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SUMMARY:Tanzania Wildlife and Birdlife Photography Tour
DESCRIPTION:About this workshopTanzania is iconic Africa\, wildlife-rich habitat. The "Big Five" - African Animals found in Tanzania \nTanzania is also blessed with a great number and variety of birds within its borders. \nSerengeti National Park is undoubtedly the best-known wildlife sanctuary in the world\, unequaled for its natural beauty and scientific value. \nThe workshop will not only visit Serengeti National Park but we will visit Manyara lake where bird habitat is diverse and we will get a chance to see it from close. We will also visit Ngorongoro Crater\, which is often referred to as the Eighth Wonder of the World\, which has very different landscape than all another area. \nThe workshop will also aim to see migrating Wildebeest\, Zebra\, Giraffe\, Antelope\, Hippo\, Elephant\, and of course the Serengeti's famous big cats. \nAll in all\, this safari will produce life-long memories and the images that you will enjoy years to come. \nIts a dry season during July and August\, these are the coldest months. Temperatures vary significantly per region and because of their difference in altitude. Daytime temperatures are usually around 23°C/73°F. Although we might get few early morning showers\, they will dry up in a min or two\,  the days are long with sunrise at approximately 6:40am and sunset around 6:50pm. \nFrom the moment the exploration begins in Kilimanjaro until it ends 7 days later in Kilimanjaro\, all costs are included – transportation in 4x4 with one person per row and maximum 3 people in a car\, food\, drinks (excluding alcoholic beverages)\, and luxury accommodation based on a twin sharing. If you have special dietary requirements\, that will be accommodated - please make sure to advise when booking. Packed lunches will be taken in the field.  \nList of few animals and birds we might get to seeThe Jungle King\, Masai Mara\, Kenya  \nAnimals – Lion\, Cheetah\, Leopard\, Rhinoceros\, Buffalo\, Zebra\, Wildebeest\, The African Wild Dog\, African Civet\, Large-Spotted Genet\, Banded Mongoose\, Black-Backed Jackal\, Common Jackal\, Bat-Eared Fox\, Spotted Hyena\, Striped Hyena\, Aardwolf\, Common Baboon\, Vervet Monkey\, Sykes Monkey\, Common Eland\, Greater Kudu\, Lesser Kudu\, Bongo\, Sitatunga\, Bushbuck\, Thompson's Gazelle\, Grant's Gazelle\, Gerenuk\, Impala\, Bohor Reedbuck\, Mountain Reedbuck\, Black & White Colobus Monkey\, Bushbaby\, Roan Antelope\, Sable Antelope\, Oryx\, Fringe-Eared Oryx\, Beisa Oryx\, Common Waterbuck\, Defassa Waterbuck\, Common Wildebeest\, Hartebeest\, Topi\, Klipspringer\, Steenbok\, Common Duiker\, Kirk's Dik-Dik\, Hippopotamus\, Warthog\, Giant Forest Hog\, Aardvark\, Cape Clawless Otter\, Spotted-Necked Otter\, Scrub Hare\, Squirrel \n \nBirds - Superb Sterling\, Helmated Guinea Fowl\, Pied Crow\, Tawny Eagle\, Bronze Sunbird\, Oriole\, Red Headed Weaver\, Speckled Pigeon\, Common Scimitarbill\, Spekes Weaver\, Marabou Stork\, Hilde Brant Sterling\, White Browed Sparrow Weaver\, Blue Eared Glossy Sterling\, Red Bill Hornbill\, Crowned Plover\, Laughing Dove\, Green Wood Hoopoe\, Speckled Mouse Bird\, Baglafetched Weaver\, Yellow Billed Duck\, Shrike\, Martial Eagle\, Lilac Breasted Broller\, Black Headed Heron\, Lesser Cormorant\, Long Tail Cormorant\, Pied Kingfisher\, Yellow Billed Stork\, Pied Wagtail\, Saddle Billed Stork\, African Fish Eagle\, Maasai Ostrich\, White Bellied Bustard\, Kori Bustard\, Augur Buzzard\, Drongo\, Hadada Ibis\, Ring Neck Dove\, Ruppells Griffon Vulture\, White Backed Vulture\, Lappet Faced Vulture\, Common Bulbul\, Pale Chanting Goshawk\, African Green Pigeon\, Silver Checked Hornbill\, Rattling Cisticola  \, Brown Snake Eagle\, Dark Chanting Goshawk\, Ant Eater Chat\, Wattled Plover\, Ruppells Longtailed Starling\, Spur Winged Plover\, Egyptian Goose\, Grey Breasted Spur Fowl\, Common Shrike\, Secretary Bird\, Grassland Pipit\, Hammerkop\, Short Toed Snake Eagle\, Crowned Crane Bird\, African Jacana\, Grey Backed Shrike\, Pigmy Falcon\, Two Banded Courser\, Black Smith Plover\, Common Green Shank\, Malachite Kingfisher\, Long Toed Plover\, Yellow Necked Spur Fowl\, White Headed Buffalo Weaver\, Ficshers Sparrow Lark\, Fischer Sparrow Lark\, Little Bee Eater\, Gray Headed Kingfisher\, Gray Back Shrike\, Glossy Ibis\, Squacco Heron\, Ruff\, Fulvous Whistling Duck\, Spoonbill\, Wire Tailed Swallow\, Knob Billed Duck\, Collared Pratincole\, Bateleur Eagle\, Silver Cheeked Hornbill\, Lesser Flamingo\, Immature Yellow Billed Stork\, Shanks\, Kittlitzs Plover\, Black Winged Stilt\, African Skimmer\, Purple Swamp Hen\, Black Crake\, Common Red Shank\, Common Moorhen\, Winding Cisticola\, Reed Warbler\, Hottentot Teal\, Collared Pranticole\, African Gray Hornbill\, Northern White Crowned Shrik\, Yellow Rumped Seed Eater\, Babbler\, Southern Blue Capped Cordon Blu\, Greater Kestrel\, Temmineck’s Courser\, Rufus Napped Lark\, Yellow Throated Sandgrouse\, Red Billed Buffalo Weaver\, African Harrier Hawk\, Magpie Shrike\, Cut Throat Finch\, Rufus Sparrow Weaver\, Silver Bird\, African Hoopoe\, Crested Lark\, Gray Breasted Spur Fowl\, Coqui Francolin\, Two Banded Plover\, Ruppell’s Long Tailed Starling\, D’arnaud’s Barbet\, Pearl Spotted Owlet\, White Browed Coucal\, Green Shank\, Red Billed Duck\, Black Chested Snake Eagle\, Immature Black Chested Snake Eagle\, Lizard Buzzard\, Spotted Thick Knee\, Senegal Plover\, Chestnut Bellied Sandgrouse\, Ashy Starling\, Red Billed Hornbill\, Namaqua Dove\, Fishers Love Birds\, Red Billed Ox Pecker\, Scrub Robin Chat\, Tawney Eagle\, Variable Sunbird \nStraight into my eyes\,Black Rhinoceros\, Masai Mara\, Kenya  \nWorkshop OverviewDates: 30-July-2019 until the 5-Aug-2019 \nDuration: 6 Nights / 7 Days \nParticipants: Maximum 6 Photographers plus leaders \nStart: Kilimanjaro\, Tanzania \nFinish: Kilimanjaro\, Tanzania \nLeader: Vinay Mote \nTrip Highlights: Big Cats\, Birds\, Game drive every day covering golden hour time for Sunrise and Sunset(except arrival and departure day)\, 4x4 Landcruiser\, One person per row\, All accommodation is luxurious with full board\, Unlimited Supply of Water\, Includes Maasai village visit\, Small group size and Includes domestic flight. \nInvestment: $5\,200 USD (Full Price $7\,500 USD) \nSingle Supplement: $600 USD extra on top of above mentioned price. \nPayment Terms: Deposit to secure your place is $1\,500 USD and the balance is due 90 days before the commencement of the workshop. \nItineraryCurly Impala\, Ol Pajeta\, Kenya  \nDay 1 (30 Jul 2019) – Arrive and transfer to Serengeti and Game Drive \nArrive at Kilimanjaro airport by morning flight and immediately proceed to Serengeti by afternoon flight arriving in the evening for evening game drive enroute to lodge to checkin. \n-   If you feel tired you can relax at lodge as we got plenty of Game drive to go. \n-   Alternatively\, you can arrive one day in advance and accommodation with breakfast can be arranged in Arusha( at nominal extra cost) \nGame Drive – Late afternoon till Sunset \nAccommodation: Thorn tree tented camp \nIncludes: Lunch\, Dinner (Full Board) and Unlimited Bottled Mineral Water \nIncludes flight from Kilimanjaro to Serengeti \n  \nDay 2 (31 Jul 2019)– Full Day Game Drive Serengeti National Park \nEarly Tea/Coffee and depart at 6am for early morning game drive and sunrise photo opportunities. This is specially customised to go out in field when we have golden light and lot of chances to see and photograph wildlife in totally different light than normal tourist see. We will return for breakfast and after breakfast we will review/ discuss our images. After this we will depart for a full day game drive with packed lunch and we will have picnic at Serengeti National Park. \nGame Drive – Early Morning\, before Sunrise till after Sunset \nAccommodation: Thorn tree tented camp \nIncludes: Breakfast\, Lunch\, Dinner and Unlimited Bottled Mineral Water \n  \nDay 3 (1 Aug 2019) – Full Day Game Drive Serengeti National Park \nEarly Tea/Coffee and depart at 6am for early morning game drive and sunrise photo opportunities. This is specially customised to go out in field when we have golden light and lot of chances to see and photograph wildlife in totally different light than normal tourist see. We will return for breakfast and after breakfast we will review/ discuss our images. After this we will depart for a full day game drive with packed lunch and we will have picnic at Serengeti National Park. \nGame Drive – Early Morning\, before Sunrise till after Sunset \nAccommodation: Thorn tree tented camp \nIncludes: Breakfast\, Lunch\, Dinner and Unlimited Bottled Mineral Water \n  \nDay 4 (2 Aug 2019) – Full Day Game Drive Serengeti National Park \nEarly Tea/Coffee and depart at 6am for early morning game drive and sunrise photo opportunities. This is specially customised to go out in field when we have golden light and lot of chances to see and photograph wildlife in totally different light than normal tourist see. We will return for breakfast and after breakfast we will review/ discuss our images. After this we will depart for a full day game drive with packed lunch and we will have picnic at Serengeti National Park. \nGame Drive – Early Morning\, before Sunrise till after Sunset \nAccommodation: Thorn tree tented camp \nIncludes: Breakfast\, Lunch\, Dinner and Unlimited Bottled Mineral Water \n  \nDay 5 (3 Aug 2019) – Game drive at Serengeti National Park then travel to Ngorongoro Conservation \nEarly Tea/Coffee and depart at 6am for early morning game drive and sunrise photo opportunities. Return for breakfast and after breakfast depart for Ngorongoro conservation area with afternoon landscape photography\, arriving late evening at Rhino lodge Ngorongoro. \n  \nGame Drive – Early Morning\, before Sunrise\, Afternoon till Sunset \nAccommodation: Rhino lodge Ngorongoro \nIncludes: Breakfast\, Lunch\, Dinner and Unlimited Bottled Mineral Water \n  \nDay 6 (4 Aug 2019) – Ngorongoro Landscape photography and then travel to Lake Manyara \nEarly Morning Breakfast and depart at 6am for sunrise photo opportunities. Return to lodge for lunch and check out of Ngorongoro and travel towards Lake Manyara. While on the way we will also visit Maasai village. \nGame Drive – Early Morning\, before Sunrise \nAccommodation: Bougainvillea Safari Lodge \nIncludes: Breakfast\, Lunch\, Dinner and Unlimited Bottled Mineral Water \n  \nDay 7 (5 Aug 2019)  – Game Drive in Lake Manyara and late afternoon proceed to Kilimanjaro Airport \nAfter having Early Morning Breakfast we will proceed for full day game drive with packed picnic lunch towards Lake Manyara. After Game drive we will straight proceed to Kilimanjaro airport for your late night flight back home.  