated middlemen, then pass the value directly into better choices for your journey.
The team
All of our team has a passion for South America. But do not take our word for it: get to know their team and their descriptions, so you can see how much passion our travel specialists and tour guides have for this continent. You truly are in good hands!
Cristina Presura
My Ventura
Christina leads Epic Trips, shapes bold adventure concepts, improves product quality, aligns operations, strengthens brand identity, and ensures every trip delivers unique high energy experiences.
Cristina leads Epic Trips, Ventura Travel’s AI-powered travel brand, redefining personalized travel. With a background in business development, partnerships, and strategy, she brings a global perspective and loves reimagining how travellers explore the world. Cristina has lived in Austria, Portugal, Germany, Kenya, South Africa, and Spain, speaks four languages, and loves discovering new destinations through their food, local culture, nature, and yoga.
Andre Kiwitz
CEO & Founder
Andre crafts travel experiences that feel authentic and personal, running his company with a level of clarity and intensity that travelers inevitably feel.
Andre started his journey in 2001 after realizing that organized travel often lacks depth and real connection. He founded Ventura to scale authentic, specialist travel experiences by reducing complexity and prioritizing strong local partnerships over industry-standard solutions. He leads the company with a clear focus on speed and ownership and expects his teams to take full responsibility for quality and execution. Outside of work, he prioritizes freedom, fitness, and destinations with character over comfort.
Erick Feijoo
Integrator, Head of Business Operations
U.S.-born, Ecuadorian bred, Berliner by choice
Erick works from our Berlin office as Integrator and oversees our company's business operations. From a very early age, he's been fascinated by new languages and cultures, and he especially enjoys getting to know countries' politics and history. Erick's family is from Ecuador and Peru, and he previously worked on economic development issues across different Latin American countries. He joined Ventura TRAVEL after working in Washington D.C., Germany, Belgium, and Costa Rica.
Alfredo Ortegón
IT Developer
Always learning, always exploring, and always hungry
Fredo is a tech-enthusiast with a never-ending thirst for knowledge. When he's not behind a computer screen, you can find him exploring nature on his mountain bike or indulging in his love for food. Fredo brings a positive and energetic attitude to the workplace.
Ana Caceres
HR Specialist
Family, friends and chocolate
Born in Medellín, raised in Bogotá and Santa Marta. Ana is the HR coordinator for our office in Medellín. She has been an entrepreneur for most of her working life. She has a communication degree and her passion is to help others. She enjoys traveling to tropical places and loves the Caribbean. Ana is very family oriented and enjoys spending quality time with her family and friends. She enjoys cooking all kinds of food and watching movies. Dark chocolate, wine, and coffee are always welcome
Gustavo Cataño
IT Director
Using technology to make life easier
I love tech things, and use this passion every day in my work with our IT team to deliver great value for Ventura Travel. I like to travel and enjoy riding my bike along unknown roads. However, above all things, I really enjoy spending my free time with my family and my daughter.
Sebastian Morales
IT Developer
Food and music lover
Sebastian is passionate about creativity, design, and writing. A software engineer who works in the IT department as a full-stack developer from a medium-sized city of Colombia called Bucaramanga. He studied music at university with a major in classic piano, plays the bass guitar as a hobby, and sometimes produces his own compositions / songs. He is eager to learn new stuff out of curiosity almost always, a team-player who does not believe in organization heroes, easy-going person, and has a great sense of product quality and user experience.