5 DAYS BORNEO/KALIMANTAN PHOTO TOUR
BORNEO/KALIMANTAN.
Wildlife, Landscape & Culture
5 days. 11th - 15th July 2023
Only €450 per person.
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 seeing 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 travellers.
The photography workshop tour is open to photographers and non-photographers.
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INFORMATION EVENING
Friday 24th February 2023.
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!
Can't be present? A zoom video meeting can be arranged for anytime at your convenience for a 1 on 1 chat!
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The only photography workshop tour that gives you full control and flexibility by providing the great workshops, and tours which include transport and like-minded photography travel pals. You just book your flights to get there. Then book the hotels of your choice where we will be travelling through, or use my recommendations. You control your own comfort and budget level.
Don't forget, you are also on holidays and may want some time for yourself. Apart from the workshops where we work and travel together, there is sufficient rest & recreation time included for your own thing. Or if you prefer, hang out with me for meals, drinks and company. Whatever you decide, is cool for me! The tour is designed to end in Bali where you can choose to extend your stay or travel further with your new friends and photography skills.
The Borneo - Java - Bali 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 Highlights
- Workshop leader speaking the local language!
- Boat trip in Borneo with all delicious meals included.
- Digital detox with zero mobile communication and completely cut off from the world.
- Encounters with Orang Utans in the nature.
- See fireflies at night. Candlelight dinners.
- Treat yourself to amazing sunrises in the jungle river.
TOUR ITINERARY
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DAY 01. 11th July. Tue. 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. 12th 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. Digital Detox time!
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DAY 03. 13th 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.
After our group candle light dinner we'll have a night trek!
Adhoc workshops and discussion will fill the day.
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DAY 04. 14th July. Fri. Kalimantan BorneoList Item 4
Another wonderful morning waking up to the sounds of the jungle!
We continue to explore the river and visit a village. Hopefully we'll egt to see some wildlife. In the before our candle light dinner, you will get a chance to view fire flies.
We'll take time to review your photos as well as introduce techniques for simple astro photography and long exposures.
Group dinner is optional.
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DAY 05. 15th July. Sat. Borneo to Yogyakarta
After breakfast we cruise through the lush jungle back to Kumai. We goodbye to our wonderful boat crew and head into town for a short visit followed by early lunch before going to the airport to catch our flight to Java.
What is included?
Transport
On board
4D/3N Boat trip and all meals on board.
Photography Workshop
Photography workshops.
Be Happy!
What is not included?
Transport
Airfare.
Accommodations
1 Night in Jakarta
Meals & Personal
Meals not on the boat, tips and personal expenses.
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 5 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, music should not 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.
- Shooting landscape and 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.