We will aim to reach by 6pm(18:00) \nGame Drive – Full day Game Drive in Lake Manyara \nIncludes: Breakfast\, Lunch\, Dinner and Unlimited Bottled Mineral Water \n-  In case you prefer to stay one more day then accommodation can be arranged at nominal extra cost. \n  \nEnd of Safari. \nOptional ActivitiesBalloon Ride –$550 USD per person \nTour cost – $5\,200 USD (Full Price - $7\,500 USD) per person\, twin sharing \nSingle Supplement – $600 USD extra on top of above-mentioned price. \nExtra 1 Day in Kilimanjaro (Before Start) - Cost of Accommodation with Breakfast on the day before at Arusha\, including airport transfer on next day – $150 USD \nExtra 1 Day in Kilimanjaro (After End) - Cost of Accommodation with Breakfast on the day after the end of safari at Arusha\, including airport transfer on next day – $150 USD \nMother and Baby White Rhinoceros\, Ol Pajeta\, Kenya  \nVinay Mote  \nPhotography LeaderAward Winning Photographer Vinay Mote \nLiving in Melbourne\, Australia\, Vinay is a professional landscape\, nature and wildlife photographer. A passionate photographer\, teacher and adventurer Vinay lead workshops\, and expeditions for other photographers and travelers to some of the world’s wildlife-rich regions. \nYou are welcome to join Vinay on a photographic trip of a lifetime to one of the most magical destinations on this planet. \nExcludes -  \n-International flight from your home location to Kilimanjaro and Return. \n-All expenses of personal nature like tips\, alcoholic drinks\, any drinks in restaurant at accommodation\, Telephone calls\, Laundry etc. \n-All unexpected government taxes and levies. \n-Any additional expenses caused by or liability for disturbance in the trip program due to circumstances beyond our control\, such as airline\, road blocks\, vehicle malfunction\, weather conditions\, sickness\, natural disaster\, etc. \n-Liability for any insurance against injury\, accidents\, damage to or loss of goods. \n-Anything which is not listed as included. \n  \nTrip Insurance \nIt is mandatory that you purchase travel insurance in the event of illness or any other emergency which delays or otherwise prevents you from travelling on the trip. \nRefunds and Cancellations \nOur standard workshop policy requires an initial non-refundable deposit for reservation of your space and your payment balance in full 90 days prior to the commencement of the workshop date\, unless otherwise noted. If we do not receive the balance on or before the due date\, and we are unable to get in contact with you via the contact details you have provided\, we will try to fill your spot off the waiting list. At our discretion\, we may apply your deposit to be used for another workshop within one year. Please note that price increases may apply in this instance. \nIf the workshop is canceled for any reason\, your deposit will be refunded in full. Suryaja Mote is trading as Vinay Mote Photography and Vinay & Suryaja Mote are not responsible for any financial commitments that registered attendees have with any third parties such as airlines or other travel services. \nWe recommend that you do not book any flights or accommodation until such time as your registration has been confirmed and your deposit paid. \nOther things to considerVaccinations \nMake sure you meet your GP 4 to 6 weeks before and carry YELLOW fever vaccinations(Mandatory) card with you and also other various optional vaccinations. \nVisa \nYou can apply online for Visa before you travel from your home country\, or get visa on arrival for $50 USD cash. \nMobile Connection \nIf you are thinking of getting a mobile connection while you are in Tanzania\, I would strongly suggest you to get Vodacom mobile as it has wide coverage for voice and internet and you should be able to get it at airport on arrival. I have personally used it and I can vouch for it. \nTravel Insurance \nI normally use my credit card insurance as it covers most of the things I need however in case you don’t have enough coverage then you can get World Nomads travel insurance. \nEquipment Cover \nFor long telephoto lenses you will need to get special coverage and it won’t be covered in regular insurance. Please make sure to check the maximum value covered by your insurance in case you are depending on your regular Travel insurance to cover equipment. \nTravel Adapter \nTanzania use G type adapter so please bring G type to your home country type adapter and may be extension board so that you can connect multiple devices. \nList of Travel Adapters per country - https://www.skyscanner.net/news/international-travel-plug-adapter-guide \nTERMS AND CONDITIONS\nPhotography Expeditions / Workshops / Tour and Scouting Trips\n\nThis Photography Expedition / Workshop / Tour / Scouting trip (Hereafter referred to as expedition) is organised and run by S V Mote trading as Vinay Mote Photography (Hereafter referred to as VMP). \n\n Registration\n\nRegistration is completed when the initial deposit of $1\,500 USD per person along with the signed booking form has been received by VMP. Note: All Reservations are binding. The balance of payment must be paid before 90 days of the commencement of the expedition. The entire participation fee must be paid within 5 business days in cases where registration is completed later than the three months prior to the departure date. \n\n Cancellation and Refund Policy\n\nCancellation must be made in writing immediately to VMP if you are prevented from travelling. If a cancellation is made more than six months prior to the scheduled departure\, you will be refunded any participant fee payed to date minus the initial deposit of $1\,500 USD. There will be no refunds made on cancellations made less than three months prior to the  scheduled date of departure. Please be aware that if the cancellation is made less than three months prior to departure and final payment has not yet been made\, you are still obligated to pay the remaining amount as due. Once an expedition is underway there shall be no refunds made. Prices are based upon group participation and no refunds shall be made on any segments of the program in which you do not wish to participate. No refunds are made to participants who do not complete the expedition (or in cases where the participant withdraws from the expedition prematurely)\, regardless and irrespective of the reason. \n\n Trip Cancellation and Interruption Insurance\n\nIt is mandatory that all travellers purchase trip cancellation and interruption insurance as protection against an emergency which may force you to cancel or leave from an expedition either before it begins or while it is in progress. \n\n Medical Information\n\nParticipation on a VMP expedition requires that you be in generally good health. It is essential that persons with any medical problems and related dietary restrictions make them known to us before departure. We can counsel you on whether the expedition you have selected is appropriate for you. The tour leader has the right to disqualify any participant at any time during the tour if he feels the participant is physically incapable and/or if a participant’s continued participation will jeopardise either the individual involved or the group. There will be no refund given under these circumstances. By forwarding of deposit\, the passenger certifies that he/she does not have any mental\, physical or other condition or disability that would create a hazard for him/herself or other passengers. \n\n Price Modifications\n\nVMP reserves the right to increase the price of the expedition if cost increases arise due to changes in transport costs\, changes in taxes\, customs or other fees or changes in the exchange rate. Participants will be notified in writing of any price modifications. \n\n Itinerary Changes and Trip Delay\n\nVMP reserves the right to change an expeditions dates\, itinerary\, or accommodations as conditions warrant. These are expeditions to remote parts of the world and we reserve the right to change the itinerary due to weather conditions\, political conditions and other factors beyond our control without consulting the participants. It is understood that such decisions will be made in the best interests of all participants and with regards to safety first. Participants have no right to any refund or other considerations in the event of these inevitable itinerary changes. If a trip must be delayed\, or the itinerary changed due to bad weather\, road conditions\, transportation delays\, government intervention\, sickness\, volcanic eruption or other contingency for which VMP or its agents cannot make provision\, the cost of delays or changes is not included. \n\n Itinerary Cancellation\n\nVMP reserves the right to cancel an expedition before departure for any reason whatsoever\, including too few participants or logistical problems such as strikes\, wars\, acts of God\, volcanic eruptions\, or any other circumstances which may make operation of the trip inadvisable. All trip payments received will be promptly refunded\, and this refund will be the limit of VMP’s liability. VMP is not responsible for any expenses incurred by trip members in preparing for the trip\, including non-refundable or penalty-carrying airline tickets\, special clothing\, visa or passport fees or other trip related expenses. \n\n Limitations of Liability\n\nVMP\, its owners\, agents and employees assume no responsibility whatsoever caused for injury\, loss or damage to person or property in connection with any service resulting directly from: acts of God\, detention\, annoyance\, delays\, expenses arising from quarantine\, strikes\, thefts\, pilferage\, force majeure\, failure of any means of conveyance to arrive or depart as scheduled\, civil disturbances\, terrorism\, government restrictions or regulations and discrepancies or changes in transit or hotel services over which it has no control. Reasonable changes in the itinerary may be made where deemed advisable for the comfort and well being of the participants. In case of a medical problem arising during the expedition\, which results in costs for evacuation\, use of aircraft or repatriation\, the responsibility for payment of these costs belongs solely to the passenger. \nVMP strongly advises that passengers ensure that such eventualities are covered by travel insurance. If not covered by travel insurance the responsibility still remains with the passenger and VMP specifically decline any responsibility whatsoever. \nNote: On payment of deposit to Vinay Mote Photography the depositor acknowledges that he/she has read and understands the above terms and conditions and agrees to be bound by them. \nDownload PDF version
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LOCATION:Serengeti\, Ngorongoro\, Manyara\, Tanzania\, Serengeti National Park\, Tanzania\, United Republic Of
