Fee: $2200 includes all instruction, lodging, breakfasts and lunches, entrance fees and transfers within Peru. $350.00 deposit accepted any time prior to hold space in workshop with final balance due by June 15th , 2009. Neither deposit nor balance is refundable after this date. Machu Picchu excursion is $600.00 additional. We will accept no further registrants after June 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 $1,800 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.
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 August 22nd. 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).
Optional three-day Sacred Valley & Machu Picchu add-on through September 1st . We will accept no further registrants after June 15th, 2008 due to Machu Picchu travel restrictions. The additional Machu Picchu excursion is $600.00 which includes all instruction, private guide, fabulous meals, fine lodging, entry tickets and spacious, comfortable transport.
Leaving from Cusco mid-morning on May 30th, we’ll travel by private bus from Panza del Artista through the gorgeous plateau of the Andean farmlands towards the Sacred Valley. Stopping along the way for whichever distraction we care to entice, we’ll work our way to the agricultural amphitheatre of Moray – three large terraced circles penetrating deep into the Andean mountains, thought to have been used as experimentation sites for Incan crops. We'll then wind our way to the modern-day salt terraces of Maras. We’ll spend some time marveling over the geometrical possibilities of the circular indentations of Moray and the trapezoidal terraces of crystallizing salt ponds. We’ll continue working our way down into the Valley from there on foot where we’ll rendezvous with our ride towards the original Incan village of Ollantaytambo. We’ll spend the night there near the Urubamba river.
On the 27th, we’ll head to Aguas Calientes on the first train out, arrive at our hostal and head straight up to Machu Picchu where our first-rate guide will act as a bouncing board of ideas. We’ll offer the afternoon off for alternative hikes around Machu Picchu, away from Machu Picchu or in the town of Aguas Calientes, itself. A delicious dinner and an early bedtime for us as the morning of the 31st we’re up at 5am to get to the ruins before the trains of tourists even leave Cusco. That’s three hours of heavenly solitude and introspection for us at one of the world’s most memorable sites.
As we come down from our Machu Picchu high, we’ll take the early train back to Ollantaytambo for our private ride to the town of Urubamba for lunch. We’ll then return towards Cusco via the market town of Pisac – those that wish to visit the ruins may do so, but most of us would probably prefer to wonder the cobbled streets and visit the many stalls selling local artisan crafts and souvenirs. We’ll head back to Cusco for a few glasses of Pisco to top off the trip!
