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Day 0 – June 29th, 2019 – Group Arrival Day

You should arrive in Santiago (Airport Code SCL) on this day. Technically, the tour starts when we meet at the airport for our domestic flight on the following day. The Holiday Inn Hotel at Santiago Airport is the suggested hotel for convenience. Meals: None.

Day 1 – June 30th, 2019 – Santiago to COPIAPÓ

Meet at Santiago Airport to take our domestic flight together to Copiapo.
After arrival to Copiapo we’ll do the Hotel check-in, have lunch and visit a Bahia Inglesa in the afternoon to take sunset photographs on the beach. Meals: L, D.

Day 2 – July 1st, 2019 – COPIAPÓ

We’ll take a trip to photograph a nearby beach early in the morning, have our lunch there and return to Copiapo in the afternoon. Before dinner, we’ll hold a group lecture on basic techniques and handling equipment for photographing the eclipse. Meals: B, L, D.

Day 3 – July 2nd, 2019 – LA SILLA OBSERVATORY ZONE – COPIAPÓ

The big day has finally arrived, today, the earth, the moon, and the sun will perfectly line up. We depart early to the sighting location, 250 kms south, to arrive on time to the specially enabled area near La Silla observatory, to scout the place and prepare our photography equipment.

We will have lunch there (salad and meat buffet), waiting for the event to take place.
The moon will block out the light from the sun and casts its black shadow over a long and narrow path over the territory. When the eclipse begins and the moon covers the disk of the sun in the sky, the corona surrounding the disk curls and jets a series of solar spots representing the solar cycles. With more than two minutes of darkness, this will surely be a very special moment.

The temperature drops and the wind begins to blow, birds begin to sing and animals become disoriented; this is a very rare event in nature. This kind of total solar eclipse occurs every 1 or 2 years in any area of the earth. It is impossible for any of us to view two solar eclipses in the same place during our lifetime, as this celestial event takes place in the same location every 375 years, in average.

After sunset, we will return to the hotel in Copiapo to have dinner. At night, we will review our photographs and work on the photographic post-processing.
Meals: B, L, D.

Day 4 – July 3rd, 2019 – COPIAPÓ to SANTIAGO

Today, we will pack our bags and suitcases and head to the airport for the flight back to Santiago. We’ll overnight in Santiago near the airport to be ready for our flight to Puntas Arenas the following morning. Meals: B.

Day 5 – July 4th, 2019 – Santiago to Punta Arenas to Torres del Paine

This morning it’s time to head south to the end of the world in Patagonia. We’ll take a domestic flight from Santiago to Punta Arenas. From there we’ll drive in private vehicles to Torres del Paine National Park. We’ll settle into our hotel in Torres del Paine and catch our first optional sunset shoot nearby the hotel. Meals: B.

Days 6 to 10 – July 5th-9th, 2019 – 5 Full Days Photographing Torres del Paine

We’ll spend the next five full days exploring and photographing the incredible sites of Torres del Paine in all its winter splendour! Meals: B each day, Farewell Dinner evening of July 9th.

We’ll make decisions about our shooting locations on the day, depending on the weather forecasts, but some of our anticipated shooting locations will be:

• Pehoe Lake and all the surrounding areas
• Salto Grande Waterfall
• Laguna Amarga
• Nordenskjold Lake
• Laguna Azul
• Optional Mirador Condor Hike nearby Pehoe Lake with incredible views over Lake Pehoe
• Grey Glacier Day Excursion

Day 11 – July 10th, 2019 – GROUP DEPARTURE DAY – Punta Arenas to Santiago

Sadly, all good things must come to an end. This morning after breakfast, it’s time to head back to Punta Arenas to catch your domestic flight to Santiago. We suggest booking the airport Holiday Inn again / or another hotel in Santiago for this night and scheduling your international flights for the following day in case of transit delays from Punta Arenas. You may also consider extending the trip and spending one day or night exploring Santiago. Meals: B.

We know that travelling with photography equipment can be a little challenging, but we recommend to bring the following equipment to make the most of this unique trip.

TO PHOTOGRAPH THE ECLIPSE

• Digital camera with LCD display (Live view)
• Telephoto lens, at least 300 mm (or equivalent for 35mm Full Frame Crop)
• Sturdy Tripod
• Shutter Release Cable
• Special filters for eclipse photography
• Laptop (with PS and/or LR software installed for post-processing)

TO PHOTOGRAPH THE LANDSCAPES

In addition to suggested equipment listed above…

• Wide-angle lens
• Neutral density filters
• Graduated Neutral density filter

What’s Excluded:

SMALL GROUP ADDITIONAL CHARGE: $500 USD

Photo Tour price is in US Dollars based upon a minimum of 9 paying participants. In the unlikely event the photo tour does not fill, there is a small surcharge of $500 USD for 5-8 paying participants.