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
Epic Trips is part of Ventura TRAVEL, a global travel group with over 20 years of experience crafting authentic, tailor-made journeys for more than 80,000 travellers. Our new brand brings the best of that heritage into the digital age.
We combine two decades of real on-the-ground knowledge with cutting-edge AI technology, letting you design and book your next trip in minutes. Every itinerary is powered by Ventura’s trusted network of local partners, hand-picked experiences, and a deep understanding of what makes travel meaningful.
Epic Trips is where proven expertise meets innovation — fast, intuitive, and built for modern travellers who value both convenience and authenticity.
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.
Our Story
Ventura TRAVEL began with a simple belief: trips should feel real, not packaged. For over two decades, our team has built a global community of local experts and responsible travel brands guided by that same principle.
Epic Trips is the next chapter of that journey. We’ve taken Ventura’s long-standing expertise - trusted partners, deep destination knowledge, and a commitment to meaningful travel - and turned it into a fast, AI-driven experience.
The result is tailor-made travel for a new generation: intuitive, flexible, and backed by specialists who understand travellers’ needs. Your trip may start with AI, but it’s shaped by real people who care deeply about creating unforgettable journeys.
Our promises to you
1. Create Your Custom Itinerary
Adapt our handcrafted trips or let our AI custom-generate your perfect journey.
2. Get Prices
Compare rates effortlessly and confidently to secure the best deals for your travel plans.
3. Book Effortlessly
Book hotels and transportation with just a single click, saving you time and hassle.
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
Brand Director Epic Trips
Curious traveler with a big love for local flavors & off-the-beaten-path adventures
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
Authentic Travel & Modern Entrepreneurship
Andre founded Viventura - the first Ventura TRAVEL brand - while still a student out of a desire to make trips more fun and show travelers the real South America. On the ground there, he set up different offices that took care of travel organization, trip development and customer service. He moved back to Berlin in 2012 and, three years later, he founded Ventura TRAVEL. Since then, he has been supporting tourism professionals who have a passion for a specific tourism niche to build their brands within Ventura. Through this construct, these "intrapreneurs" develop their vision for their destinations, while having an experienced team with professional infrastructure on the background for areas such as finance, marketing, IT, and HR. Privately, Andre enjoys spending time with his wife and son and tries to eat good ceviche as often as possible.
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.