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Desert & Reef Adventure - Young Photographer
Transport - Minibus, camel, on foot, boat, 4WD, kayak.
Accommodation - Hotel (6nts), camp (1nt, multi-share).
Meals - 7 breakfasts, 3 lunches & 2 dinners.
Transport - Minibus, camel, on foot, boat, 4WD, kayak.
Accommodation - Hotel (6nts), camp (1nt, multi-share).
Meals - 7 breakfasts, 3 lunches & 2 dinners.
See the world in a new light and join our Egypt-loving professional photographer on an incredible photographic journey across the Sinai desert. You’ll learn all the basics of photography under expert guidance and find a way to develop your technique through a series of desert photo challenges. With underwater photography lessons in the crystal clear waters of the Red Sea and action shots in the sand, your Egypt trip becomes more than just a holiday. Suitable for most ages, this trip offers an activity all the family can enjoy.
Plus: Book now and your family receive a FREE photo book with your favourite work at the end of your trip. Click here to view an example of the book.
Arrive in Sharm el Sheikh
Arrive at Sharm El Sheikh Airport and transfer to the charming seaside village of Dahab where you will check into your hotel. Hotel (AAA) - 2 nights
Dahab - Snorkelling
After an early breakfast, enjoy a snorkel safari in the Southern Oasis, a remote and pristine area with a huge variety of colourful marine life and coral. It gets its name from a patch of palm trees that stand near to the site. You have a stop for lunch before getting back in the water to further explore the coral islands and pinnacles. (BL)
Photography Challenge 1: Meet your expert photographer Graeme Fordham, and learn all the tricks of how to capture water movement and light reflection. Evening lecture and review of pictures of the day.
Desert Experience
After breakfast you will head into the desert, driving 50 km north east of Dahab. Here you will enjoy exploring the desert by 4WD before arriving at Ein Hudra, a lush palm oasis and natural spring, where you stop for lunch. There is the opportunity then to go for a 40 minute walk through the White Canyon or choose to relax.
The evening is spent under the stars at Matamir, with your guide regaling tales of local folklore. You can get involved by collecting firewood and breadmaking, before you sleep at a Bedouin camp, under the stars if you wish!
The camp consists of a woven communal Bedouin tent, You sleep in 2-man domed tents with mattresses provided. The camp is sectioned into several areas; a sleeping/relaxation area, a wash area and a kitchen area which is set away from the main tent. In Winter, it can get very cold in the desert, so you are advised to bring a sleeping bag. Additional blankets are provided.
Bedouin camp with shared facilities (C) - 1 night (BLD)
Sleeping in a bedouin tent or under the stars is a great opportunity to experience the authentic bedouin lifestyle and get a local flavour of the desert.
Photo Challenge 2: Play with contrast of colours, portraits of locals Bedouins, night settings for stars and firefire
Jeep Safari
After breakfast the 4x4 Jeeps arrive to take you south into "Lawrence of Arabia Desert" where you discover the frozen dinosaur rock formation and the sand dune of Hadoudah which is the highest dune in the Sinai and a great place to give sand boarding a go! Minimum age 8 - younger children can sandboard using special lighter boards on smaller dunes or try dune rolling!
Enjoy the famous Bedouin hospitality as you spend time with a local family at Nawamis before returning to Dahab by early evening, with plenty of time to explore and enjoy dinner in one of its many restaurants. Hotel (AAA) - 4 nights (BL)
Photo challenge 3: Jeep Safari and sand boarding, learn to capture speed movement and portraits, landscape (sand dunes). Competition and election of best photographer. Preparation Photography book (see how to design it)
Free Day - Optional Activities
Today is a free day with a variety of optional activities (at additional charge) for you to try your hand at such as windsurfing (minimum age 12) or you can choose to simply relax. (B)
Laguna Beach
This morning you head to Laguna Beach where you spend the day relaxing, building sand castles and playing in the sea. In the afternoon there is a trip on a glass bottomed boat, from which you can enjoy watching the abundance of marine life that lives in deeper water.
This evening, for those who still have energy left, you can choose to go on an optional trip (additional charge) to St Catherine's Monastery combined with a climb up Mt Sinai. Minimum age 8. Departing late evening you take a 2 hour drive to St Catherine's and start the climb up Mt Sinai. This will take approximately 2.5 hrs to reach the summit for sunrise at around 5.30 am. It is a relatively easy hike although there are a lot of steps up to the top and it can be windy, so care may need to be taken. There are plenty of resting places along route, with an area at Elias Garden for teas and coffee, just before the 720 steps of repentance to the summit. Camels can be hired to take you most of the way up the mountain, although you will need to dismount when you reach the steps. This is a beautiful climb, which offers a taste of the serenity and magnificence of southern Sinai's high mountain region. (B)
Free Day - Optional Activities
You have more time for a range of optional activities (at additional charge) on this second free day, or if you would prefer to recharge your batteries you can just relax. There is a circus workshop for the kids, where they can have a go at juggling, magic, riding a unicycle and walking on stilts. For the adults, why not discover the fascinating underwater world of the Red Sea with an intro dive? Lasting approximately 3 hours the session includes theory and briefing with an equipment overview and underwater session to a maximum depth of 12m. Minimum age 10, children from 8 and above can do a bubblemaker class in the pool.
If you chose the optional visit to St Catherine’s and Mt. Sinai, you will return to Dahab around 2pm for a well earned rest! This evening you head into the nearby mountain range by jeep, where you will stop for a traditional Bedouin dinner. (BD)
Fly Home
You will have free time today until you return to Sharm El Sheikh airport for your flight back home. (B)
Flexibility
Alongside the photography element of this trip you may want to add further optional activities. Try your hand at windsurfing or kayaking, the children can join a circus workshop, choose to climb biblical Mount Sinai for an unforgettable sunrise (all additional charge), or simply relax!
Currently we only have one 2013 departure confirmed with our professional photographer Graeme Fordham but we can organise additional departures on request for private groups or schools. Please contact our Groups team for further information.
Graeme Fordham and Egypt-o-Photography
Since the 90s Graeme has been capturing the world through his lens. Living in the Sinai for 17 years with his family, Graeme has travelled the area extensively photographing the warm spirit of the Bedouin tribes. Graeme's fine works of art hang throughout Egypt in homes, hotels and exhibitions. He is regularly involved in community projects and has travelled the world working for clients, such as HSBC, Land Rover and Four Seasons Resorts.
The Sinai through a lens
Explore the Sinai by camel, 4x4 and sleep under the stars. Snorkel in the Southern Oasis of Dahab, a remote and pristine area with a huge variety of colourful marine life and coral. Venture deep into the desert to sleep ina Bedouin tent, take a jeep safari following in the footsteps of Lawrence of Arabia before trying your hand at sandboarding. A trip through the colours and sands of the Bedouin lands.
Photography Challenges
To help you practice your skills, you will be set a series of exciting photography challenges! You will be accompanied out into the field, as, over the course of the trip, you create your own portfolio of images to take home with you. You will have the opportunity to receive detailed feedback on your work.
Photography kit
We do ask that you bring your own camera along with you. Graeme will be on hand to show you how to make the most out of your own equipment. So you can continue to take fantastic shots once you return home.
Our Desert and Reef Adventure trip is just one of our many Middle East Family tours. To find out more visit our Middle East holidays page.
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