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Cultures, ruins, landscapes, and elusive wildlife. Our itineraries are distinctive and diverse. Months of planning go into each tour...and it shows! Small groups. Unforgettable journeys. Exquisite photographic opportunities.
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2010 TRIPS: PORTUGAL: Photo Workshop June 10-18, 2010 Private photo workshop that includes classroom instruction, daily critiques and opportunities to photograph the essence of Portugal--medieval villages, Gothic and Manueline architecture, Fatima's candlelit pilgrimage, an annual bullfighting festival, vineyards, castle ruins, a horse farm and fishing village. Registration limited to members of Oaxaca Wonders Photography Group. ICELAND: Geothermal Wonderlands August 27-September 6, 2010 Stunning landscapes shaped by fire and ice. Explore an island, a 5 hour flight from Boston, where lava fields, snowfields and glaciers force its inhabitants to live in 7% of the land, along the fertile coast. Traveling by 4WD, we'll cut through the central highlands to photograph scenes inaccessible most of the year. See hissing fumaroles & craters in barren deserts with silica-encrusted blue mineral lakes. Elsewhere, visit fishing villages in deep fjords, turf farms, glaciers, hot springs, contorted lava crags, neon green ryholite mountains, giant waterfalls, and a lagoon filled with floating icebergs. Also included are 2 Nordic model shoots--a woman with Icelandic horses, and a man in volcanic terrain. Our local driver guide is a noted Icelandic nature photographer who has intimate knowledge of the prime viewing spots. He will also lead us to the latest eruption site to photograph the after effects of the volcano and surrounding farms. Max of 8 participants. (Thanks to Haukur Snorrason for our Banner Photos!) Still have spaces left!! Deadline is Aug 6. GREENLAND: Inuit Culture & Ice-choked fjords Sept 6-12, 2010 East Greenland is one of the most isolated places in the world! Only 2 towns and 7 settlements exist along this 1600 mile coastline, confined by polar ice and the giant Greenlandic icecap. Even in summer (Sept) icebergs and ice floes drift by from the North Pole. The Inuit people who inhabit this land fish or hunt seals for their dinner, traveling by foot, boat, or dogsled. On this tour, we'll visit 3 villages on picturesque bays with jagged mountain peaks, hopping from one community to another by boat and helicopter. Photograph icebergs, calving glaciers, whales, flowering arctic tundra, Inuit ruins, and abandoned military posts along the coast. Gain a firsthand glimpse into Inuit culture with a special 2 night homestay with a local family. Unique opportunity to photograph everyday living, fishing, or even seal hunting. Go where others don't...and get ready for an adventure! * CLOSED UPCOMING TRIPS 2011 NAMIBIA: Desert Landscapes April 4-17, 2011 This Overland Safari will concentrate on the changing colors and forms of the various desert landscapes in southern Namiba. Gigantic crimson dunes, gnarled camelthorns, and crackled pans in the world's oldest desert are a photographer's dream! Quiver trees, grassy Kalahari dunes, and rocky canyons are some of the other sights. A special permit allows us to photograph a diamond-mining ghost town from sunrise to sunset in the far south, where mansions are disappearing under shifting sands...In other dunes, capture creatures that lurk underneath the sand as our guide reveals scorpions, dancing spiders & snouted lizards. But a trip to Africa wouldn't be complete without game. See desert-adapted game such as oryx, mountain zebra, kudu, springbok, cheetah, & even leopard. |
