MANYELETI FOUR DAY PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKSHOP
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DAY ONE
Arrive at OR Tambo International where a representative for your charter flight will effect your transfer to your plane. It is an hour's flight to Manyeleti Game Reserve where you will be met by your Guide who will escort you to Tintswalo Manor House.
Tintswalo Manor House will treat you to a luxurious stay, with game drives and/or walks every morning and evening. There is a diversity of Bushveld and woodland birds, Jackalberry and ancient Leadwood trees stud the Savannah, and freely ranging mammals will will keep you on your toes. Manyeleti is well known for the tightly controlled number of visitors, enabling a truly exclusive safari experience to be offered.
Here you will settle in, explore, or perhaps enjoy a siesta and high tea before your introductory photography lecture. You will meet your hosts, Sean and Megan, and will have an initial briefing on the basics of wildlife photography. | back to Workshop Itinerary
After a sumptuous afternoon tea, there follows an afternoon drive- your first practical session with the lens- which is likely to continue until after dusk. This activity will allow you the opportunity to start to put into practice your theory using your own equipment and with real wildlife subjects in action.
Then you will return for a photo review and lecture, followed by a delicious dinner under the night skies (Manyeleti means place of a thousand stars) whilst listening to the noctural activity surrounding you.
Tintswalo Manor House is a stylish, intimate affair offering complete privacy within its own concession in the Manyeleti Reserve. Luxury en-suite air-conditioned rooms overlook a water hole that often welcomes thirsty visitors of all kinds. Tintswalo in the Shangaan language means the intangible feeling of love, gratitude and peace that you bestow upon someone who has given you a meaningful and worthy gift. This is the impression that the Lodge strives to induce in its visitors.
Downstairs, the Manor has 3 en-suite air-conditioned twin or double bedrooms. One of the bedrooms has an adjacent children’s room, which is available if required. Upstairs is the main double en-suite bedroom with a beautiful view of far off bushveld. Dine at the Manor on the patio or in the open air under the awesome Manyeleti night sky. A crystal blue swimming pool, deep shaded patio and traditional open boma complete the experience. All rooms are en-suite, air-conditioned, and all beds are fitted with mosquito nets.
Overnight: Tintswalo Manor House
DAYS TWO AND THREE
We will start with an early morning wake up call with tea, coffee and rusks to get you going before we head out on a game drive with the early morning rays of the sun slanting across the bush. This time of day is a peak for animal activity, and the light is usually perfect for photography.
Depending on what we encounter, we will return to the Lodge after three hours or so to enjoy an awesome breakfast, digest the photographs we have captured, and then another lecture.
After a couple of hours of relaxation you will have a lecture and start with the afternoon task preparation. The bar is an ideal place to relax and share experiences. Before going on you afternoon drive and photography session you will first enjoy afternoon cup of tea.
Return for an excellent evening meal. Mealtimes are mouthwatering events, complemented by carefully selected wines from our cellar. Tasty international cuisine and South African specialties are presented on our timber deck under the open skies, colonial style.
Overnight: Tintswalo Manor House
DAY FOUR
After enjoying your last game drive, we will conduct a course wrap up and enjoy a hearty breakfast. There will be time to trade photographs with other participants (and e-mail addresses) before you need to gather up your goods and head back to the Manyeleti landing strip. Your private charter plane awaits to whisk you back to OR Tambo International contemplating your memorable photos of a piece of paradise!
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EXTENSION
If you have time, extend your photographic odyssey and transfer by road with Sean and Megan to the small, exclusive N'Kaya bush camp in the Timbavati, where the Big Five is usually the order of the day.
