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PHOTOGRAPHY TOURS with the Groups Company appeal to those who want to be sure that their itinerary will be planned to allow leisurely progress, with plenty of time to set up for satisfying shots and none of the rush associated with non-specialist tours with their five minute photo-stops. Itineraries will reflect the need for locations offering appropriate subject matter for the interests of the group.
 
Some groups prefer to include the services of a professional photographer to accompany the group and offer tips, hints and guidance .He or she may even give lessons or lectures if this is desired. Other groups simply want an itinerary that offers photographic possibilities and challenges and the assurance that their itinerary will allow sufficient time to do justice to what they see from behind the lens.
 
You and your group choose which style of photographic tour you prefer.

We operate photography tours to the following destinations:-
Albania, Angola, Argentina, Arctic & Antarctica, Australia, Bolivia, Botswana, Cambdia, Caribbean, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Greece, Greek Islands, Iceland, India, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Libya, Madagascar, Mali, Mexico, Namibia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Peru, Romania, Sicily, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand & Turkey, U.S.A., Vanuatu & Vietnam.
 
A typical day...
After a leisurely breakfast we will set out on the morning journey. This may see us making several stops along the way, or might entail a drive to one particular point of photographic interest. Any stops along the way will, however, allow plenty of time for setting up and taking the shots the group want to capture; this is a photography holiday, so short five minute stops to hurriedly snatch a quick shot will be anathema to the group.
The morning may be spent in one location, working to get a selection of shots. This may be done individually by the members of the party, or with the assistance of the professional photographer travelling with the group, if you have chosen to have one to accompany you. Lunch may be a brief affair, if the demands of being in a particular location when the light is at its best limit our time to stop.
 
The afternoon will be similar to the morning – a drive, with stops along the way, or a lengthy session at a dramatic or visually inspiring location. We will then continue on to, or return to, our night stop.
 
The evening may be purely for relaxation and a good meal, or we may have a talk from our photographer.
Where we head for, how long we build in to the itinerary to get those perfect shots, even the degree to which our travelling times are governed by the need to be in position for a particular shot – sunrise for example, or an early morning local market – for all of this, the choice is yours.

Sample itineraries ...
The itineraries below are intended only to give an indication of what might be possible in a particular country, following an itinerary catering for a particular special interest.
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No details of meals or accommodation are included in the itineraries as it would be your decision, at the planning stage, as to what is included. You would decide whether your tour included all meals, just Bed and Breakfast, or Bed and Breakfast plus some lunches or dinners at certain points on the itinerary. Similarly you would decide what standard of accommodation you wanted to use.
 
