Sri Lanka Photography Holiday

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Overview
Highlights
- Visit to Sri Lanka’s most important Buddhist shrine, The Temple of the Tooth.
- Enjoy some seclusion on Sri Lanka’s southernmost shores overlooking the Indian Ocean.
- See the a World Heritage site and Sri Lanka’s most perfectly preserved colonial town
- Visit the canopied jungles of Ella, everyone’s favorite hill country village.
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Trip includes
- 10 days, 9 nights accommodation at the listed hotels
- 10 full days tuition from our UK-based professional photographer
- Entrance to Yala National Park & Private Jeep
- Entrances to Dambulla, Temple of Tooth & Peradeniya
- Train tickets from Colombo-Kandy-Ella
- All transfers to and from the airport
- Air-conditioned private transportation around Sri Lanka
- Private photoshoot with stilt fishermen
- Private tour around Handunugoda Tea Plantation
- Multiple 1-on-1 tuition sessions
- Price excludes international flights, lunch and dinner.
Itinerary
On arrival to your Sri Lanka photography holiday, we whisk you straight off for some rest and recuperation at our luxury private hideaway, The Walawwa, a hip refurbished colonial house set in stunning 4-acre gardens just outside Colombo. Unwind into your holiday with ...
Considered to be one of the finest train journeys in the world, this morning we board the train with the locals and spend 3 hours climbing through stunning tropical plantations, jungle waterfalls and rolling valleys up to Kandy, the hill capital of Sri Lanka.
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Next morning ,we board the mountain train, and head south, journeying at a leisurely pace through the heartland of Sri Lanka’s hill country, and chance to shoot incredible landscapes of hill stations, carpeted tea plantations, mountain ranges, plus railway life as we ...
It’s only a short hop to Yala from here, so early we’ll board our 4×4 elevated Jeep, and entering the realms of the leopard, crocodile and sloth bear at Yala National Park, touring at speed to capture nature in the wild. Monkeys crashing through the trees in this vast...
This morning, we’ll take a look at the masters of portrait photography, and understand how to craft people images with impact, before venturing inland to the world-renowned 140-year-old Handunugoda Tea Estate, where you’ll learn about the plantation history and try ou...
We’ll slowly make our way north, and discover the delights of Colombo, before editing down all of your best images of the week, and get ready for our final night pop-up exhibition in the grounds of the hotel – first a cocktail reception, then a gourmet dinner to celeb...
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Dates & Availability
Sri Lankan Airlines offer direct services from the UK into Colombo. There are also some great options using Emirates and Etihad via the Middle East. Prices start from £600.
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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.
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