7 Nights / 8 Days : Sun 14 Sept – Sun 21 Sept 2025
Experience the South Island in Spring as we explore and photograph amazing scenery along the way on this epic South Island Photography Tour.
Spring is a brilliant time to experience the South Island as there is freshness in the air, the light is often amazing and hopefully there is still snow on the mountains we will be photographing. We 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.
Depart Christchurch
Finish Queenstown
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:
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’.
We meet mid-morning in Christchurch. 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 the magical Ashburton Lakes for the next couple of days. Located in the back country of Canterbury this raw and largely 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.
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 and surrounding district. There are so many gems around this area we really are spoiled for choice.
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.
The landscape changes dramatically as we head further south and enter Fiordland National Park. We will be guided by the conditions to ensure we are able to capture the best of the epic photography options along the Milford Road and will photograph Milford Sound at dusk when the light is soft and often serene.
Additionally we will photograph Lake Te Anau, and forest within the Kepler track.
We spend the morning photographing within Fiordland National Park again before starting to make our way back to Queenstown. We will finish the tour at a very special and little known location outside of Queenstown before dropping you back to your hotel.