The itineraries detailed are deliberately short ones. It is intended to give a flavour, an outline, of an itinerary.  If you have more time, then extra time can be built into each stop on the itinerary, and additional places of interest and overnight stops can be added. Lengthening the itinerary, to 10 days or two weeks, for example, and adding further night-stops will enrich your journey; shown below is just a brief skeletal itinerary as a basis for discussion and more detailed planning.
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  • Madagascar - 12 days - 1. Fly Tana. 2. Arrive Tana; drive to Andasibe Reserve. 3. At Andasibe. 4. Drive via Tana to Antsirabe. 5. Drive via Ambositra to Ranomafana National Park. 6. At Ranomafana. 7. Drive to Isalo. 8. Isalo National park. 9. Drive via Tulear to Ifaty. 10. At Ifaty. 11. Drive to Tulear; fly to Tana. 12. Fly to UK.
  • Angola - 15 days - 1. Fly to Windhoek. 2. Fly to Ondangwa; drive to Ruacana. 3. At Ruacana; visit Falls. 4. Drive into Iona National Park. 5. Continue through Iona National Park. 6. Drive to Foz do Cunene. 7. Full day drive up the beach to Flamingo Camp. 8. At Flamingo Camp. 9. At Flamingo Camp. 10. Drive via Leba Pass to Lubango. 11. At Lubango. 12. Drive to Cahama. 13 Cross back into Namibia; drive to Ondangwa. 14. Fly to Windhoek; transfer to flight to UK. 15. Arrive UK.
  • India – 10 days – 1. Fly Delhi. 2. Arrive Delhi; tour of New Delhi. 3. Tour of Old Delhi. Drive Agra. 4. Agra. 5. Drive via Fatehphur Sikri to Jaipur. 6. Jaipur – city tour. 7.Fly Udaipur. 8. Udaipur. 9. fly Delhi; depart for UK. 10 Arrive London.
  • India – 12 days – 1. fly Delhi. 2. Arrive Delhi, city tour. 3. Fly to Jaipur; tour. 6.Train to Jodphur. 7. Jodphur. 8. Train to Jaiselmer; 9 in Jaislemer. 10 Drive to Jodphur.. 11. Fly Delhi; depart for UK. 12. Arrive London.
  • Tanzania –10 days -  1. Fly Nairobi. 2. Arrive Nairobi; drive or fly Arusha. 3. Drive Lake Manyara; game drive. 4. Drive Serengeti; 5. In Serengeti; game drives; 6. Drive Ngorongoro. 7. Game viewing in Ngorongoro. 8.Drive to Arusha. 9. Drive or fly Nairobi; depart for UK. 10. Arrive London.
  • Tanzania 4 x 4 - 10 days - 1. Fly Kilimanjiro. 2. Arrive Kilimanjiro. 3. Drive Tarangire. 4. Drive to Lake Manyara. 5. To Serengeti. 6. In Serengeti. 7. Drive to Ngorongoro. 8. At Ngorongoro. 9. Drive to Arusha; depart for UK. 10. Arrive London.
  • Sri Lanka  - 14 days - 1.Fly Colombo. 2. Arrive Colombo; tour of Colombo. 3. Drive to Anuradhapura & visit. 4. Anuradhapura. 5. Mihintale & Tantirimalai. 6. Drive to Kandalama via Sigiriya. 7. Drive to Polonaruwa and visit. 8.Jeep Safari Minneriya Park. 9. Drive to Kandy via Aluvihara. 10. Peradeniya Botanical Gardens, Kandy Temples & Elephant orphange at Pinawela. 11. Tea Planations and Nuwara Eliya. 12. Drive to Hambantota via Kataragama. 13. Visit Galle and drive to Bentota beach resort. 14. Depart for UK. 
  • Finland – 4 days -1. Fly to Helsinki; transfer to flight to Rovaniemi. 2. Snowmobile safari to car track; ice-driving session. 3. Snowmobile safari to reindeer driving lessons. 4. Fly to Helsinki; transfer to flight to UK.
  • Finland – 7 days - 1. Fly to Helsinki; transfer to Kittila. 2. Reindeer safari; return to Kittila. 3.Cross-country skiing; overnight in cabin. 4. Snowmobile safari; return to Kittila. 5. Dog-sled safari. 6. Fly to Helsinki; transfer to flight to UK.
  • Finland – 7 days -1. Fly to Helsinki; transfer to flight to Kittila then drive to Muonio. 2-5. In Pallas-Ounas National Park; four day dog-sled safari. 6. Return to Harriniva. 7. Fly to Helsinki; transfer to flight to UK.
