5 DAYS INDONESIA BORNEO PHOTO TOUR
KALIMANTAN - BORNEO.
Wildlife, Landscape & Culture
5 days. 9th - 13th July 2024
Early Booking €450*
Occupying three-quarters of Borneo, the third largest island in the world, the Indonesian province of Kalimantan is an adventure in every sense of the word. Remote jungle, snaking rivers and interior mountains serve up endless opportunities for exploration.
No trip to Kalimantan would be complete without glimpsing the orangutans in the wild. This is the best place in the world to see the noble orang-utan sharing the remaining jungle canopy with acrobatic gibbons and proboscis monkeys.
Independent travelling in a small group of up to seven participants. A great way to bond with other like-minded travel photographers!
* Usual fee €550. Early booking before 20th April 2024.
INFORMATION EVENING
Feb 23rd 2024.
19.00-19.45
Your first time to Asia? Would you like a face to face discussion or have any questions? Great! I'll love to answer them!
An individual zoom video meeting can also be arranged.
A 1 hour Indonesia info evening will be organised sometime on 23rd February 2024. Join the information evening by filling in the contact form below.
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This is an add-on to the Java-Bali Photography Travel workshop and tour.
The Borneo photography workshop tour is open to most levels of photography experience and physical condition. We will wake up rather early (oh god....!). This is when we have the best light and less crowd. However, don't forget that you can always take a siesta during the day!
Needless to say, you'll get better deals for summer the earlier you book your flights and hotels.
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Indonesia Borneo - Bali Photo Tour Highlights
- Workshop leader speaking the local language!
- Boat trip in Borneo with all delicious meals included.
- Digital detox with 4 days zero mobile communication and cut off from the world.
- Encounters with Orang Utans and other wild animals in the nature.
TOUR ITINERARY
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DAY 01. 9th July. Tues. JakartaList Item 1
5pm. Meet up for welcome drink, tour briefing and get to meet fellow photographers.
'Early' is the keyword! Early dinner, early night as we depart for the airport early morning.
Group dinner is optional.
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DAY 02. 10th July. Wed. Kalimantan BorneoList Item 2
We depart in the early morning to the airport for our flight to Pangkalan Bun. Upon arrival we will be met and transferred to our private boat where we depart immediately to the first orang utan feeding station.
Navigating along the river in the jungles of Borneo we will have a preparatory workshop while pleasantly interrupted by sights and sounds of monkeys and other wildlife.
During the next 3 days, we will be cut off from the world with no 3G/4G or phone connection. Time to get rid of the smartphone addiction!
Dinner on the boat while tuning into the silence of the jungle.
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DAY 03. 11th July. Thu. Kalimantan BorneoList Item 3
We greet the early morning sunrise with silence except for sounds from the jungles followed by breakfast. We head off to the second feeding point. A leisurely lunch will follow later and we proceed to Camp Leakey, the final feeding station.
Adhoc workshops and discussion will fill the day. In the evening you will get a chance to view fire flies.
Group dinner on the boat!
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DAY 04. 12th July. Fri. Kalimantan BorneoList Item 4
Another wonderful morning waking up to the sounds of the jungle!
A day with with more visits and easy walks while keep our eyes opened for orang utans, monkeys and ther wild life in the quiet jungles of Borneo.
We'll take time to review your photos as well as introduce techniques for simple astro photography and long exposures.
Our last group dinner on the boat cooked by our on board cooks!
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DAY 05. 13th July. Sat. Borneo to Java
Last wonderful morning waking up to the sounds of the jungle! We have a leisurely breakfast and slowly head back to Kumai port.
We fly off to Surabaya arriving in the afternon to join the main Java-Bali Photography workshop tour.
We'll take time to review your photos as well as introduce techniques for simple astro photography and long exposures.
Group dinner is optional
What is included?
Transport
Preparation Workshop
4D/3N Boat trip and meals on board + 1N after trip.
Photography Workshop
Photography workshops.
Be Happy!
What is not included?
Transport
Airfare.
Accommodations
Meals & Personal
Medical
I believe in transparency and accessibility to the tours. Each of us have personal budgets, different comfort expectations but a common goal of travel photography and great images. Over 14 days, through the workshops and tours, we will explore many photography techniques, improve your photography skills along the way while working together.
Apart from the personal attention you'll be receiving, you will have your own free time. There will be opportunities as well to share costs with fellow photographers to do other activities not included (optional excursions).
The most important components of the tour are already included.
Tour participant's profile
- You are a free independent traveller with a lust for adventure and photography. You are capable of making your own accommodation arrangements at each location. Everything else is taken care of. Relax and enjoy yourself.
- You believe in mindfulness photography, not mindless photography (as in shooting everything you see and tons of selfies) ;-)
- Minimise the use of plastics.
- Bummer..... You should have some basic knowledge about photography, understand exposure and handling your camera. If you are not a photographer, you can follow our schedule.
- Another one....Wake up early. It will be easy! You will love to greet the morning sun in its glory in the middle of nowhere! Photography is more important than sleep! Remember, you have the day to take a siesta and at the end of the tour, extend your stay and wake up at your leisure.
- This is NOT a luxury tour. The facilities on the boat are limited but comfortable and not cramped. You will have individual open air make shift beds on the deck, individual mosquito nets, cold showers, delicious food (vegetarian option available), always fresh fruits, limited electricity (charging of batteries is possible), use soap sparingly so as not to pollute the rivers that animals drink from.
- At appropriate times, no music should be played so everyone can appreciate the sound of silence and of the nature!
- You are easy going, enjoy meeting people and making new friends. We are a small group of up to 7 photographers and I want everyone to have an a wonderful time with me.
- Like me, you are passionate about travel photography and wish to get amazing photos and not snap shots!
- You can join me for morning meditation when the opportunity arises!
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Skills you will take away
- Meaningful and mindfulness photography.
- Develop core photography competence.
- Understand landscape, night. people and basic wildlife photography.
- Effective composition tips.
- Shoot great travel photographs.
- Manage challenging light situations and using available light.
- Other image editing & processing techniques of with Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop.
- People interaction skills in spontaneous situations.