LiT Nature - 8 Days

Travel from Brussels to Copenhagen for lunch. Travel from Copenhagen to Palanga (Lithuania). Where the local guide and photographer will meet you before driving to Neringa (1 hour) where we will sleep at Juodasis Kalnas. Enjoying dinner at the on the same premises. Then before some well-deserved free time have a small meet and great to get to know everyone.

After a hearty breakfast we will have a short hike to Juodkrantė Colony of Grey Herons and Great Cormorants where we will have a Black & White photography class, before returning to the hotel for lunch. We will have some free time to before starting the golden hour photography session while walking the Witches Trail. Upon return we will enjoy dinner and a photo feedback session between peers and coach before having free time for the evening.

After breakfast we check out and start driving to Mindunai (4hours) with a lunch stop halfway through. On arrival we will check into our accommodation Sodyba Šniūrai. After some rest and refreshments, we will have a golden hour reflection photography session before sitting down for dinner as provided by local restaurant. After which we will have a photo feedback session followed by free time for the rest of the evening.

We will start day 4 with an early rise (depending on the season) for a sunrise photography session with some coffee to sustain you. After which we would return for some breakfast and some more photography fun with a session on light filtering. Before getting some free time with the option to personal 1on1 coaching and lunch. Ending the day with a workshop in editing or other 1on 1 speciality classes before a photo feedback session and dinner.

Having reached the middle of our trip we have a more relaxed day. Following breakfast, we will have a reflection photography session and some free time, lunch, and more free time to practice skills, explore nearby forest area and also have some constructive feedback. In the late afternoon we would take a short drive to Juodieji Lakajai where there will be tie for sunset photography during a campfire dinner, before our night photography session or sunset photography session (depending on the season). We will then return to the accommodation and enjoy free time.

After a later start with a homecooked breakfast, we will have a speciality class in macro photography the subject of which will vary per season. Followed by free time and possibility of 1 on 1 sessions for the specific skill. After lunch there will be free time during which participants can either have personal coach in which ever skills or from own budget enjoy some onsite seasonal activities like kayaking, swimming, hiking, photo taking, sauna relaxing, etc. Free time will run from lunch until dinner after which we will have a photo feedback session before free time for the evening.

On our second last day in Lithuania, we will have breakfast before checking out and driving to Vilnius. (1 hour) Where we will get to enjoy a unique lunch at Pirmas Blynas before checking into the Forest Hostel. After checking in, our guide and translator, Giedrius Cyras, will give us a tour of Vilnius (45 min – 1 hour). After which there will be free time to shop relax or walk around until dinner at Mykolo-4 and drinks at the local brewery Spunka which would conclude the official part of our trip.

After breakfast and checking out there will be free time to look around Vilnius a bit more before lunch. After lunch we will greet our photographer before traveling to the airport where we will say farewell to our guide before boarding the flight. Traveling from Vilnius International Airport to Copenhagen where we will have dinner, before traveling from Copenhagen to Brussels where our trip will come to an end.