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SUMMARY:Kenya Wildlife and Birdlife Photography Tour
DESCRIPTION:About this workshopTanzania is iconic Africa\, wildlife-rich habitat. The "Big Five" - African Animals found in Tanzania \nTanzania is also blessed with a great number and variety of birds within its borders. \nSerengeti National Park is undoubtedly the best-known wildlife sanctuary in the world\, unequaled for its natural beauty and scientific value. \nThe workshop will not only visit Serengeti National Park but we will visit Manyara lake where bird habitat is diverse and we will get a chance to see it from close. We will also visit Ngorongoro Crater\, which is often referred to as the Eighth Wonder of the World\, which has very different landscape than all another area. \nThe workshop will also aim to see migrating Wildebeest\, Zebra\, Giraffe\, Antelope\, Hippo\, Elephant\, and of course the Serengeti's famous big cats. \nAll in all\, this safari will produce life-long memories and the images that you will enjoy years to come. \nIts a dry season during July and August\, these are the coldest months. Temperatures vary significantly per region and because of their difference in altitude. Daytime temperatures are usually around 23°C/73°F. Although we might get few early morning showers\, they will dry up in a min or two\,  the days are long with sunrise at approximately 6:40am and sunset around 6:50pm. \nFrom the moment the exploration begins in Kilimanjaro until it ends 7 days later in Kilimanjaro\, all costs are included – transportation in 4x4 with one person per row and maximum 3 people in a car\, food\, drinks (excluding alcoholic beverages)\, and luxury accommodation based on a twin sharing. If you have special dietary requirements\, that will be accommodated - please make sure to advise when booking. Packed lunches will be taken in the field.  \nList of few animals and birds we might get to seeThe Jungle King\, Masai Mara\, Kenya  \nAnimals – Lion\, Cheetah\, Leopard\, Rhinoceros\, Buffalo\, Zebra\, Wildebeest\, The African Wild Dog\, African Civet\, Large-Spotted Genet\, Banded Mongoose\, Black-Backed Jackal\, Common Jackal\, Bat-Eared Fox\, Spotted Hyena\, Striped Hyena\, Aardwolf\, Common Baboon\, Vervet Monkey\, Sykes Monkey\, Common Eland\, Greater Kudu\, Lesser Kudu\, Bongo\, Sitatunga\, Bushbuck\, Thompson's Gazelle\, Grant's Gazelle\, Gerenuk\, Impala\, Bohor Reedbuck\, Mountain Reedbuck\, Black & White Colobus Monkey\, Bushbaby\, Roan Antelope\, Sable Antelope\, Oryx\, Fringe-Eared Oryx\, Beisa Oryx\, Common Waterbuck\, Defassa Waterbuck\, Common Wildebeest\, Hartebeest\, Topi\, Klipspringer\, Steenbok\, Common Duiker\, Kirk's Dik-Dik\, Hippopotamus\, Warthog\, Giant Forest Hog\, Aardvark\, Cape Clawless Otter\, Spotted-Necked Otter\, Scrub Hare\, Squirrel \n \nBirds - Superb Sterling\, Helmated Guinea Fowl\, Pied Crow\, Tawny Eagle\, Bronze Sunbird\, Oriole\, Red Headed Weaver\, Speckled Pigeon\, Common Scimitarbill\, Spekes Weaver\, Marabou Stork\, Hilde Brant Sterling\, White Browed Sparrow Weaver\, Blue Eared Glossy Sterling\, Red Bill Hornbill\, Crowned Plover\, Laughing Dove\, Green Wood Hoopoe\, Speckled Mouse Bird\, Baglafetched Weaver\, Yellow Billed Duck\, Shrike\, Martial Eagle\, Lilac Breasted Broller\, Black Headed Heron\, Lesser Cormorant\, Long Tail Cormorant\, Pied Kingfisher\, Yellow Billed Stork\, Pied Wagtail\, Saddle Billed Stork\, African Fish Eagle\, Maasai Ostrich\, White Bellied Bustard\, Kori Bustard\, Augur Buzzard\, Drongo\, Hadada Ibis\, Ring Neck Dove\, Ruppells Griffon Vulture\, White Backed Vulture\, Lappet Faced Vulture\, Common Bulbul\, Pale Chanting Goshawk\, African Green Pigeon\, Silver Checked Hornbill\, Rattling Cisticola  \, Brown Snake Eagle\, Dark Chanting Goshawk\, Ant Eater Chat\, Wattled Plover\, Ruppells Longtailed Starling\, Spur Winged Plover\, Egyptian Goose\, Grey Breasted Spur Fowl\, Common Shrike\, Secretary Bird\, Grassland Pipit\, Hammerkop\, Short Toed Snake Eagle\, Crowned Crane Bird\, African Jacana\, Grey Backed Shrike\, Pigmy Falcon\, Two Banded Courser\, Black Smith Plover\, Common Green Shank\, Malachite Kingfisher\, Long Toed Plover\, Yellow Necked Spur Fowl\, White Headed Buffalo Weaver\, Ficshers Sparrow Lark\, Fischer Sparrow Lark\, Little Bee Eater\, Gray Headed Kingfisher\, Gray Back Shrike\, Glossy Ibis\, Squacco Heron\, Ruff\, Fulvous Whistling Duck\, Spoonbill\, Wire Tailed Swallow\, Knob Billed Duck\, Collared Pratincole\, Bateleur Eagle\, Silver Cheeked Hornbill\, Lesser Flamingo\, Immature Yellow Billed Stork\, Shanks\, Kittlitzs Plover\, Black Winged Stilt\, African Skimmer\, Purple Swamp Hen\, Black Crake\, Common Red Shank\, Common Moorhen\, Winding Cisticola\, Reed Warbler\, Hottentot Teal\, Collared Pranticole\, African Gray Hornbill\, Northern White Crowned Shrik\, Yellow Rumped Seed Eater\, Babbler\, Southern Blue Capped Cordon Blu\, Greater Kestrel\, Temmineck’s Courser\, Rufus Napped Lark\, Yellow Throated Sandgrouse\, Red Billed Buffalo Weaver\, African Harrier Hawk\, Magpie Shrike\, Cut Throat Finch\, Rufus Sparrow Weaver\, Silver Bird\, African Hoopoe\, Crested Lark\, Gray Breasted Spur Fowl\, Coqui Francolin\, Two Banded Plover\, Ruppell’s Long Tailed Starling\, D’arnaud’s Barbet\, Pearl Spotted Owlet\, White Browed Coucal\, Green Shank\, Red Billed Duck\, Black Chested Snake Eagle\, Immature Black Chested Snake Eagle\, Lizard Buzzard\, Spotted Thick Knee\, Senegal Plover\, Chestnut Bellied Sandgrouse\, Ashy Starling\, Red Billed Hornbill\, Namaqua Dove\, Fishers Love Birds\, Red Billed Ox Pecker\, Scrub Robin Chat\, Tawney Eagle\, Variable Sunbird \nStraight into my eyes\,Black Rhinoceros\, Masai Mara\, Kenya  \nWorkshop OverviewDates: 30-July-2019 until the 5-Aug-2019 \nDuration: 6 Nights / 7 Days \nParticipants: Maximum 6 Photographers plus leaders \nStart: Kilimanjaro\, Tanzania \nFinish: Kilimanjaro\, Tanzania \nLeader: Vinay Mote \nTrip Highlights: Big Cats\, Birds\, Game drive every day covering golden hour time for Sunrise and Sunset(except arrival and departure day)\, 4x4 Landcruiser\, One person per row\, All accommodation is luxurious with full board\, Unlimited Supply of Water\, Includes Maasai village visit\, Small group size and Includes domestic flight. \nInvestment: $5\,200 USD (Full Price $7\,500 USD) \nSingle Supplement: $600 USD extra on top of above mentioned price. \nPayment Terms: Deposit to secure your place is $1\,500 USD and the balance is due 90 days before the commencement of the workshop. \nItineraryCurly Impala\, Ol Pajeta\, Kenya  \nDay 1 (30 Jul 2019) – Arrive and transfer to Serengeti and Game Drive \nArrive at Kilimanjaro airport by morning flight and immediately proceed to Serengeti by afternoon flight arriving in the evening for evening game drive enroute to lodge to checkin. \n-   If you feel tired you can relax at lodge as we got plenty of Game drive to go. \n-   Alternatively\, you can arrive one day in advance and accommodation with breakfast can be arranged in Arusha( at nominal extra cost) \nGame Drive – Late afternoon till Sunset \nAccommodation: Thorn tree tented camp \nIncludes: Lunch\, Dinner (Full Board) and Unlimited Bottled Mineral Water \nIncludes flight from Kilimanjaro to Serengeti \n  \nDay 2 (31 Jul 2019)– Full Day Game Drive Serengeti National Park \nEarly Tea/Coffee and depart at 6am for early morning game drive and sunrise photo opportunities. This is specially customised to go out in field when we have golden light and lot of chances to see and photograph wildlife in totally different light than normal tourist see. We will return for breakfast and after breakfast we will review/ discuss our images. After this we will depart for a full day game drive with packed lunch and we will have picnic at Serengeti National Park. \nGame Drive – Early Morning\, before Sunrise till after Sunset \nAccommodation: Thorn tree tented camp \nIncludes: Breakfast\, Lunch\, Dinner and Unlimited Bottled Mineral Water \n  \nDay 3 (1 Aug 2019) – Full Day Game Drive Serengeti National Park \nEarly Tea/Coffee and depart at 6am for early morning game drive and sunrise photo opportunities. This is specially customised to go out in field when we have golden light and lot of chances to see and photograph wildlife in totally different light than normal tourist see. We will return for breakfast and after breakfast we will review/ discuss our images. After this we will depart for a full day game drive with packed lunch and we will have picnic at Serengeti National Park. \nGame Drive – Early Morning\, before Sunrise till after Sunset \nAccommodation: Thorn tree tented camp \nIncludes: Breakfast\, Lunch\, Dinner and Unlimited Bottled Mineral Water \n  \nDay 4 (2 Aug 2019) – Full Day Game Drive Serengeti National Park \nEarly Tea/Coffee and depart at 6am for early morning game drive and sunrise photo opportunities. This is specially customised to go out in field when we have golden light and lot of chances to see and photograph wildlife in totally different light than normal tourist see. We will return for breakfast and after breakfast we will review/ discuss our images. After this we will depart for a full day game drive with packed lunch and we will have picnic at Serengeti National Park. \nGame Drive – Early Morning\, before Sunrise till after Sunset \nAccommodation: Thorn tree tented camp \nIncludes: Breakfast\, Lunch\, Dinner and Unlimited Bottled Mineral Water \n  \nDay 5 (3 Aug 2019) – Game drive at Serengeti National Park then travel to Ngorongoro Conservation \nEarly Tea/Coffee and depart at 6am for early morning game drive and sunrise photo opportunities. Return for breakfast and after breakfast depart for Ngorongoro conservation area with afternoon landscape photography\, arriving late evening at Rhino lodge Ngorongoro. \n  \nGame Drive – Early Morning\, before Sunrise\, Afternoon till Sunset \nAccommodation: Rhino lodge Ngorongoro \nIncludes: Breakfast\, Lunch\, Dinner and Unlimited Bottled Mineral Water \n  \nDay 6 (4 Aug 2019) – Ngorongoro Landscape photography and then travel to Lake Manyara \nEarly Morning Breakfast and depart at 6am for sunrise photo opportunities. Return to lodge for lunch and check out of Ngorongoro and travel towards Lake Manyara. While on the way we will also visit Maasai village. \nGame Drive – Early Morning\, before Sunrise \nAccommodation: Bougainvillea Safari Lodge \nIncludes: Breakfast\, Lunch\, Dinner and Unlimited Bottled Mineral Water \n  \nDay 7 (5 Aug 2019)  – Game Drive in Lake Manyara and late afternoon proceed to Kilimanjaro Airport \nAfter having Early Morning Breakfast we will proceed for full day game drive with packed picnic lunch towards Lake Manyara. After Game drive we will straight proceed to Kilimanjaro airport for your late night flight back home.  