Amazon Wildlife Photography Workshop, Peru

We’ll leave early to head towards our base for the workshop; a remote lodge in the middle of the jungle. We’ll mainly travel by boat, which gives stunning views of the rainforest, and potentially some great wildlife photography opportunities. If we’re lucky, we’ll spot capybara, caiman, turtles, and perhaps even a jaguar. You’re sure to see plenty of tropical birds. We’ll get to our lodge in the afternoon, and there will be time to settle in.

During these days, we’ll focus on exploring the jungle around us and searching for the best photographic opportunities. We’ll start each day early, and take a 30-minute boat ride down river to two oxbow lakes. Here,  we will photograph a wealth of animals at the stunning early morning light. You can expect to see giant river otters feeding on yellow bellied parana, monkeys jumping around in the trees, caiman on the river beds, and much more.

After lunch back at the lodge, we’ll set off for a walk through the jungle, photographing animals such as squirrel monkeys, red howler monkeys, macaws, and toucans. We’ll also be on the lookout of large spiders, snakes, and colorful frogs. We’ll return to the lodge for dinner, where you’ll enjoy a three-course meal with views of the river.

Each night, there will be an optional night walk with opportunities of photographing sleeping birds, frogs, insects and more with and without flash. If you’re interested, you can learn the “painting with light” technique.

For two days, we’ll predominantly focus on the macro photography opportunities the Amazon has to offer. We’ll head into the jungle on foot and learn about getting great close up shots of animal species such as frogs, spiders, snakes, and lots of small creepy crawlies. At sunset on these days, we’ll take boat trip up the Tambopata River in search of puma and caiman. After dinner, there will be opportunity to do macro night photography during night walks into the jungle.

We’ll head over to a lookout tower, where we will spend most of the morning. From this vantage point, we’ll get excellent views of the many animals that move around in the canopy of the forest. You can expect to get close to different monkeys and a wealth of birds, including the stunning harpy eagle. After lunch, we’ll enjoy another photography walk through the forest.

We’ll spend most of these days at a hide that offers brilliant photographic opportunities of animals such as red and green macaws and many different birds.

After an early breakfast, you will be taken on a three-hour boat journey down river, back towards Puerto Maldonado. There’s great chances of spotting wildlife and enjoying some last wildlife photography. In the afternoon, you can catch a flight home. (Or you can stay in Puerto Maldonado overnight and catch a flight the next day, if you prefer.)