Painting Safari Workshop Holiday 2008
Come with artists on holiday in Tanzania to paint the wildlife, the scenery and the tribes-people and capture on canvas the mystery,
light and sheer excitement of this vast continent.

Our Painting Safaris are an exclusive chance for artists, experienced or aspiring, to savour the beauty of Africa at a pace which allows you to appreciate the smallest detail. Travel with artist and tutor Gaelle Hamp-Adams to Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, Kilimanjaro and the Rift Valley. Set up an easel under a thorn tree. Dine beneath the stars and sleep in luxury under canvas. Your holiday travel and accomodation on safari will be arranged by BJ, Barbara Jane Boulter. Over 2008 we are offering 2 different painting holiday safaris, which may also be combined to form a 16 day painting holiday safari.

Itinerary - Workshop One
Throughout this safari all meals are included. Dinner in the dining banda, softly lit by candles and hurricane lamps, creates a convivial mood in which you get to know other group members and share the days experiences. Near to the equator the day is but twelve hours long, so we try to be out by first light each day to enjoy, as much as possible, the extraordinary shape and feel of the African scenery.

Day 1/1: Sunday April 20, 2008. Kilimanjaro
Workshop members will be met at Kilimanjaro International airport and transferred to the tented lodge where a warm welcome and a light supper await you. After a brief camp experience introduction you will be shown your luxurious tented rooms which stand on wooden platforms in the foothills west of Kilimanjaro.
Day 2/2: Monday April 21, 2008. West Kilimanjaro
After breakfast in the banda we will go on a familiarization tour and hope to encounter the elephants and other wildlife. The camp is an ecologically sensitive enterprise and $20 of your nightly fee is a donation to Kilimanjaro Conservancy. After lunch the first workshop will be on the dining veranda. Gaelle will begin with a demonstration and give personal attention to everyone as the group paints and sketches,.
Day 3/3: Tuesday April 22, 2008. West Kilimanjaro
Dawn heralds with tea delivered to your tent veranda. We will depart for a location on the foothills where we capture the first beams of sunshine slanting across the plains. Gaelle will show you watercolour washes that capture the fast changing light. Breakfast will be served by our driver on location. On returning to camp lunch will be served. After a rest Gaelle will hold an 'Introduction to Acrylics' workshop on the veranda.
Day 4/4: Wednesday April 23, 2008. West Kilimanjaro
Dawn wake-up once again! We drive to a nearby Maasai manyatta where the cows and goats are being milked in the early morning light. Breakfast is served beside the car. Practice life/location-painting with warriors, womenfolk, children and domestic animals. return to camp for lunch and afternoon rest. We take the low road to the far hills for tea and to paint sunset view over the distant plains to Rift Valley.
Day 5/5: Thursday April 24, 2008. West Kilimanjaro/Manyara
The escarpment of the Rift Valley which slipped down a thousand feet the length of this vast continent two million years ago stretches away as far as the eye can see. The shallow soda-encrusted lake is the perfect habitat for flamingos and pelicans. On its eastern desert shores grow the great baobab with tree-trunks sixty feet round with stiff branches that squiggle like a child's drawing reaching into the endless depths of the sky. After tea and settling in we will watch from the escarpment as the sundown illuminates the lake.
Day 6/6: Friday April 25, 2008. Lake Manyara
An early start will bring us down the the Lake Manyara National Park. This is located along the western shore of the lake at the foot of the escarpment in a luscious ground-water forest where lions rest in dappled shade on the thick branches of gigantic leafy fig-trees and hippos wallow. After an early lunch we head for the airport to fly to Manyara. The corner of the earth around Lake Manyara is houd-pools formed by cool springs that travel underground from the high plateaus and craters and gush out clear, dark and inviting in the heat. On lake-shore grassland among papyrus and palms drift herds of giraffe as if blown by the wind and as a backdrop, the volcanic mountain ranges barely discernible in the haze. We will spend the day here with a picnic lunch.
Day 7/7. Saturday April 26, 2008. Lake Manyara
After breakfast Gaelle will hold a final critical assessment of the work. We can visit Mto Wa Mbo, a village along the northern edge of the lake on the new tarmac road to the Ngorongoro Crater. After lunch we will depart, going up the winding red road through the rain forest to the crater rim and the lodge at Ngorongoro.
Day 8. Sunday April 27, 2008. Ngorongoro Crater
A special end to your trip. A tour of the fabled Ngorongoro Crater, eighth wonder of the world. Taking the steep descent down what was once only a path for Maasai herdsmen, who still travel the same route to graze their herds on the grassland below, protected by towering lava walls, you will find the wild animals surprisingly tolerant of human proximity. You can take startlingly close photographs, a source of your own to continue the wilderness painting experience at home. Lunch will be a picnic in the crater. In the afternoon you return to the lodge to depart for the Manyara airport and the first leg of your onward flight.

Our objective is to meet the local people, observe the wildlife, seek new vistas, paint at every opportunity - and really enjoy ourselves at a gentle pace.

Pricing
8 & 16 day Painting holiday Safari in Tanzania	Rates and conditions ON REQUEST
Included within the price: All accommodation and meals with the group, drinking water, tea and coffee Transfers to nearest International Airport Flying Doctors Membership for evacuation to nearest hospital Conservation Fees and Park Entrance fees to game reserves. Transport by road to painting locations with driver/guide Painting sessions with instruction, demonstrations and critique sessions Workshop guide with 25 years group management experience in East Africa Internal Air fares within Tanzania

Tutor
Gaelle grew up in South Africa and has painted and drawn all her life. In 1982 she moved to Portugal and later decided to further her studies in London. Gaelle completed a Foundation Year at the Byam Shaw, and a B Tec in General Art and Design at Kensington and Chelsea College. She has held art workshops in Africa and Europe and has worked as a volunteer for the Arts Community Exchange teaching less advantaged communities.

Her paintings continue to reflect a varied interest in medium and subject matter, and many of them hang in private collections in Europe, South Africa and the USA.

BJ was raised in Tanzania, schooled in Kenya, and has cared for film crews and artists in East Africa since 1985.

Accommodation
During all our travels, on painting locations and at camps and lodges we will be in the care of experienced safari guides. The luxury tented camps are staffed by the same array of personel as a five star hotel. From plane to camp, from kitchen to table, whilst you are with us there is always a staff member taking care of your needs and safety.

Communications
We are never out of radio contact with camp. Should you bring a mobile phone with roaming, the network coverage is as good as any in Europe.

How to Get to Us
We advise travel to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO), Tanzania - departure from same airport unless taking an extension to Zanzibar, the return flight can be from Dar es Salaam International Airport to Amsterdam, which is a ferry-ride or short local flight. With KLM (direct to Kilimanjaro and Dar es Salaam daily) British Airways, Air France, Lufthhansa or another airline via Nairobi. We are happy to advise, though not book, your flights.

Our nights under canvas and permanent tented camps are provided by the very best safari outfitters for your every comfort. We prefer a maximum of eight painters per workshop. Photographers are also welcome as Non-Painters.