My August 2013 workshop and safari in Botswana is now open for registration. Other than the changes in park fees and internal airfare (over which we have no control), we've been able to keep the costs from rising from the 2010 workshop. I think it would be tough to top this trip at the cost.
If you want details, you can find the PDF description of the workshop here. Pretty much everything you need to know is in that document (if there's something that isn't that you need an answer to, either call the number in the document or drop me an email with the question).
Hurry, because as I write this the workshop is already half full. Wait, how does that happen when I'm just now announcing the details? Simple, I gave my former workshop students a couple of days head start. I do try to reward my former customers, and I'll be doing more of that in the future, as I think it's the right thing to do, especially when the resource is scarce.
If you want to know about my other planned workshops, here's the current 411:
- South Africa is an extremely small trip (6), and already has a wait list, so I'm not going to promote it except to former workshop students at this time.
- Galapagos is slowly moving towards some final decisions. We've changed boats, we've changed the itinerary, we've changed a lot of things, but it's all starting to lock down now and I should be publishing that itinerary and opening up registration within a month.
- Patagonia and New Zealand are both at stage one of planning, and it will be some time before I have any details. Given that we're talking about workshops at the end of 2014 or start of 2015, there's no rush; I'd rather get things done right rather than lock into something I later decide isn't optimal.
I can't really promise anything other than those four. Here in the US, I really don't like to do large scale workshops (more than 6 students) and small ones have turned out to be economically unfeasible. I can't really do lots of big International workshops, as they chew up large chunks of time. So I'll continue on the two-international-workshop-a-year schedule for the foreseeable future. I'll continue to look at other options, as well, but for now, what you see is what you'll get.