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Salt Mines, Mountains and Quechua Farmers - Full Day Photography Expedition
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Salt Mines, Mountains and Quechua Farmers - Full Day Photography Expedition
5 (0)
Activity Duration (9 hours)
Moderate
Hosted in English
No refund if cancelled
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What you'll do
Join us on a full-day photography expedition to explore the stunning salt mines, majestic mountains, and picturesque Quechua farmland.
Tour Highlight
This photography-focused day expedition will take you out of Cusco in our private transport to explore some wonderful locations in the surrounding areas. You'll visit the Maras Salt Mines, witness breathtaking landscapes and snow-capped mountains, and meet and photograph locals in places unknown to the tourist masses. With tips and support throughout the day from a professional photographer guide, you'll be able to take the best photos possible.
What is included?
- Not wheelchair accessible
What is not included?
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- May be operated by a multi lingual guide
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
Meet your host
Bateaux Discovery Tour
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Host since 2019
Itinerary
No meal included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Here is the starting point
Andean Photo Expeditions
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Andean Photo Expeditions
Stop: 8 hours
9h30 - We begin our tour by picking you up from your hotel or hostel with our private car to begin our drive into the Andes.
10h15 - Our first stop is at a lesser known viewpoint that gives you a spectacular mountain view. There's a pretty neat spot here that allows for a unique picture in which you can place your subject directly in front of the mountain range in the background (break out the telephoto lens for compression of scale!) We can take this shot for you with you as the subject if you so wish. We explore this location for around 30 minutes before jumping back in the car and moving on.
10h45 - We make a quick stop in Chinchero to pick up some local empanadas to eat for lunch a little later in the day.
11h00 - We stop by a local artesenal textile market in Chinchero to learn a little of the textile making process that Chinchero is famous for, after the demonstration we will have the opportunity for a great portrait session with the ladies there, they are always wearing full traditional outfits and are happy to have some photos taken of them.
12h00 - We arrive at Maras salt mines. This is a known location so expect tourists, these go in big groups and so are rushed in and out. Our private visit to the salt mines allows more time to explore and seek out better compositions for your images. We explore here for around 45 minutes.
13h30 - We move to a lake deep in the Andes. This lake is surrounded by colourful fields of agriculture and the Andes mountains as it's backdrop! At this lake we will take some time to relax and eat our empanadas before shooting in the area. The area is full of llamas, alpacas and other animals, here we can get close and take plenty of photos of them.
15h00 - We reach our next location that is around 4000m ASL where we find a full panoramic view of the area with wonderful scope for landscape photography. This location is a private field belonging to a family of potato farmers that give us access to this unique location! If we are lucky on this field we can find friends and family of the owners farming the lands and herding their sheep, this makes for amazing on-location portrait documentary work. The light and direction of the sun at this hour allow for very complete landscape shots with highlights, shadows and different tonalities.
16:00 - Begin the drive back to Cusco.
17:00 - Arrival in Cusco, drop-off at your hotel.
This concludes the tour.
You’re free to explore at your own pace from here.
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