The Team

Rodolphe Holler

Rodolphe Holler has been living in French Polynesia since 2000. He lives on the island of Moorea and is the owner and Managing Director of Tahiti Private Expeditions.

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 superyachts both in Tahiti and in other parts of the world.

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, Austral and Gambier islands and Tuamotu atolls. His expertise has also expanded to the other South Pacific destinations.

After 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.

As an underwater professional photographer and film maker, he is involved in the shooting of TV documentaries. His experience in rebreather diving allows him to get closer to the marine wildlife.

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

Christelle Holler

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

As the Operations and Communication Manager, she manages the day to day business of Tahiti Private Expeditions. She is the liaison between the yachts and the guides. Due to her previous international professional experience in the hospitality industry in the US and Europe, Christelle’s understanding of high level expectations allows her to manage the administrative and communication / marketing aspects of the company.

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

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

As a dive master, she never misses the opportunity to go for a dive. As a consultant, she also promotes French Polynesia as a superyachts destination to this specific industry in coordination with the local professionals in Tahiti and attends the yearly boat shows overseas also writing for international superyachts magazines.

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.

Julien Buzzi

Julien Buzzi was born in Madagascar and then moved with his family at the age of 4 to Western Africa where he spent 10 years. After a few years in France, Julien moved to New Caledonia and his passion for free diving and scuba diving, combined with his childhood passion for sharks, developed tremendously within this magnificent environment.

He studied tropical ecology at university and started fully enjoying diving during a long stay in Mauritius in the Indian Ocean after he graduated.

 After he became an instructor, he travelled to Tahiti & her Islands and worked for a couple of years in Rangiroa in the Tuamotu archipelago. Julien has been living in French Polynesia for 4 years and has dived the various islands of the country extensively. He now lives on the main island of Tahiti.

 He is also a French certified dive instructor, PADI OWSI and an advanced Nitrox instructor. Julien is also a closed circuit rebreather diver and semi-closed rebreather instructor. Julien is experienced diving with yachts, such as MY Ocean Victory,  MY Mary Jean, MY Karima, SY Silvertip and SY Carl Linne. He has excellent communication skills and adapts to any type of situation to make sure our clients have a 100 % customised dive trip. Julien is fluent in English. 

Julien also sits for Rodolphe or Christelle when they are traveling overseas and is acting as the technical manager for all the maintenance and service of the dive gear in the company.

Anthony Lagant

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

Anthony spent five years in the French Navy traveling the world. After he left the navy, he lived in the US and Brazil for a couple of years. During this time, he worked at the Los Angeles Ritz Carlton where he gained a good experience of high level service dealing with demanding clients.

He then worked in Tanzania aboard a scientific expedition yacht named “Kairos” where guests also actively participated in research. He was in charge of the dive operation onboard.

Anthony moved to French Polynesia five years ago and worked in Bora Bora before moving to Moorea. He is also familiar with the Tuamotu atolls known as hosting some of the best dive sites of the country. After having worked for several dive centers in Moorea, his main activity lies with the Moorea Dolphin Center as their video operator. He had the opportunity to participate in the shooting of documentaries on several occasions.

He is a 2 star CMAS and PADI OWI but also a semi-closed rebreather instructor and a certified Trimix diver.

Thanks to his past experience, Anthony has developed excellent interpersonal skills and can adapt to any type of guests for both diving and snorkeling with yachts having already worked with M/Y Octopus and M/Y Askari among others.

Vincent Perceval

Vincent was born and raised in Burgundy, France and showed a very early interest for swimming and scuba diving which he started as a child diving surrounding mine lakes around his home town. He became a dive instructor after he graduated from high school. He started working on the French Riviera and the Bahamas before he moved to Tahiti and her Islands for the first time at the age of 21 spending most of his time in the Tuamotu atolls on a live aboard catamaran. 

Interested in discovering other underwater grounds, he would take breaks to explore other oceans. His trips took him to the Seychelles where he worked on live aboard luxury sail yachts as their dive officer for six months. He also traveled through Central America and Brazil riding a motor bike and diving for a couple of years where he gained an good knowledge of Spanish and Portuguese. Vincent is also fluent in English.

Back in French Polynesia, Vincent has settled on the UNESCO biosphere reserve atoll of Fakarava. He still makes the most of his time off to travel to other areas of the South Pacific and South East Asia. 

When he does not dive or travel, Vincent likes to play music such as the guitar and percussions.

He is a 2 star CMAS and an OWSI instrutor. He has had the opportunity to work with MY Exuma, SY Drumbeg and SY Athena in the past. His excellent knowledge of the islands, especially in the Tuamotu archipelago, will make him the perfect asset on a yacht dive trip.

Thierry was born in France in Vannes, Brittany. He speaks English fluently and German.

Thierry carried out a couple of years national service in the French Navy and traveled throughout the world.  He then worked in high standard hotels in France, Germany and England and carried on for 13 years.

Fascinated by the undersea world, he would also spend most of his free time scuba diving and decided to become an instructor (2 star CMAS) and share his passion with the others.

Thierry moved to French Polynesia nearly 10 years ago and worked in Bora Bora before taking over the management of a dive shop in Manihi for several years. His knowledge of diving in a Tuamotu pass is excellent and has over 1,000 thousand dives around these islands.

Thanks to his past experience, Thierry has developed excellent interpersonal skills and can adapt to any type of guests for both diving and snorkelling.

Thierry is also PADI OWSI, an advanced Nitrox instructor and rebreather diver.

Thierry has already worked, among others, with M/Y Twizzle, M/Y Helios, M/Y Big Aron, S/Y Squall, S/Y Cavu, S/Y Carl Linne, S/Y Adele, S/Y Maltese Falcon.

And our mascot, "Eclair" the dog who faithfully assists us!