We will aim to reach by 6pm(18:00) \nGame Drive – Full day Game Drive in Lake Manyara \nIncludes: Breakfast\, Lunch\, Dinner and Unlimited Bottled Mineral Water \n-  In case you prefer to stay one more day then accommodation can be arranged at nominal extra cost. \n  \nEnd of Safari. \nOptional ActivitiesBalloon Ride –$550 USD per person \nTour cost – $5\,200 USD (Full Price - $7\,500 USD) per person\, twin sharing \nSingle Supplement – $600 USD extra on top of above-mentioned price. \nExtra 1 Day in Kilimanjaro (Before Start) - Cost of Accommodation with Breakfast on the day before at Arusha\, including airport transfer on next day – $150 USD \nExtra 1 Day in Kilimanjaro (After End) - Cost of Accommodation with Breakfast on the day after the end of safari at Arusha\, including airport transfer on next day – $150 USD \nMother and Baby White Rhinoceros\, Ol Pajeta\, Kenya  \nVinay Mote  \nPhotography LeaderAward Winning Photographer Vinay Mote \nLiving in Melbourne\, Australia\, Vinay is a professional landscape\, nature and wildlife photographer. A passionate photographer\, teacher and adventurer Vinay lead workshops\, and expeditions for other photographers and travelers to some of the world’s wildlife-rich regions. \nYou are welcome to join Vinay on a photographic trip of a lifetime to one of the most magical destinations on this planet. \nExcludes -  \n-International flight from your home location to Kilimanjaro and Return. \n-All expenses of personal nature like tips\, alcoholic drinks\, any drinks in restaurant at accommodation\, Telephone calls\, Laundry etc. \n-All unexpected government taxes and levies. \n-Any additional expenses caused by or liability for disturbance in the trip program due to circumstances beyond our control\, such as airline\, road blocks\, vehicle malfunction\, weather conditions\, sickness\, natural disaster\, etc. \n-Liability for any insurance against injury\, accidents\, damage to or loss of goods. \n-Anything which is not listed as included. \n  \nTrip Insurance \nIt is mandatory that you purchase travel insurance in the event of illness or any other emergency which delays or otherwise prevents you from travelling on the trip. \nRefunds and Cancellations \nOur standard workshop policy requires an initial non-refundable deposit for reservation of your space and your payment balance in full 90 days prior to the commencement of the workshop date\, unless otherwise noted. If we do not receive the balance on or before the due date\, and we are unable to get in contact with you via the contact details you have provided\, we will try to fill your spot off the waiting list. At our discretion\, we may apply your deposit to be used for another workshop within one year. Please note that price increases may apply in this instance. \nIf the workshop is canceled for any reason\, your deposit will be refunded in full. Suryaja Mote is trading as Vinay Mote Photography and Vinay & Suryaja Mote are not responsible for any financial commitments that registered attendees have with any third parties such as airlines or other travel services. \nWe recommend that you do not book any flights or accommodation until such time as your registration has been confirmed and your deposit paid. \nOther things to considerVaccinations \nMake sure you meet your GP 4 to 6 weeks before and carry YELLOW fever vaccinations(Mandatory) card with you and also other various optional vaccinations. \nVisa \nYou can apply online for Visa before you travel from your home country\, or get visa on arrival for $50 USD cash. \nMobile Connection \nIf you are thinking of getting a mobile connection while you are in Tanzania\, I would strongly suggest you to get Vodacom mobile as it has wide coverage for voice and internet and you should be able to get it at airport on arrival. I have personally used it and I can vouch for it. \nTravel Insurance \nI normally use my credit card insurance as it covers most of the things I need however in case you don’t have enough coverage then you can get World Nomads travel insurance. \nEquipment Cover \nFor long telephoto lenses you will need to get special coverage and it won’t be covered in regular insurance. Please make sure to check the maximum value covered by your insurance in case you are depending on your regular Travel insurance to cover equipment. \nTravel Adapter \nTanzania use G type adapter so please bring G type to your home country type adapter and may be extension board so that you can connect multiple devices. \nList of Travel Adapters per country - https://www.skyscanner.net/news/international-travel-plug-adapter-guide \nTERMS AND CONDITIONS\nPhotography Expeditions / Workshops / Tour and Scouting Trips\n\nThis Photography Expedition / Workshop / Tour / Scouting trip (Hereafter referred to as expedition) is organised and run by S V Mote trading as Vinay Mote Photography (Hereafter referred to as VMP). \n\n Registration\n\nRegistration is completed when the initial deposit of $1\,500 USD per person along with the signed booking form has been received by VMP. Note: All Reservations are binding. The balance of payment must be paid before 90 days of the commencement of the expedition. The entire participation fee must be paid within 5 business days in cases where registration is completed later than the three months prior to the departure date. \n\n Cancellation and Refund Policy\n\nCancellation must be made in writing immediately to VMP if you are prevented from travelling. If a cancellation is made more than six months prior to the scheduled departure\, you will be refunded any participant fee payed to date minus the initial deposit of $1\,500 USD. There will be no refunds made on cancellations made less than three months prior to the  scheduled date of departure. Please be aware that if the cancellation is made less than three months prior to departure and final payment has not yet been made\, you are still obligated to pay the remaining amount as due. Once an expedition is underway there shall be no refunds made. Prices are based upon group participation and no refunds shall be made on any segments of the program in which you do not wish to participate. No refunds are made to participants who do not complete the expedition (or in cases where the participant withdraws from the expedition prematurely)\, regardless and irrespective of the reason. \n\n Trip Cancellation and Interruption Insurance\n\nIt is mandatory that all travellers purchase trip cancellation and interruption insurance as protection against an emergency which may force you to cancel or leave from an expedition either before it begins or while it is in progress. \n\n Medical Information\n\nParticipation on a VMP expedition requires that you be in generally good health. It is essential that persons with any medical problems and related dietary restrictions make them known to us before departure. We can counsel you on whether the expedition you have selected is appropriate for you. The tour leader has the right to disqualify any participant at any time during the tour if he feels the participant is physically incapable and/or if a participant’s continued participation will jeopardise either the individual involved or the group. There will be no refund given under these circumstances. By forwarding of deposit\, the passenger certifies that he/she does not have any mental\, physical or other condition or disability that would create a hazard for him/herself or other passengers. \n\n Price Modifications\n\nVMP reserves the right to increase the price of the expedition if cost increases arise due to changes in transport costs\, changes in taxes\, customs or other fees or changes in the exchange rate. Participants will be notified in writing of any price modifications. \n\n Itinerary Changes and Trip Delay\n\nVMP reserves the right to change an expeditions dates\, itinerary\, or accommodations as conditions warrant. These are expeditions to remote parts of the world and we reserve the right to change the itinerary due to weather conditions\, political conditions and other factors beyond our control without consulting the participants. It is understood that such decisions will be made in the best interests of all participants and with regards to safety first. Participants have no right to any refund or other considerations in the event of these inevitable itinerary changes. If a trip must be delayed\, or the itinerary changed due to bad weather\, road conditions\, transportation delays\, government intervention\, sickness\, volcanic eruption or other contingency for which VMP or its agents cannot make provision\, the cost of delays or changes is not included. \n\n Itinerary Cancellation\n\nVMP reserves the right to cancel an expedition before departure for any reason whatsoever\, including too few participants or logistical problems such as strikes\, wars\, acts of God\, volcanic eruptions\, or any other circumstances which may make operation of the trip inadvisable. All trip payments received will be promptly refunded\, and this refund will be the limit of VMP’s liability. VMP is not responsible for any expenses incurred by trip members in preparing for the trip\, including non-refundable or penalty-carrying airline tickets\, special clothing\, visa or passport fees or other trip related expenses. \n\n Limitations of Liability\n\nVMP\, its owners\, agents and employees assume no responsibility whatsoever caused for injury\, loss or damage to person or property in connection with any service resulting directly from: acts of God\, detention\, annoyance\, delays\, expenses arising from quarantine\, strikes\, thefts\, pilferage\, force majeure\, failure of any means of conveyance to arrive or depart as scheduled\, civil disturbances\, terrorism\, government restrictions or regulations and discrepancies or changes in transit or hotel services over which it has no control. Reasonable changes in the itinerary may be made where deemed advisable for the comfort and well being of the participants. In case of a medical problem arising during the expedition\, which results in costs for evacuation\, use of aircraft or repatriation\, the responsibility for payment of these costs belongs solely to the passenger. \nVMP strongly advises that passengers ensure that such eventualities are covered by travel insurance. If not covered by travel insurance the responsibility still remains with the passenger and VMP specifically decline any responsibility whatsoever. \nNote: On payment of deposit to Vinay Mote Photography the depositor acknowledges that he/she has read and understands the above terms and conditions and agrees to be bound by them. \nDownload PDF version
