Immersiv Expeditions is an adventure company that encourages you to venture outward while exploring within. We specialize in intimate, small-group trips both on land and under the sea, with a focus on wild animal encounters and off-the-beaten path locations.

Our Trips

  • People

    Focus on small, intimate groups with vetted guests. Many become repeat adventurers.

  • Places

    Feature curated itineraries with under-the-radar destinations and authentic experiences.

  • Impact

    Empower local operators with opportunities to give back, promote sustainable and regenerative travel.

Our Team

Pier Nirandara

Pier Nirandara is an award-winning author, travel writer, film producer, and underwater photographer. She began her career as Thailand’s youngest English-writing author of three #1 national bestselling novels, multiple graphic novels, and short stories with over 200,000 copies sold in multiple languages.

Pier is also a PADI AmbassaDiver™, TEDx speaker, and the founder of Hollywood Sharks, the industry’s first diving club. An advocate for solo female travel, she has visited over 90 countries across 7 continents. Her writing can be found in publications including Adventure.com, Oceanographic Magazine, Off Assignment, Catapult, and more.

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Naudé Heunis

Naudé Heunis is a filmmaker and photographer from Cape Town, South Africa. Specializing in wildlife, adventure, aerial and underwater, Naudé trained at film school as a director of photography before finding his calling on a shoot with National Geographic.

Since then, he has built a name as one of the continent’s top wildlife filmmakers, working with names such as the BBC, WWF, DJI, IFAW, PolarPro, PADI and more. He is the co-founder of BTS Nature, an organization that utilizes visual storytelling to bring conservation stories to the world.

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  • “I didn’t know experiences like this were possible before meeting Pier. Not only has every trip been perfectly planned, the people we’ve traveled with have become family, and the adventures have reshaped our perception of the planet we’re a part of.“

    Jason M.

  • “These trips make you explore the best part of nature, getting you up close with the animals. The team takes care of everything so you can just enjoy the fun! Plus their experience make you want to go again and again to a new adventure.”

    Benedetta A.

  • “Have done most of these adventures (some more than once already) and will more than likely do the rest. They are kinda like potato chips. You won’t be able to do just one, and you will probably make some lifelong friends (maybe even a few human ones).”

    Keith M.

  • “I went on their Sardine Run trip in South Africa in 2021, and even through the uncertainty of COVID surging that summer, the trip was unreal. They wouldn't let even a nationwide COVID shutdown keep us from having an incredible (and safe) trip on the water, I just felt so cared for. I had never been on any kind of ocean adventure before, and this trip made me an addict!”

    Claire W.

  • “That trip changed my life for the better. I saw the endless possibilities of what life could be like.”

    Nancy N.

  • Having done 10+ trips with Pier over multiple continents, let me say don’t ask questions, just say YES. I promise, you will not regret it!

    Helena B.

  • “The expeditions I have taken with Pier have shown that once in a lifetime experiences are not limited to unachievable rarity.”

    Josephine W.