5 Nights / 6 Days : Sun 19 April – Fri 24 April 2026
Experience the colours of the South Island in Autumn and photograph amazing scenery along the way on this epic South Island Photography Tour.
Traveling through the South Island in autumn is special enough but capturing these amazing scenes on our Autumn Photo Tour makes it an even more special experience. We explore and photograph incredible landscapes including venturing off-the-beaten-track to special locations to show you the best of it.
The stunning scenery of South Island is famous the world over and we get you to the best of it on this amazing Photography Tour.
The South Island is an absolute heaven for any landscape photographer and we have designed this tour to capture the best of it. With hands on tuition and such epic scenery this is an experience that will inspire your landscape photography like no other.
Our Photography Tours are an immersive hands on experience where you will be putting your newly acquired knowledge to use in-the-field. We believe in giving you sound knowledge and developing new skills in landscape photography, and then putting these to practice in some of the best landscapes in the world.
Queenstown, New Zealand
During this photography tour we are up and on location before dawn and aim to stay out till after sunset – taking advantage of what can often be magical dawn and dusk light. We never rush locations and make sure that everyone is capturing the images they want. Often we are the only people at these amazing locations.
We believe in giving you sound knowledge and developing new skills in landscape photography, and then putting these to practice in some of New Zealand’s best landscapes.
The South Island is renowned for it’s incredible scenery and this photography tour has been designed to get you to some of the best of it. We photograph the Southern Alps, stunning high country lakes, ageless forests and wild waterfalls.
Over this tour our photography will include:
We meet mid-morning in Queenstown. After introductions we will have a debrief of the tour, including running through equipment (camera’s, lenses, filters etc), weather conditions and answer any questions.
We then set off for Twizel our base for the next two nights. Twizel is well located to allow us to explore Mount Cook/Aoraki National Park, the Southern Alps and the Mackenzie Basin. There are so many great locations we will be out both evenings and mornings in stunning scenery. Alongside the big-shots there is also the opportunity for us to capture the subtle essence of the Mackenzie Region.
The precise order of locations we visit is determined by the conditions – we allow for flexibility in our schedule and aim to be in the best locations at the right time. We have learnt that sometimes the best photographs are captured when you ‘follow the light’.
On our third day we leave Mackenzie for a couple of days and head into the back country of Canterbury as we settle into the magical Ashburton Lakes region. This raw and untouched landscape is simply stunning and we will explore and photograph the best of it.
The Southern Alps are the backdrop to the stunning lakes which we will be photographing. However we will also venture further into the vast back country to some high country stations and locations of very famous movies.
This is a very special region and a landscape photographers dream.
On day five we travel to Wanaka and after booking into our hotel we will set out to start exploring the wider region. There is so much to photograph here and we will be guided by the conditions and where best opportunities for photography are.
Options include glorious views across Lake Wanaka from a high country station, wild forest, blue-pools and waterfalls within Mt Aspiring National Park and exploring the wild and remote Matukituki Valley.
Day six is spent exploring the wider Otago Region as we make our way back to Queenstown in time for a sunset shoot. We are guided by the conditions and ‘follow the light’ right to the end.
Allowance can be made to drop people at Queenstown Airport if catching a late afternoon flight however we will as we finish the tour in a wonderful location just outside of Queenstown, before dropping yoou back to your hotel.