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DESCRIPTION:About this workshopTanzania is iconic Africa\, wildlife-rich habitat. The "Big Five" - African Animals found in Tanzania \nTanzania is also blessed with a great number and variety of birds within its borders. \nSerengeti National Park is undoubtedly the best-known wildlife sanctuary in the world\, unequaled for its natural beauty and scientific value. \nThe workshop will not only visit Serengeti National Park but we will visit Manyara lake where bird habitat is diverse and we will get a chance to see it from close. We will also visit Ngorongoro Crater\, which is often referred to as the Eighth Wonder of the World\, which has very different landscape than all another area. \nThe workshop will also aim to see migrating Wildebeest\, Zebra\, Giraffe\, Antelope\, Hippo\, Elephant\, and of course the Serengeti's famous big cats. \nAll in all\, this safari will produce life-long memories and the images that you will enjoy years to come. \nIts a dry season during July and August\, these are the coldest months. Temperatures vary significantly per region and because of their difference in altitude. Daytime temperatures are usually around 23°C/73°F. Although we might get few early morning showers\, they will dry up in a min or two\,  the days are long with sunrise at approximately 6:40am and sunset around 6:50pm. \nFrom the moment the exploration begins in Kilimanjaro until it ends 7 days later in Kilimanjaro\, all costs are included – transportation in 4x4 with one person per row and maximum 3 people in a car\, food\, drinks (excluding alcoholic beverages)\, and luxury accommodation based on a twin sharing. If you have special dietary requirements\, that will be accommodated - please make sure to advise when booking. Packed lunches will be taken in the field.  \nList of few animals and birds we might get to seeThe Jungle King\, Masai Mara\, Kenya  \nAnimals – Lion\, Cheetah\, Leopard\, Rhinoceros\, Buffalo\, Zebra\, Wildebeest\, The African Wild Dog\, African Civet\, Large-Spotted Genet\, Banded Mongoose\, Black-Backed Jackal\, Common Jackal\, Bat-Eared Fox\, Spotted Hyena\, Striped Hyena\, Aardwolf\, Common Baboon\, Vervet Monkey\, Sykes Monkey\, Common Eland\, Greater Kudu\, Lesser Kudu\, Bongo\, Sitatunga\, Bushbuck\, Thompson's Gazelle\, Grant's Gazelle\, Gerenuk\, Impala\, Bohor Reedbuck\, Mountain Reedbuck\, Black & White Colobus Monkey\, Bushbaby\, Roan Antelope\, Sable Antelope\, Oryx\, Fringe-Eared Oryx\, Beisa Oryx\, Common Waterbuck\, Defassa Waterbuck\, Common Wildebeest\, Hartebeest\, Topi\, Klipspringer\, Steenbok\, Common Duiker\, Kirk's Dik-Dik\, Hippopotamus\, Warthog\, Giant Forest Hog\, Aardvark\, Cape Clawless Otter\, Spotted-Necked Otter\, Scrub Hare\, Squirrel \n \nBirds - Superb Sterling\, Helmated Guinea Fowl\, Pied Crow\, Tawny Eagle\, Bronze Sunbird\, Oriole\, Red Headed Weaver\, Speckled Pigeon\, Common Scimitarbill\, Spekes Weaver\, Marabou Stork\, Hilde Brant Sterling\, White Browed Sparrow Weaver\, Blue Eared Glossy Sterling\, Red Bill Hornbill\, Crowned Plover\, Laughing Dove\, Green Wood Hoopoe\, Speckled Mouse Bird\, Baglafetched Weaver\, Yellow Billed Duck\, Shrike\, Martial Eagle\, Lilac Breasted Broller\, Black Headed Heron\, Lesser Cormorant\, Long Tail Cormorant\, Pied Kingfisher\, Yellow Billed Stork\, Pied Wagtail\, Saddle Billed Stork\, African Fish Eagle\, Maasai Ostrich\, White Bellied Bustard\, Kori Bustard\, Augur Buzzard\, Drongo\, Hadada Ibis\, Ring Neck Dove\, Ruppells Griffon Vulture\, White Backed Vulture\, Lappet Faced Vulture\, Common Bulbul\, Pale Chanting Goshawk\, African Green Pigeon\, Silver Checked Hornbill\, Rattling Cisticola  \, Brown Snake Eagle\, Dark Chanting Goshawk\, Ant Eater Chat\, Wattled Plover\, Ruppells Longtailed Starling\, Spur Winged Plover\, Egyptian Goose\, Grey Breasted Spur Fowl\, Common Shrike\, Secretary Bird\, Grassland Pipit\, Hammerkop\, Short Toed Snake Eagle\, Crowned Crane Bird\, African Jacana\, Grey Backed Shrike\, Pigmy Falcon\, Two Banded Courser\, Black Smith Plover\, Common Green Shank\, Malachite Kingfisher\, Long Toed Plover\, Yellow Necked Spur Fowl\, White Headed Buffalo Weaver\, Ficshers Sparrow Lark\, Fischer Sparrow Lark\, Little Bee Eater\, Gray Headed Kingfisher\, Gray Back Shrike\, Glossy Ibis\, Squacco Heron\, Ruff\, Fulvous Whistling Duck\, Spoonbill\, Wire Tailed Swallow\, Knob Billed Duck\, Collared Pratincole\, Bateleur Eagle\, Silver Cheeked Hornbill\, Lesser Flamingo\, Immature Yellow Billed Stork\, Shanks\, Kittlitzs Plover\, Black Winged Stilt\, African Skimmer\, Purple Swamp Hen\, Black Crake\, Common Red Shank\, Common Moorhen\, Winding Cisticola\, Reed Warbler\, Hottentot Teal\, Collared Pranticole\, African Gray Hornbill\, Northern White Crowned Shrik\, Yellow Rumped Seed Eater\, Babbler\, Southern Blue Capped Cordon Blu\, Greater Kestrel\, Temmineck’s Courser\, Rufus Napped Lark\, Yellow Throated Sandgrouse\, Red Billed Buffalo Weaver\, African Harrier Hawk\, Magpie Shrike\, Cut Throat Finch\, Rufus Sparrow Weaver\, Silver Bird\, African Hoopoe\, Crested Lark\, Gray Breasted Spur Fowl\, Coqui Francolin\, Two Banded Plover\, Ruppell’s Long Tailed Starling\, D’arnaud’s Barbet\, Pearl Spotted Owlet\, White Browed Coucal\, Green Shank\, Red Billed Duck\, Black Chested Snake Eagle\, Immature Black Chested Snake Eagle\, Lizard Buzzard\, Spotted Thick Knee\, Senegal Plover\, Chestnut Bellied Sandgrouse\, Ashy Starling\, Red Billed Hornbill\, Namaqua Dove\, Fishers Love Birds\, Red Billed Ox Pecker\, Scrub Robin Chat\, Tawney Eagle\, Variable Sunbird \nStraight into my eyes\,Black Rhinoceros\, Masai Mara\, Kenya  \nWorkshop OverviewDates: 30-July-2019 until the 5-Aug-2019 \nDuration: 6 Nights / 7 Days \nParticipants: Maximum 6 Photographers plus leaders \nStart: Kilimanjaro\, Tanzania \nFinish: Kilimanjaro\, Tanzania \nLeader: Vinay Mote \nTrip Highlights: Big Cats\, Birds\, Game drive every day covering golden hour time for Sunrise and Sunset(except arrival and departure day)\, 4x4 Landcruiser\, One person per row\, All accommodation is luxurious with full board\, Unlimited Supply of Water\, Includes Maasai village visit\, Small group size and Includes domestic flight. \nInvestment: $5\,200 USD (Full Price $7\,500 USD) \nSingle Supplement: $600 USD extra on top of above mentioned price. \nPayment Terms: Deposit to secure your place is $1\,500 USD and the balance is due 90 days before the commencement of the workshop. \nItineraryCurly Impala\, Ol Pajeta\, Kenya  \nDay 1 (30 Jul 2019) – Arrive and transfer to Serengeti and Game Drive \nArrive at Kilimanjaro airport by morning flight and immediately proceed to Serengeti by afternoon flight arriving in the evening for evening game drive enroute to lodge to checkin. \n-   If you feel tired you can relax at lodge as we got plenty of Game drive to go. \n-   Alternatively\, you can arrive one day in advance and accommodation with breakfast can be arranged in Arusha( at nominal extra cost) \nGame Drive – Late afternoon till Sunset \nAccommodation: Thorn tree tented camp \nIncludes: Lunch\, Dinner (Full Board) and Unlimited Bottled Mineral Water \nIncludes flight from Kilimanjaro to Serengeti \n  \nDay 2 (31 Jul 2019)– Full Day Game Drive Serengeti National Park \nEarly Tea/Coffee and depart at 6am for early morning game drive and sunrise photo opportunities. This is specially customised to go out in field when we have golden light and lot of chances to see and photograph wildlife in totally different light than normal tourist see. We will return for breakfast and after breakfast we will review/ discuss our images. After this we will depart for a full day game drive with packed lunch and we will have picnic at Serengeti National Park. \nGame Drive – Early Morning\, before Sunrise till after Sunset \nAccommodation: Thorn tree tented camp \nIncludes: Breakfast\, Lunch\, Dinner and Unlimited Bottled Mineral Water \n  \nDay 3 (1 Aug 2019) – Full Day Game Drive Serengeti National Park \nEarly Tea/Coffee and depart at 6am for early morning game drive and sunrise photo opportunities. This is specially customised to go out in field when we have golden light and lot of chances to see and photograph wildlife in totally different light than normal tourist see. We will return for breakfast and after breakfast we will review/ discuss our images. After this we will depart for a full day game drive with packed lunch and we will have picnic at Serengeti National Park. \nGame Drive – Early Morning\, before Sunrise till after Sunset \nAccommodation: Thorn tree tented camp \nIncludes: Breakfast\, Lunch\, Dinner and Unlimited Bottled Mineral Water \n  \nDay 4 (2 Aug 2019) – Full Day Game Drive Serengeti National Park \nEarly Tea/Coffee and depart at 6am for early morning game drive and sunrise photo opportunities. This is specially customised to go out in field when we have golden light and lot of chances to see and photograph wildlife in totally different light than normal tourist see. We will return for breakfast and after breakfast we will review/ discuss our images. After this we will depart for a full day game drive with packed lunch and we will have picnic at Serengeti National Park. \nGame Drive – Early Morning\, before Sunrise till after Sunset \nAccommodation: Thorn tree tented camp \nIncludes: Breakfast\, Lunch\, Dinner and Unlimited Bottled Mineral Water \n  \nDay 5 (3 Aug 2019) – Game drive at Serengeti National Park then travel to Ngorongoro Conservation \nEarly Tea/Coffee and depart at 6am for early morning game drive and sunrise photo opportunities. Return for breakfast and after breakfast depart for Ngorongoro conservation area with afternoon landscape photography\, arriving late evening at Rhino lodge Ngorongoro. \n  \nGame Drive – Early Morning\, before Sunrise\, Afternoon till Sunset \nAccommodation: Rhino lodge Ngorongoro \nIncludes: Breakfast\, Lunch\, Dinner and Unlimited Bottled Mineral Water \n  \nDay 6 (4 Aug 2019) – Ngorongoro Landscape photography and then travel to Lake Manyara \nEarly Morning Breakfast and depart at 6am for sunrise photo opportunities. Return to lodge for lunch and check out of Ngorongoro and travel towards Lake Manyara. While on the way we will also visit Maasai village. \nGame Drive – Early Morning\, before Sunrise \nAccommodation: Bougainvillea Safari Lodge \nIncludes: Breakfast\, Lunch\, Dinner and Unlimited Bottled Mineral Water \n  \nDay 7 (5 Aug 2019)  – Game Drive in Lake Manyara and late afternoon proceed to Kilimanjaro Airport \nAfter having Early Morning Breakfast we will proceed for full day game drive with packed picnic lunch towards Lake Manyara. After Game drive we will straight proceed to Kilimanjaro airport for your late night flight back home.  