Fee: $3100 includes all instruction, lodging, breakfasts & lunches, entrance fees and transfers within Peru. $350.00 deposit accepted any time prior to hold space in workshop with final balance due by April 15th , 2009. Neither deposit nor balance is refundable after this date. We will accept no further registrants after April 15th , 2009 due to Machu Picchu travel restrictions. We will limit number of registrants to 12. There is an additional $450 charge for single room occupancy and a $2,400 charge for a companion who is not a photographer who would like to accompany our group on our excursions.
All lodging is included at Adam L Weintraub’s family B&B, Panza del Artista. Daytime meals and transportation are included. Extra expenses would be individual excursions outside of group activities or entrance fees to museums or some churches in Cuzco, taxis, dinners & drinks and tips for our guides and drivers.
The included excursion to Machu Picchu will be roundtrip transport on VistaDome class train service (glass ceiling to see the wonderful canyons and mountain peaks!) on the Orient Express; a private English-speaking guide during our time in Machu Picchu with thorough historical and architectural knowledge of the site; breakfasts and lunches, entry, professional camera equipment fee and transport to the ruins are also included. The additional Machu Picchu excursion includes all instruction, private guide, fabulous meals, fine lodging, entry tickets and spacious, comfortable transport.
Travel to/from Cusco (via Lima) is not included. Flight arrangements to Cusco can often be arranged from the United States (or your country) but are significantly cheaper if arranged directly from Peru. You may contact Raymi Travel in Lima for best fares and ask them to arrange Lima to Cusco RT airfare for you.
Raymi Travel also has a very convenient and clean hotel Mami Panchita near the Lima airport for an overnight (or two) prior to leaving on an early-morning flight to Cusco by May 30th. All lodging is included once you arrive to Cusco for the nights of the workshop. Additional nights need to be arranged and reserved in advance and all workshop participants will receive 15% off the published Panza del Artista rate for nights not covered during the actual workshop (but you MUST reserve these nights in advance!).
A workshop materials fee of $200 is required to PCNW and will cover the cost of film processing in Cusco, digital assistant for those doing digital as well as the Power Point presentations of our continuing work. Students can use choose to photograph with C41 print film (either color or black-and-white) that can be processed overnight or they can work digitally (if working digitally, please bring digital camera, laptop, batteries and memory stick or other portable device to transfer files).