    Cuba - 8 days - 1. Fly Havana.  2. Havana sightseeing on foot  3. Morning sightseeing, including markets, cigar factory, mueum de la revolucion. 4. Morning sightseeing at Plaza de armas, Museo delas ciudad. 5. Drive to Trinidad; visit to old centre. 6. In Trinidad; visit old town and  beach. 7. Drive to Havana for flight to UK.  8.Arrive UK
  • France  - 4 days - 1. Eurostar (or flight) to Paris; transfer to hotel;  2. Sightseeing at  Sainte Chapelle; Notre Dame and Isle St Louis.  3. Visit to Picasso Museum and the Marais quarter.  4. Sightseeing at Rodin Museum and Orangerie; depart for UK.
  • Italy - 5 days  - 1. Fly to Venice; watertaxi transfer to hotel.  2. Visit to Scuola Grande di San Rocco; return to Venice. 3. Visit to Doge's Palace and cathedral; tour of Rialto market. 4. Full day visit by water taxi to Burano, Murano and Torcello.  5. Visit to church of the Miracles; water taxi transfer to airport; flight to UK.
  • Botswana - 11 days - 1. Fly Johannesburg, South Africa.. 2. Arrive Johannesburg; fly Maun, Botswana. 3 and 4. Okavango Delta camp. 5. To Tsodilo Hills camp. 6. Enter Namibia; Mahango National Park. 7&8. At Kwando River. 9. Drive to Livingstone, Zambia. 10. Fly to Johannes burg; depart for UK. 11. Arrive London.
  • Sierra Leone - 10 days - 1. Fly Freetown; overnight at Lungi. 2. Ferry to Freetown; day at leisure. 3. Morning tour of Freetown; afternoon visit to Tacugama reserve. 4. Excursion by boat to Bunce Island. 5. Drive down peninsula to to Kent Beach; boat to Banana Island. 6. Return to Kent Beach and drive to Lakka Beach. 7.At leisure at Lakka Beach. 8. At Lakka; late afternoon drive to Freetown. 9. Depart Freetown by ferry to Lungi; depart on flight to UK. 10. Arrive UK.
    n.b - if your group prefers to see something of the interior of Sierra Leone then the itinerary could be amended -
    1-4 as above. 5. Drive to Makeni for overnight. 6. Drive to Kent and boat to Banana Island. 7 Return to Kent and drive to Lakka. 8-10 as above.
  • Morocco - 8 days -1. Fly Fes. 2. In Fes; city tour. 3. In Fes; optional tour to Maknes. 4. Full day drive to Marrakech 5. Marrakech city tour. 6. Full day excursion to
    Imlil and the Atlas Mountains. 7. In Marrakech, at leisure. 8. Fly to UK.
  • Morocco - 7 days - 1. Fly to Marrakech. 2. In Marrakech; city tour. 3. Drive to Imlil and the Atlas Mountains. 4. Drive to Essouaira; afternoon at the beach or explore
    old town. 5. In Essouaira. 6. Drive back to Marrakech; afternoon free. 7.Depart for flight to UK.
  • Spain - 4 days - Fly Malaga; transfer to village accommodation. 2. Full day on foot or by 4WD visiting mountain villages in the Sierra Tejada. 3. Visit Nerja Caves and time at the beach. 4. At leisure in the village until transfer to Malaga for flight to UK.
  • New Zealand - 14 days - 1 and 2. Fly Christchurch. 3. Arrive Christchurch. 4. Train to Greymouth; drive to Punakaiki. 5. Drive to Franz Joseph Glacier. 6. Drive via Fox Glacier to Queenstown. 7 and 8. In Queenstown; jetboat, helicopter or 4WD excursions. 9. Drive to Milford Sound; cruise and overnight on boat. 10. Return to Queenstown. 11. Drive to Mount Cook. 12. Mount Cook excursion by ski plane onto glacier; return to Christchurch. 13. Depart for UK. 14. Arrive UK.
  • New Zealand - 14 days - 1 and 2. Fly to Auckland. 3. Arrive Auckland. 4. Visit Tiri Tiri Island Wildlife Sanctuary; return to Auckland. 5. Driveto Waitomo Caves. 6. Driveto
    Rotorua; visit Pohutu  Geyser. 7. Drive to Waiotapu Reserve and continue to Whakatane. 8. Visit White Island by boat or hwelicopter. 9. Drive via Waioeka Gorge to Napier. 10. Visit Cape Kidnappers. 11. Drive via Taupo to Tongariro National Park. 12. Drivet o Wellington. 13. Depart for UK. 14. Arrive UK.