We will aim to reach by 6pm(18:00) \nGame Drive – Full day Game Drive in Lake Manyara \nIncludes: Breakfast\, Lunch\, Dinner and Unlimited Bottled Mineral Water \n-  In case you prefer to stay one more day then accommodation can be arranged at nominal extra cost. \n  \nEnd of Safari. \nOptional ActivitiesBalloon Ride –$550 USD per person \nTour cost – $5\,200 USD (Full Price - $7\,500 USD) per person\, twin sharing \nSingle Supplement – $600 USD extra on top of above-mentioned price. \nExtra 1 Day in Kilimanjaro (Before Start) - Cost of Accommodation with Breakfast on the day before at Arusha\, including airport transfer on next day – $150 USD \nExtra 1 Day in Kilimanjaro (After End) - Cost of Accommodation with Breakfast on the day after the end of safari at Arusha\, including airport transfer on next day – $150 USD \nMother and Baby White Rhinoceros\, Ol Pajeta\, Kenya  \nVinay Mote  \nPhotography LeaderAward Winning Photographer Vinay Mote \nLiving in Melbourne\, Australia\, Vinay is a professional landscape\, nature and wildlife photographer. A passionate photographer\, teacher and adventurer Vinay lead workshops\, and expeditions for other photographers and travelers to some of the world’s wildlife-rich regions. \nYou are welcome to join Vinay on a photographic trip of a lifetime to one of the most magical destinations on this planet. \nExcludes -  \n-International flight from your home location to Kilimanjaro and Return. \n-All expenses of personal nature like tips\, alcoholic drinks\, any drinks in restaurant at accommodation\, Telephone calls\, Laundry etc. \n-All unexpected government taxes and levies. \n-Any additional expenses caused by or liability for disturbance in the trip program due to circumstances beyond our control\, such as airline\, road blocks\, vehicle malfunction\, weather conditions\, sickness\, natural disaster\, etc. \n-Liability for any insurance against injury\, accidents\, damage to or loss of goods. \n-Anything which is not listed as included. \n  \nTrip Insurance \nIt is mandatory that you purchase travel insurance in the event of illness or any other emergency which delays or otherwise prevents you from travelling on the trip. \nRefunds and Cancellations \nOur standard workshop policy requires an initial non-refundable deposit for reservation of your space and your payment balance in full 90 days prior to the commencement of the workshop date\, unless otherwise noted. If we do not receive the balance on or before the due date\, and we are unable to get in contact with you via the contact details you have provided\, we will try to fill your spot off the waiting list. At our discretion\, we may apply your deposit to be used for another workshop within one year. Please note that price increases may apply in this instance. \nIf the workshop is canceled for any reason\, your deposit will be refunded in full. Suryaja Mote is trading as Vinay Mote Photography and Vinay & Suryaja Mote are not responsible for any financial commitments that registered attendees have with any third parties such as airlines or other travel services. \nWe recommend that you do not book any flights or accommodation until such time as your registration has been confirmed and your deposit paid. \nOther things to considerVaccinations \nMake sure you meet your GP 4 to 6 weeks before and carry YELLOW fever vaccinations(Mandatory) card with you and also other various optional vaccinations. \nVisa \nYou can apply online for Visa before you travel from your home country\, or get visa on arrival for $50 USD cash. \nMobile Connection \nIf you are thinking of getting a mobile connection while you are in Tanzania\, I would strongly suggest you to get Vodacom mobile as it has wide coverage for voice and internet and you should be able to get it at airport on arrival. I have personally used it and I can vouch for it. \nTravel Insurance \nI normally use my credit card insurance as it covers most of the things I need however in case you don’t have enough coverage then you can get World Nomads travel insurance. \nEquipment Cover \nFor long telephoto lenses you will need to get special coverage and it won’t be covered in regular insurance. Please make sure to check the maximum value covered by your insurance in case you are depending on your regular Travel insurance to cover equipment. \nTravel Adapter \nTanzania use G type adapter so please bring G type to your home country type adapter and may be extension board so that you can connect multiple devices. \nList of Travel Adapters per country - https://www.skyscanner.net/news/international-travel-plug-adapter-guide \nTERMS AND CONDITIONS\nPhotography Expeditions / Workshops / Tour and Scouting Trips\n\nThis Photography Expedition / Workshop / Tour / Scouting trip (Hereafter referred to as expedition) is organised and run by S V Mote trading as Vinay Mote Photography (Hereafter referred to as VMP). \n\n Registration\n\nRegistration is completed when the initial deposit of $1\,500 USD per person along with the signed booking form has been received by VMP. Note: All Reservations are binding. The balance of payment must be paid before 90 days of the commencement of the expedition. The entire participation fee must be paid within 5 business days in cases where registration is completed later than the three months prior to the departure date. \n\n Cancellation and Refund Policy\n\nCancellation must be made in writing immediately to VMP if you are prevented from travelling. If a cancellation is made more than six months prior to the scheduled departure\, you will be refunded any participant fee payed to date minus the initial deposit of $1\,500 USD. There will be no refunds made on cancellations made less than three months prior to the  scheduled date of departure. Please be aware that if the cancellation is made less than three months prior to departure and final payment has not yet been made\, you are still obligated to pay the remaining amount as due. Once an expedition is underway there shall be no refunds made. Prices are based upon group participation and no refunds shall be made on any segments of the program in which you do not wish to participate. No refunds are made to participants who do not complete the expedition (or in cases where the participant withdraws from the expedition prematurely)\, regardless and irrespective of the reason. \n\n Trip Cancellation and Interruption Insurance\n\nIt is mandatory that all travellers purchase trip cancellation and interruption insurance as protection against an emergency which may force you to cancel or leave from an expedition either before it begins or while it is in progress. \n\n Medical Information\n\nParticipation on a VMP expedition requires that you be in generally good health. It is essential that persons with any medical problems and related dietary restrictions make them known to us before departure. We can counsel you on whether the expedition you have selected is appropriate for you. The tour leader has the right to disqualify any participant at any time during the tour if he feels the participant is physically incapable and/or if a participant’s continued participation will jeopardise either the individual involved or the group. There will be no refund given under these circumstances. By forwarding of deposit\, the passenger certifies that he/she does not have any mental\, physical or other condition or disability that would create a hazard for him/herself or other passengers. \n\n Price Modifications\n\nVMP reserves the right to increase the price of the expedition if cost increases arise due to changes in transport costs\, changes in taxes\, customs or other fees or changes in the exchange rate. Participants will be notified in writing of any price modifications. \n\n Itinerary Changes and Trip Delay\n\nVMP reserves the right to change an expeditions dates\, itinerary\, or accommodations as conditions warrant. These are expeditions to remote parts of the world and we reserve the right to change the itinerary due to weather conditions\, political conditions and other factors beyond our control without consulting the participants. It is understood that such decisions will be made in the best interests of all participants and with regards to safety first. Participants have no right to any refund or other considerations in the event of these inevitable itinerary changes. If a trip must be delayed\, or the itinerary changed due to bad weather\, road conditions\, transportation delays\, government intervention\, sickness\, volcanic eruption or other contingency for which VMP or its agents cannot make provision\, the cost of delays or changes is not included. \n\n Itinerary Cancellation\n\nVMP reserves the right to cancel an expedition before departure for any reason whatsoever\, including too few participants or logistical problems such as strikes\, wars\, acts of God\, volcanic eruptions\, or any other circumstances which may make operation of the trip inadvisable. All trip payments received will be promptly refunded\, and this refund will be the limit of VMP’s liability. VMP is not responsible for any expenses incurred by trip members in preparing for the trip\, including non-refundable or penalty-carrying airline tickets\, special clothing\, visa or passport fees or other trip related expenses. \n\n Limitations of Liability\n\nVMP\, its owners\, agents and employees assume no responsibility whatsoever caused for injury\, loss or damage to person or property in connection with any service resulting directly from: acts of God\, detention\, annoyance\, delays\, expenses arising from quarantine\, strikes\, thefts\, pilferage\, force majeure\, failure of any means of conveyance to arrive or depart as scheduled\, civil disturbances\, terrorism\, government restrictions or regulations and discrepancies or changes in transit or hotel services over which it has no control. Reasonable changes in the itinerary may be made where deemed advisable for the comfort and well being of the participants. In case of a medical problem arising during the expedition\, which results in costs for evacuation\, use of aircraft or repatriation\, the responsibility for payment of these costs belongs solely to the passenger. \nVMP strongly advises that passengers ensure that such eventualities are covered by travel insurance. If not covered by travel insurance the responsibility still remains with the passenger and VMP specifically decline any responsibility whatsoever. \nNote: On payment of deposit to Vinay Mote Photography the depositor acknowledges that he/she has read and understands the above terms and conditions and agrees to be bound by them. \nDownload PDF version
URL:https://www.vinaymote.com/workshop/photography-basics-and-beyond/
LOCATION:Radisson on Flagstaff Gardens Melbourne\, 380 William St\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Indoor Photography Workshop
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SUMMARY:DSLR Selection
