Tahiti Private Expeditions

WHO ARE WE?

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Tahiti Private Expeditions
BP 3587
Temae
98728 Moorea
Polynesie Française

Rodolphe Holler

Rodolphe Holler has been living in French Polynesia since 2000. He lives on the island of Moorea.

His wide experience as a diving instructor and marine biology combined with his excellent knowledge of Tahiti and her islands make him the guide specialist and advisor for super yachts.

Over the years, Rodolphe has worked as a dive master on several islands, such as Moorea, Bora Bora, Rangiroa and is familiar with the dive spots of all the Society islands and Tuamotu atolls.

Afer having set up and run the first VIP eco tour of Bora Bora, oriented towards marine conservation, he worked as a dolphin trainer at the Moorea Dolphin Center.

Further to his field studies with scientists, Rodolphe also has a broad experience in dolphin & whale watching and holds a specific licence to carry out this activity.

He is an underwater professional photographer and videographer and is involved in the shooting of TV documentaries.

Rodolphe also manages a team of guides whom he has fully trained to meet Tahiti Private Expeditions’ high standards while aboard a yacht.

Christelle Holler

Christelle Holler was born in the South of France and raised in Lyon, France.

Due to her previous international professional experience in the hospitality industry, Christelle’s understanding of high level expectations allows her to coordinate the administrative and communication aspects of the company.

Thanks to her good knowledge of the islands and numerous dive trips, she advises in preparing customized itineraries for the yachts and follows up the logistics prior to a yacht’s dive trip.

Christelle worked as a stewardess aboard a Tahiti based luxury charter yacht travelling to the various islands of French Polynesia.

As a dive master, she nevers misses the opportunity to go for a dive. She is also involved in the naturalist field studies Rodolphe carries out.

The dive team

Rodolphe has selected and trained a team of several excellent professional dive guides/ instructors upon the company’s high-level standards. Each individual has been specifically chosen for his diving qualifications, interpersonal skills, experience of the islands, knowledge of the marine wildlife and communication skills in English. The best guide will be chosen for you according to your destination and requirements.

Thierry Cadeau

Thierry Cadeau was born in France in Vannes, Brittany. He speaks very good English and German.

Thierry carried out a couple of years national service in the French Navy as the Head Waiter aboard a war ship and travelled the world. He then carried on as a Maitre D’ in high standard hotels and worked in different European countries for several years.

Fascinated by the undersea world, he would also spend most of his free time scuba diving and decided to become an instructor and share his passion with the others.

He moved to French Polynesia nearly 10 years ago and lived in Bora Bora before taking over the management of a dive shop in Manihi. His knowledge of diving in a Tuamotu pass is excellent. He is now back in Bora Bora.

Thierry already worked with M/Y Twizzle, M/Y Helios, M/Y Big Aron, S/Y Squall, S/Y Cavu and S/Y Maltese Falcon and M/Y Keri Lee.

Serge Renault

Serge Renault was born on the island of La Réunion located in the Indian Ocean, East of Madagascar. Thanks to a Canadian mother and a French military father, he travelled the world during his childhood and caught what he likes to call “the travel virus”.

He speaks good English and a little Spanish. In 2001, after he graduated in sports management from a French university which included a two year degree in sport event management at the French National Student Sport Federation, Serge decided to travel the world making the most of his passion for the underwater wildlife. He worked in Thailand, Corsica, Madagascar…

He also worked with M/V Haveyli in the Maldives in 2002 and 2003. Serge stopped for the first time in French Polynesia in 2003 and the second time in 2006. He spent 6 months diving in Bora Bora before moving to Rangiroa where he guided for more than 3 years. He is also familiar with diving in many atolls and islands.

Serge is a CMAS and PADI Open Water instructor. He loves sharing his knowledge of the local underwater wildlife and teach diving. Guest oriented and flexible, he is a real asset on a superyacht during a dive / snorkelling cruise.

Anthony Lagant

Anthony Lagant was born in France and grew up in Paris. He speaks very good English, Portuguese and Spanish.

Anthony spent five years in the French Navy travelling the world. Further, he lived in the US and Brazil for a couple of years and worked as a waiter at the Los Angeles Ritz Carlton.

He became a dive instructor in 2001 (2 star CMAS and PADI OWI). He is also a semi-closed rebreather instructor and a certified Trimix diver.

Before moving to Tahiti, he was responsible for the diving section aboard a scientific expedition yacht ( “the Kairos”) in Tanzania. High profile guests also actively participated to the research.

Anthony worked in Bora Bora before moving to Moorea. He is also familiar with the main Tuamotu atolls known as hosting some of the best dive sites of the country. As an underwater video operator, he had the opportunity to participate in shooting documentaries on several occasions.

Thanks to his past experience, Anthony has developed excellent interpersonal skills and can adapt to demanding guests for both diving and snorkelling. Anthony has a previous experience aboard MY Octopus and MY Askari.