EXTENDED IBERIAN LYNX PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP WITH ANTONIO LIÉBANA.12th to August 18th, 5 full days of effective work (English language)
1,590.00€
EXTENDED IBERIAN LYNX PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP WITH ANTONIO LIÉBANA.12th to August 18th, 5 full days of effective work (English language)
1,590.00€
Descripción
Details of the trip
We have been receiving requests, specially from foreign clients, to organize longer packages to photograph Iberian lynx in Peñalajo-Aprisco, to justify the long trip to Spain and to be able to enjoy more time in the field.
Therefore we have launched for 2024 a special photography tour from August 12th to August 18th, 5 full days of effective work for a maximum of 10 people.
The tour will be guided by Antonio Liébana Navarro and will include special services such as technical talks, batches of local products, lunches in the field or guided visited at midday, out of the working schedule with the lynxs.
The Iberian lynx is one of the most beautiful felines in the world and it is considered as endangered.
Its critical situation made impossible a few years ago to legally plan a photography workshop such as this one with the lynx as the main goal.
Luckily, thanks to the “Iberlince” project and the compromise and implication of different administrations, landowners, and NGO´s, the conservation status of the species has improved a lot in the last decade. Its population has grown in a truly promising way, and we have seen the land they occupy grow 3 times bigger.
Peñalajo is one of the large estates that has recently recovered its lynxes, and thanks to the high density of rabbits and partridges it is home to, the lynx population has spectacularly grown in a very short time.
The acres of land that the Peñalajo project manages actually keeps 4 different breeding areas with a total of 16 different lynxes identified through clients photographs and the trap cameras equipment.
A dozen of double hides with the goal of photographing lynx were installed and they have shown a great efficiency every single season. Wildwatching Spain is continuously making the necessary adjustments to the hides to keep them in the best conditions to achieve the best photography results possible.
Important note: If any client due to any circumstance does not obtain any images of Iberian lynx, he or she would be invited by Peñalajo-Aprisco to return whenever possible for a private session.
Locations:
Finca Peñalajo
Finca Aprisco
(Viso del Marqués, Ciudad Real)
Trip Duration
7 Days (From 08/12/2024 to 08/18/2024)
The package covers the following:
10 half day sessions to different Iberian lynx photography hides.
6 nights on a shared double room. Meals on full board (Breakfast, lunch, and dinner)
Specialized photography guide and all his expenses (Antonio Liébana)
4×4 Vehicles, support, and assistance team.
All the permissions needed.
Technical chats
Batches of local products.
Guided visit to Peñalajo´s cheese factory and wine cellar.
1 Day picnic lunch on the field with local products and a visit to an olive plantation.
The package does not cover the following:
Transportation to Peñalajo
Any other thing not included in the “included” list.
Accommodation
6 nights on a shared double room. Meals on full board (Breakfast, lunch, and dinner). Hotel Casa Palacio in Santa Cruz de Mudela.
Single room supplement: 150€
Meals
All meals included.
Included tasting of local wines and typical products.
Present batch of local products.
Lunch in the field.
Program
August 12th
Arrival at the hotel in the evening, presentation dinner and introduction talk about the activity.
Accommodation in Hotel Casa Palacio in Santa Cruz de Mudela.
August 13th
Breakfast
The morning session begins at dawn, when the photographers will go in pairs inside the photography hides. All hides are equipped with a spy glass and are made to spend the time comfortably waiting, the scenarios are designed to enjoy the animals with the best possible light and at a reasonable distance, all of them count with a water pond where the animals usually go to drink.
We will be waiting in the hides from sunrise to 1:00 pm approximately when we will leave to the meeting room in Peñalajo and enjoy a technical talk with Antonio Liébana while we are having lunch.
After lunch we will switch hides and have an evening session until sunset.
Then we will be picked up and go back to the hotel for dinner.
If any client wants to use any other hide for different species during the stay in Peñalajo they will be available.
August 14th
Breakfast
Same program as the day before, switching the hides so every client has the chance to try every hide.
At midday again we leave the hides, and we will visit the local wine cellar Corcovo, where we will have an appetizer and a tasting of local wines.
After the visit we will switch hides and have an evening session until sunset.
Then we will be picked up and go back to the hotel for dinner.
If any client wants to use any other hide for different species during the stay in Peñalajo they will be available.
August 15th
Breakfast
Same program as the first day, switching the hides so every client has the chance to try every hide.
At midday again we leave the hides for lunch, while we analyse some of the pictures taken with the help of a big screen.
After lunch we will switch hides and have an evening session until sunset.
Then we will be picked up driven back to the hotel.
August 16th
Breakfast
Same program as the first day, switching the hides so every client has the chance to try every hide.
At midday again we leave the hides for lunch, lunch will be served in the olive plantation of the land with high quality products, such as “jamón ibérico”, cheese, “gazpacho” and local wines.
We will visit the olive plantation.
After lunch we will switch hides and have an evening session until sunset.
Then we will be picked up and driven back to the hotel.
August 17th
Breakfast
Same program as the first day, switching the hides so every client has the chance to try every hide.
At midday again we leave the hides for lunch, while we analyse some of the pictures taken with the help of a big screen.
After lunch we will switch hides and have an evening session until sunset.
Then we will be picked up and have a farewell dinner together.
A batch of local products will be given to each client as a present.
August 18th
Breakfast and end of the program.
Recommended material
Photography equipment and tripod. Recommended lens between 300mm and 500mm
Comfortable outdoors clothing, with different layers to put on or remove during the day.
Trekking shoes and good socks.
Personal water bottle, gloves and a cap.
Guide
ANTONIO LIÉBANA
Antonio will provide you a professional advice and highly specialized in wildlife photography. He has a great deal of experience in photography tours around the world and he is common collaborator in specialized magazines. He is also the author of some photography books and several publishing’s.