DESCRIPTION:About this workshopTanzania is iconic Africa\, wildlife-rich habitat. The "Big Five" - African Animals found in Tanzania \nTanzania is also blessed with a great number and variety of birds within its borders. \nSerengeti National Park is undoubtedly the best-known wildlife sanctuary in the world\, unequaled for its natural beauty and scientific value. \nThe workshop will not only visit Serengeti National Park but we will visit Manyara lake where bird habitat is diverse and we will get a chance to see it from close. We will also visit Ngorongoro Crater\, which is often referred to as the Eighth Wonder of the World\, which has very different landscape than all another area. \nThe workshop will also aim to see migrating Wildebeest\, Zebra\, Giraffe\, Antelope\, Hippo\, Elephant\, and of course the Serengeti's famous big cats. \nAll in all\, this safari will produce life-long memories and the images that you will enjoy years to come. \nIts a dry season during July and August\, these are the coldest months. Temperatures vary significantly per region and because of their difference in altitude. Daytime temperatures are usually around 23°C/73°F. Although we might get few early morning showers\, they will dry up in a min or two\,  the days are long with sunrise at approximately 6:40am and sunset around 6:50pm. \nFrom the moment the exploration begins in Kilimanjaro until it ends 7 days later in Kilimanjaro\, all costs are included – transportation in 4x4 with one person per row and maximum 3 people in a car\, food\, drinks (excluding alcoholic beverages)\, and luxury accommodation based on a twin sharing. If you have special dietary requirements\, that will be accommodated - please make sure to advise when booking. Packed lunches will be taken in the field.  \nList of few animals and birds we might get to seeThe Jungle King\, Masai Mara\, Kenya  \nAnimals – Lion\, Cheetah\, Leopard\, Rhinoceros\, Buffalo\, Zebra\, Wildebeest\, The African Wild Dog\, African Civet\, Large-Spotted Genet\, Banded Mongoose\, Black-Backed Jackal\, Common Jackal\, Bat-Eared Fox\, Spotted Hyena\, Striped Hyena\, Aardwolf\, Common Baboon\, Vervet Monkey\, Sykes Monkey\, Common Eland\, Greater Kudu\, Lesser Kudu\, Bongo\, Sitatunga\, Bushbuck\, Thompson's Gazelle\, Grant's Gazelle\, Gerenuk\, Impala\, Bohor Reedbuck\, Mountain Reedbuck\, Black & White Colobus Monkey\, Bushbaby\, Roan Antelope\, Sable Antelope\, Oryx\, Fringe-Eared Oryx\, Beisa Oryx\, Common Waterbuck\, Defassa Waterbuck\, Common Wildebeest\, Hartebeest\, Topi\, Klipspringer\, Steenbok\, Common Duiker\, Kirk's Dik-Dik\, Hippopotamus\, Warthog\, Giant Forest Hog\, Aardvark\, Cape Clawless Otter\, Spotted-Necked Otter\, Scrub Hare\, Squirrel \n \nBirds - Superb Sterling\, Helmated Guinea Fowl\, Pied Crow\, Tawny Eagle\, Bronze Sunbird\, Oriole\, Red Headed Weaver\, Speckled Pigeon\, Common Scimitarbill\, Spekes Weaver\, Marabou Stork\, Hilde Brant Sterling\, White Browed Sparrow Weaver\, Blue Eared Glossy Sterling\, Red Bill Hornbill\, Crowned Plover\, Laughing Dove\, Green Wood Hoopoe\, Speckled Mouse Bird\, Baglafetched Weaver\, Yellow Billed Duck\, Shrike\, Martial Eagle\, Lilac Breasted Broller\, Black Headed Heron\, Lesser Cormorant\, Long Tail Cormorant\, Pied Kingfisher\, Yellow Billed Stork\, Pied Wagtail\, Saddle Billed Stork\, African Fish Eagle\, Maasai Ostrich\, White Bellied Bustard\, Kori Bustard\, Augur Buzzard\, Drongo\, Hadada Ibis\, Ring Neck Dove\, Ruppells Griffon Vulture\, White Backed Vulture\, Lappet Faced Vulture\, Common Bulbul\, Pale Chanting Goshawk\, African Green Pigeon\, Silver Checked Hornbill\, Rattling Cisticola  \, Brown Snake Eagle\, Dark Chanting Goshawk\, Ant Eater Chat\, Wattled Plover\, Ruppells Longtailed Starling\, Spur Winged Plover\, Egyptian Goose\, Grey Breasted Spur Fowl\, Common Shrike\, Secretary Bird\, Grassland Pipit\, Hammerkop\, Short Toed Snake Eagle\, Crowned Crane Bird\, African Jacana\, Grey Backed Shrike\, Pigmy Falcon\, Two Banded Courser\, Black Smith Plover\, Common Green Shank\, Malachite Kingfisher\, Long Toed Plover\, Yellow Necked Spur Fowl\, White Headed Buffalo Weaver\, Ficshers Sparrow Lark\, Fischer Sparrow Lark\, Little Bee Eater\, Gray Headed Kingfisher\, Gray Back Shrike\, Glossy Ibis\, Squacco Heron\, Ruff\, Fulvous Whistling Duck\, Spoonbill\, Wire Tailed Swallow\, Knob Billed Duck\, Collared Pratincole\, Bateleur Eagle\, Silver Cheeked Hornbill\, Lesser Flamingo\, Immature Yellow Billed Stork\, Shanks\, Kittlitzs Plover\, Black Winged Stilt\, African Skimmer\, Purple Swamp Hen\, Black Crake\, Common Red Shank\, Common Moorhen\, Winding Cisticola\, Reed Warbler\, Hottentot Teal\, Collared Pranticole\, African Gray Hornbill\, Northern White Crowned Shrik\, Yellow Rumped Seed Eater\, Babbler\, Southern Blue Capped Cordon Blu\, Greater Kestrel\, Temmineck’s Courser\, Rufus Napped Lark\, Yellow Throated Sandgrouse\, Red Billed Buffalo Weaver\, African Harrier Hawk\, Magpie Shrike\, Cut Throat Finch\, Rufus Sparrow Weaver\, Silver Bird\, African Hoopoe\, Crested Lark\, Gray Breasted Spur Fowl\, Coqui Francolin\, Two Banded Plover\, Ruppell’s Long Tailed Starling\, D’arnaud’s Barbet\, Pearl Spotted Owlet\, White Browed Coucal\, Green Shank\, Red Billed Duck\, Black Chested Snake Eagle\, Immature Black Chested Snake Eagle\, Lizard Buzzard\, Spotted Thick Knee\, Senegal Plover\, Chestnut Bellied Sandgrouse\, Ashy Starling\, Red Billed Hornbill\, Namaqua Dove\, Fishers Love Birds\, Red Billed Ox Pecker\, Scrub Robin Chat\, Tawney Eagle\, Variable Sunbird \nStraight into my eyes\,Black Rhinoceros\, Masai Mara\, Kenya  \nWorkshop OverviewDates: 30-July-2019 until the 5-Aug-2019 \nDuration: 6 Nights / 7 Days \nParticipants: Maximum 6 Photographers plus leaders \nStart: Kilimanjaro\, Tanzania \nFinish: Kilimanjaro\, Tanzania \nLeader: Vinay Mote \nTrip Highlights: Big Cats\, Birds\, Game drive every day covering golden hour time for Sunrise and Sunset(except arrival and departure day)\, 4x4 Landcruiser\, One person per row\, All accommodation is luxurious with full board\, Unlimited Supply of Water\, Includes Maasai village visit\, Small group size and Includes domestic flight. \nInvestment: $5\,200 USD (Full Price $7\,500 USD) \nSingle Supplement: $600 USD extra on top of above mentioned price. \nPayment Terms: Deposit to secure your place is $1\,500 USD and the balance is due 90 days before the commencement of the workshop. \nItineraryCurly Impala\, Ol Pajeta\, Kenya  \nDay 1 (30 Jul 2019) – Arrive and transfer to Serengeti and Game Drive \nArrive at Kilimanjaro airport by morning flight and immediately proceed to Serengeti by afternoon flight arriving in the evening for evening game drive enroute to lodge to checkin. \n-   If you feel tired you can relax at lodge as we got plenty of Game drive to go. \n-   Alternatively\, you can arrive one day in advance and accommodation with breakfast can be arranged in Arusha( at nominal extra cost) \nGame Drive – Late afternoon till Sunset \nAccommodation: Thorn tree tented camp \nIncludes: Lunch\, Dinner (Full Board) and Unlimited Bottled Mineral Water \nIncludes flight from Kilimanjaro to Serengeti \n  \nDay 2 (31 Jul 2019)– Full Day Game Drive Serengeti National Park \nEarly Tea/Coffee and depart at 6am for early morning game drive and sunrise photo opportunities. This is specially customised to go out in field when we have golden light and lot of chances to see and photograph wildlife in totally different light than normal tourist see. We will return for breakfast and after breakfast we will review/ discuss our images. After this we will depart for a full day game drive with packed lunch and we will have picnic at Serengeti National Park. \nGame Drive – Early Morning\, before Sunrise till after Sunset \nAccommodation: Thorn tree tented camp \nIncludes: Breakfast\, Lunch\, Dinner and Unlimited Bottled Mineral Water \n  \nDay 3 (1 Aug 2019) – Full Day Game Drive Serengeti National Park \nEarly Tea/Coffee and depart at 6am for early morning game drive and sunrise photo opportunities. This is specially customised to go out in field when we have golden light and lot of chances to see and photograph wildlife in totally different light than normal tourist see. We will return for breakfast and after breakfast we will review/ discuss our images. After this we will depart for a full day game drive with packed lunch and we will have picnic at Serengeti National Park. \nGame Drive – Early Morning\, before Sunrise till after Sunset \nAccommodation: Thorn tree tented camp \nIncludes: Breakfast\, Lunch\, Dinner and Unlimited Bottled Mineral Water \n  \nDay 4 (2 Aug 2019) – Full Day Game Drive Serengeti National Park \nEarly Tea/Coffee and depart at 6am for early morning game drive and sunrise photo opportunities. This is specially customised to go out in field when we have golden light and lot of chances to see and photograph wildlife in totally different light than normal tourist see. We will return for breakfast and after breakfast we will review/ discuss our images. After this we will depart for a full day game drive with packed lunch and we will have picnic at Serengeti National Park. \nGame Drive – Early Morning\, before Sunrise till after Sunset \nAccommodation: Thorn tree tented camp \nIncludes: Breakfast\, Lunch\, Dinner and Unlimited Bottled Mineral Water \n  \nDay 5 (3 Aug 2019) – Game drive at Serengeti National Park then travel to Ngorongoro Conservation \nEarly Tea/Coffee and depart at 6am for early morning game drive and sunrise photo opportunities. Return for breakfast and after breakfast depart for Ngorongoro conservation area with afternoon landscape photography\, arriving late evening at Rhino lodge Ngorongoro. \n  \nGame Drive – Early Morning\, before Sunrise\, Afternoon till Sunset \nAccommodation: Rhino lodge Ngorongoro \nIncludes: Breakfast\, Lunch\, Dinner and Unlimited Bottled Mineral Water \n  \nDay 6 (4 Aug 2019) – Ngorongoro Landscape photography and then travel to Lake Manyara \nEarly Morning Breakfast and depart at 6am for sunrise photo opportunities. Return to lodge for lunch and check out of Ngorongoro and travel towards Lake Manyara. While on the way we will also visit Maasai village. \nGame Drive – Early Morning\, before Sunrise \nAccommodation: Bougainvillea Safari Lodge \nIncludes: Breakfast\, Lunch\, Dinner and Unlimited Bottled Mineral Water \n  \nDay 7 (5 Aug 2019)  – Game Drive in Lake Manyara and late afternoon proceed to Kilimanjaro Airport \nAfter having Early Morning Breakfast we will proceed for full day game drive with packed picnic lunch towards Lake Manyara. After Game drive we will straight proceed to Kilimanjaro airport for your late night flight back home.  