The places that made these photographs are still out there.Come and see them.
These trips exist because the most common question people ask after seeing the work is not where to buy a print. It is how to get there.
The answer is: carefully, slowly, with the right people, and with someone who already knows where to stand when the light does something extraordinary.
What these trips are
This is not a safari package or a photography tour. It is something closer to traveling with a friend who happens to know every game reserve, camp manager, and secret road in some of the most extraordinary places on the planet. Someone who has spent years building relationships with the people who know where the leopard sleeps and which guide has never once taken a shortcut.
The groups are small by design. The accommodations are exceptional. The pace is unhurried. And the access, to wildlife, to landscapes, to the kind of moments that do not appear on itineraries, is the kind that takes years to earn.
You will come home with photographs you did not know you were capable of making. That is almost guaranteed. What is harder to prepare for is everything else.
What to Expect
Small groups
Never more than a handful of people. Enough to share the experience, few enough that the experience remains yours.
Photography
Every itinerary is built around light, timing, and the patience to wait for the right moment. You do not need to be a professional. You need to want to see.
Luxury without compromise
The best camps, the best guides, the best food. The wild does not have to be uncomfortable to be real.
Christina's access
Years of relationships with the people who know these places at their most extraordinary. This is not something that can be replicated by booking a standard itinerary.
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The next trips are currently in development. Destinations being planned include East Africa, the highlands of Rwanda, and the magic of South Africa.
Each trip will be announced to the waitlist first, with limited spots available.
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For those with a specific destination in mind and a desire to experience it the way it deserves to be experienced, Christina curates private travel itineraries tailored entirely around you. Not a template with your name on it. Something built from scratch, with the same care and attention that goes into the photographs.
About
Christina Trester
Christina Trester discovered photography long before she understood its power. A quiet obsession that began at thirteen, it would eventually reshape the entire course of her life.
She has photographed all seven continents, into the mountains of Rwanda and the dust of the Lower Zambezi, through the early mornings of Ranthambore and the golden hours of the Serengeti. Her lens seeks not merely to document the natural world, but to reveal something of its interior life: the weight of a gaze, the geometry of a creature in motion, the silence that precedes something extraordinary. The moment the light does something in a forest that no description can quite hold.
Travel has always been inseparable from her work. The places that produced these images are not backdrops; they are the whole point, and sharing them with others is one of the great pleasures of this life. Christina leads small group expeditions and curates bespoke luxury travel experiences for those who want to see the world not as tourists passing through, but as people genuinely entering it.
She is based in Dallas, TX, and is perpetually in motion, following the light wherever it leads.
In Partnership with
My Live Love Travel
I am proud to offer luxury travel booking services in partnership with My Live Love Travel, a distinguished name in bespoke travel experiences. My Life Love Travel agency is a family-owned and operated business based in McKinney, Texas, serving clients across the United States.
My Live Love Travel shares my commitment to crafting journeys that transcend expectations, seamlessly fusing opulence and adventure. Our shared values of excellence, attention to detail, and passion for transformative experiences define this partnership.