  • Vanuatu - 15 days - 1 and 2. Fly Auckland. 3. Arrive Auckland. 4. Fly to PortVila, Vanuatu; transfer to Iririki Island. 5. Visit Efate Island. 6. Fly from Efate to Pentecost Island; see the land divers (best in April - May). 7. Fly Malekula Island. 8. On Malekule Island. 9. Fly Espiritu Santo; transferto Luganville. 10. On Espiritu Santo; visit Millenium Cave. 11. Fly Tanna; visit Yasur Volcano. 12. On Tanna. 13. Fly Port Vila. 14. Depart to Auckland; connect with flight to UK. 15. Arrive UK.
  • Iceland - 9 days - 1. Fly Reykjavik. 2. Visit Geyser and Gullfoss; return to Reykjavik. 3.Visit Blue Lagoon and Lava Fields; return Reykjavik. 4.Drive to Vik; cruise. 5. Visit Western Fiords. 6 and 7. Expedition to Central Highlands with overnight camp. 8. Return to Reykjavik. 9. Fly to UK.
  • Ethiopia - 14 days - 1. Fly Addid Ababa. 2. Arrive Addis Ababa; city tour. 3. Drive to Kombolcha. 4 and 5. Drive to Lalibela. 6. In Lalibela; visit rock churches. 7.Drive to Gondar. 8. In Gondar. 9. Drive to Simien National Park. 10. Drive to Bahar Dar. 11. Visit Blue Nile Falls and Lake Tana; overnight Bahar Dar. 12. Fly Addis Ababa. 13. In Addis Ababa; depart for UK. 14. Arrive UK.
  • Mexico - 10 days - 1. Fly to Mexico City. 2. Mexico City on foot; visit pyramids of Teotihuacan. 3. Visit handicraft market, Xochimilco and Coyoacan. 4. Fly to Villahermosa; drive to Palenque. 5. Visit Palenque; drive to Campeche. 6. Drive to Merida; visit Uxmal and Loltun. 7. Excursion to Celestun N.P. 8. Drive to Coba; visit Chichen Itza. 9. Visit of Coba and Tulum; drive to Cancun. Fly to Mexico City; connect with flight to London. 10. Arrive UK.
  • Romania – 9 days - 1. Fly to Bucharest. 2. Morning city tour; afternoon drive to Sinaia. 3. Walking tour of town; afternoon cablecar to walk in Bucegi Mountains. 4. Drive to  Piatra Cruiului National Park; guided visit to the Park. Evening observation of brown bears. 5.Morning walk in Zarnesti Gorge; afternoon continue to Bran and Brasov. 6. Drive via Bucharest to Tulcea and the Danube Delta. 7. Explore Danube Delta. 8. Explore Danube Delta. 9. Drive to Bucharest; transfer to airport for flight to UK.
  • Antarctica - 14 days - 1.Fly to Buenos Aires. 2. Arrive Buenos Aires; transfer to flight to Ushuaia; board vessel and sail. 3 and 4. Sail the Drake Passage. 5-9 Explore South Shetland Island and Antarctic Peninsula. 10 and 11. Return across Drake Passage. 12. Arrive Ushuaia; fly to Buenos Aires. 13. In Buenos Aires; depart for UK. 14. Arrive UK.
  • Argentina & Antarctica - 19 days - 1. Fly to Buenos Aires. 2. arrive Buenos Aires; city tour 3. Fly to Trelew; visit Valdes Peninsula. 4. Fly to Ushuaia; visit National Park. 5. Board Antarctic vessel and depart Ushuaia. 6 and 7. Sail the Drake Passage. 8-12. Explore South Shetland Island and Antarctic Peninsula. 13 and 14 Return across Drake Passage. 15. Arrive Ushuaia; fly to Buenos Aires. 16. Fly to Iguassu Falls. 17 Full day visit Falls; 18. Fly Buenos Aires and connect with flight to UK. 19. Arrive UK.
  • Arctic - 15 days - 1. Fly to Moscow. 2. Morning Moscow city tour, then fly to Murmansk; board Ice-breaker and sail. 3. Sail towards Franz Josef Land Archipelago. Helicopter instruction during the day. 4 and 5. Explore Franz Josef Land Archipelago by boat and helicopter; chance to see polar bear and walrus. 6 and 7. Through the ice towards the Pole; flying off ship by helicopter for better views. 8. Late afternoon reach North Pole. Picnic on the ice. 9 to 11. Returning south through the ice. 12 and 13. Across the Barents Sea. 14. End of the Polar voyage as we sail into Murmansk. Fly to Moscow. 15. Fly to UK.

     Should the itinerary for the country of your choice not be listed above, please contact us for more information...
 
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