We will aim to reach by 6pm(18:00) \nGame Drive – Full day Game Drive in Lake Manyara \nIncludes: Breakfast\, Lunch\, Dinner and Unlimited Bottled Mineral Water \n-  In case you prefer to stay one more day then accommodation can be arranged at nominal extra cost. \n  \nEnd of Safari. \nOptional ActivitiesBalloon Ride –$550 USD per person \nTour cost – $5\,200 USD (Full Price - $7\,500 USD) per person\, twin sharing \nSingle Supplement – $600 USD extra on top of above-mentioned price. \nExtra 1 Day in Kilimanjaro (Before Start) - Cost of Accommodation with Breakfast on the day before at Arusha\, including airport transfer on next day – $150 USD \nExtra 1 Day in Kilimanjaro (After End) - Cost of Accommodation with Breakfast on the day after the end of safari at Arusha\, including airport transfer on next day – $150 USD \nMother and Baby White Rhinoceros\, Ol Pajeta\, Kenya  \nVinay Mote  \nPhotography LeaderAward Winning Photographer Vinay Mote \nLiving in Melbourne\, Australia\, Vinay is a professional landscape\, nature and wildlife photographer. A passionate photographer\, teacher and adventurer Vinay lead workshops\, and expeditions for other photographers and travelers to some of the world’s wildlife-rich regions. \nYou are welcome to join Vinay on a photographic trip of a lifetime to one of the most magical destinations on this planet. \nExcludes -  \n-International flight from your home location to Kilimanjaro and Return. \n-All expenses of personal nature like tips\, alcoholic drinks\, any drinks in restaurant at accommodation\, Telephone calls\, Laundry etc. \n-All unexpected government taxes and levies. \n-Any additional expenses caused by or liability for disturbance in the trip program due to circumstances beyond our control\, such as airline\, road blocks\, vehicle malfunction\, weather conditions\, sickness\, natural disaster\, etc. \n-Liability for any insurance against injury\, accidents\, damage to or loss of goods. \n-Anything which is not listed as included. \n  \nTrip Insurance \nIt is mandatory that you purchase travel insurance in the event of illness or any other emergency which delays or otherwise prevents you from travelling on the trip. \nRefunds and Cancellations \nOur standard workshop policy requires an initial non-refundable deposit for reservation of your space and your payment balance in full 90 days prior to the commencement of the workshop date\, unless otherwise noted. If we do not receive the balance on or before the due date\, and we are unable to get in contact with you via the contact details you have provided\, we will try to fill your spot off the waiting list. At our discretion\, we may apply your deposit to be used for another workshop within one year. Please note that price increases may apply in this instance. \nIf the workshop is canceled for any reason\, your deposit will be refunded in full. Suryaja Mote is trading as Vinay Mote Photography and Vinay & Suryaja Mote are not responsible for any financial commitments that registered attendees have with any third parties such as airlines or other travel services. \nWe recommend that you do not book any flights or accommodation until such time as your registration has been confirmed and your deposit paid. \nOther things to considerVaccinations \nMake sure you meet your GP 4 to 6 weeks before and carry YELLOW fever vaccinations(Mandatory) card with you and also other various optional vaccinations. \nVisa \nYou can apply online for Visa before you travel from your home country\, or get visa on arrival for $50 USD cash. \nMobile Connection \nIf you are thinking of getting a mobile connection while you are in Tanzania\, I would strongly suggest you to get Vodacom mobile as it has wide coverage for voice and internet and you should be able to get it at airport on arrival. I have personally used it and I can vouch for it. \nTravel Insurance \nI normally use my credit card insurance as it covers most of the things I need however in case you don’t have enough coverage then you can get World Nomads travel insurance. \nEquipment Cover \nFor long telephoto lenses you will need to get special coverage and it won’t be covered in regular insurance. Please make sure to check the maximum value covered by your insurance in case you are depending on your regular Travel insurance to cover equipment. \nTravel Adapter \nTanzania use G type adapter so please bring G type to your home country type adapter and may be extension board so that you can connect multiple devices. \nList of Travel Adapters per country - https://www.skyscanner.net/news/international-travel-plug-adapter-guide \nTERMS AND CONDITIONS\nPhotography Expeditions / Workshops / Tour and Scouting Trips\n\nThis Photography Expedition / Workshop / Tour / Scouting trip (Hereafter referred to as expedition) is organised and run by S V Mote trading as Vinay Mote Photography (Hereafter referred to as VMP). \n\n Registration\n\nRegistration is completed when the initial deposit of $1\,500 USD per person along with the signed booking form has been received by VMP. Note: All Reservations are binding. The balance of payment must be paid before 90 days of the commencement of the expedition. The entire participation fee must be paid within 5 business days in cases where registration is completed later than the three months prior to the departure date. \n\n Cancellation and Refund Policy\n\nCancellation must be made in writing immediately to VMP if you are prevented from travelling. If a cancellation is made more than six months prior to the scheduled departure\, you will be refunded any participant fee payed to date minus the initial deposit of $1\,500 USD. There will be no refunds made on cancellations made less than three months prior to the  scheduled date of departure. Please be aware that if the cancellation is made less than three months prior to departure and final payment has not yet been made\, you are still obligated to pay the remaining amount as due. Once an expedition is underway there shall be no refunds made. Prices are based upon group participation and no refunds shall be made on any segments of the program in which you do not wish to participate. No refunds are made to participants who do not complete the expedition (or in cases where the participant withdraws from the expedition prematurely)\, regardless and irrespective of the reason. \n\n Trip Cancellation and Interruption Insurance\n\nIt is mandatory that all travellers purchase trip cancellation and interruption insurance as protection against an emergency which may force you to cancel or leave from an expedition either before it begins or while it is in progress. \n\n Medical Information\n\nParticipation on a VMP expedition requires that you be in generally good health. It is essential that persons with any medical problems and related dietary restrictions make them known to us before departure. We can counsel you on whether the expedition you have selected is appropriate for you. The tour leader has the right to disqualify any participant at any time during the tour if he feels the participant is physically incapable and/or if a participant’s continued participation will jeopardise either the individual involved or the group. There will be no refund given under these circumstances. By forwarding of deposit\, the passenger certifies that he/she does not have any mental\, physical or other condition or disability that would create a hazard for him/herself or other passengers. \n\n Price Modifications\n\nVMP reserves the right to increase the price of the expedition if cost increases arise due to changes in transport costs\, changes in taxes\, customs or other fees or changes in the exchange rate. Participants will be notified in writing of any price modifications. \n\n Itinerary Changes and Trip Delay\n\nVMP reserves the right to change an expeditions dates\, itinerary\, or accommodations as conditions warrant. These are expeditions to remote parts of the world and we reserve the right to change the itinerary due to weather conditions\, political conditions and other factors beyond our control without consulting the participants. It is understood that such decisions will be made in the best interests of all participants and with regards to safety first. Participants have no right to any refund or other considerations in the event of these inevitable itinerary changes. If a trip must be delayed\, or the itinerary changed due to bad weather\, road conditions\, transportation delays\, government intervention\, sickness\, volcanic eruption or other contingency for which VMP or its agents cannot make provision\, the cost of delays or changes is not included. \n\n Itinerary Cancellation\n\nVMP reserves the right to cancel an expedition before departure for any reason whatsoever\, including too few participants or logistical problems such as strikes\, wars\, acts of God\, volcanic eruptions\, or any other circumstances which may make operation of the trip inadvisable. All trip payments received will be promptly refunded\, and this refund will be the limit of VMP’s liability. VMP is not responsible for any expenses incurred by trip members in preparing for the trip\, including non-refundable or penalty-carrying airline tickets\, special clothing\, visa or passport fees or other trip related expenses. \n\n Limitations of Liability\n\nVMP\, its owners\, agents and employees assume no responsibility whatsoever caused for injury\, loss or damage to person or property in connection with any service resulting directly from: acts of God\, detention\, annoyance\, delays\, expenses arising from quarantine\, strikes\, thefts\, pilferage\, force majeure\, failure of any means of conveyance to arrive or depart as scheduled\, civil disturbances\, terrorism\, government restrictions or regulations and discrepancies or changes in transit or hotel services over which it has no control. Reasonable changes in the itinerary may be made where deemed advisable for the comfort and well being of the participants. In case of a medical problem arising during the expedition\, which results in costs for evacuation\, use of aircraft or repatriation\, the responsibility for payment of these costs belongs solely to the passenger. \nVMP strongly advises that passengers ensure that such eventualities are covered by travel insurance. If not covered by travel insurance the responsibility still remains with the passenger and VMP specifically decline any responsibility whatsoever. \nNote: On payment of deposit to Vinay Mote Photography the depositor acknowledges that he/she has read and understands the above terms and conditions and agrees to be bound by them. \nDownload PDF version
URL:https://www.vinaymote.com/workshop/dslr-selection/
LOCATION:Penrose Community Centre\, 83 Penrose Promenade\, Tarneit\, Victoria\, 3029\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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