Victoria Falls & Zambia Photographic Expedition
Bill Ellzey & Cherri Briggs, EXPLORE Inc
October 30 - November 11
Tuition: $7200 per person
Explore the fantastic and varied photographic opportunities that Zambia has to offer on this incredible photographic safari to one of Africa’s best secrets. Marvel at the majesty of Victoria Falls, one of the world’s seven natural wonders, as you capture the iconic waterfall in the early morning light. Head out on game drives and guided bush walks in South Luangwa National Park, where the amount of wildlife and birdlife seen is only rivaled by the dramatic scenery. Finally, finish your photographic safari in the Lower Zambezi, where game viewing on the Zambezi River provides a unique point-of-view of the wildlife and river scenery. Throughout, your photographic workshop is led by noted professional photographer and instructor Bill Ellzey, and you are joined in each location by local guides who share their intimate knowledge and experience of the wildlife and landscapes.
Bill Ellzey has been helping photographers come along the path of making better pictures since about the time he became a full-time working pro in 1972. From the most basic nuts & bolts of f-stops and shutter speeds, and now the exciting world of digital imaging, to examining what makes for strong compositions and truly meaningful images, to the delights of being in nature and sharing its beauty with others through photography, Ellzey’s down-home style, and experience, both as photographer and instructor, make him a highly valued workshop leader.
Brief itinerary description:
- Spend two nights in Victoria Falls, Zambia at The Elephant Camp. Activities here include an elephant back safari, private sunset boat cruise and visit to Victoria Falls at sunrise.
- Spend five nights in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia at Kaingo Camp. Activities here include game drives and guided bush walks, as well as photographic opportunities from the camp’s multiple photographic hides.
- Spend four nights in the Lower Zambezi, Zambia at Kanyemba Camp. Activities here include game drives and boat/canoe safaris on the Zambezi River.
- Price: $7,200 per person sharing; single supplement of $600; limited single rooms are available. Group size limited
- Price includes: all ground and scheduled light-aircraft charter transportation upon landing in Africa; accommodations; all meals and most beverages; photographic and game viewing activities; park fees in South Luangwa National Park; guides and vehicle
- Price excludes: all commercial airfare; immunizations; passport fees; visa fees (Zimbabwe visa is $30 per person; Zambian visa is $50 per person); accident/baggage/medevac & cancellation insurance; individual transfers; excursions deviating from the scheduled tour; excess baggage charges; medical expenses; airport departure fees and taxes; telephone or fax charges; room service; gratuities to guides and staff; and other items of a purely personal nature
- Flights excluded from price: round-trip international airfare from the USA to Johannesburg, South Africa; Johannesburg to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe on 30 Oct; Lusaka, Zambia to Johannesburg on 10 Nov.
- Dates in Africa: October 30 to November 10, 2011
For more information on this photographic safari or to register, please contact Explore Inc directly and mention you found them through the Ah Haa School for the Arts
EXPLORE, Inc.
Steamboat Springs, CO
970.871.0065
elise@exploreafrica.net
www.exploreafrica.net
Guatemala Watercolor Workshop with Meredith Nemirov
February 20 - March 9, 2012
$1595 does not include airfare
Guatemala is the land of volcanoes, cloud forests, coffee plantations and colonial cities. Rich in folklore and mystical Mayan villages, it is the color that has beckoned artists from all over the world to its varied landscape. The first night we spend in Guatemala City. After breakfast we head for Panajachel for 4 nights on the shores of Lake Atitlan whose only two streets bustle with vendors, artisans and restaurants. During that time, we take a boat ride across the deeply blue Lake Atitlan, to the tiny village of Santiago de Atitlan, where the native language Tzutijil is still spoken and where weavers and beaders continue to sell their wares. A day trip will be to Chichicastenango to experience one of the world’s most colorful folkmarkets. It’s a place with shamanistic and ceremonial undertones. Most of the indigenes from surrounding villages will be there with their weavings, carvings and fabulous huipiles for sale. Next, we’ll spend 4 nights in Antigua, once the capital of Guatemala. Many colonial buildings, now in ruins, exist among posadas, restaurants, homes and gardens. Cobblestone streets, and brilliant colored houses are a perfect setting for our painting, if you dream of local color. You will never see a more colorful country.
Call The Ah Haa School for the Arts at 970-728-3886 for more information
