Explore Himalaya recently had an opportunity to operate a week-long photography tour to Kathmandu’s world heritage sites, which was led by Mr. Jeremy Woodhouse with three fellow photographers from America and an Australian photographer Mr. McConville.  Mr. Woodhouse a noteworthy and well published photographer manifests his photographs through pixelchrome.com.

Gallivanting through ancient bazaars(markets) and medieval palace squares ,exploring ancient Newari villages which are mostly living museums and religiously significant shrines of local deities- the photography tour in Kathmandu was a grand success.

Nepal Photography tourbegan with early morning sunrise view from a hill on the west of the city “the famous monkey temple” Swayambhunath, where  people circumnavigating the self-emerged big dome with the first sunlight was a great sight. Capturing these lifestyles of Tibetan Buddhists at Swayambhunath to soak oneself in Kathmandu valley bliss was grander.

Bhaktapur, the city of devotees is considered another photographic hub inside Kathmandu Valley. It is famous for its pottery and paper Mache mask and the “king curd” JUJU{yogurt} also comes from here. Bhaktapur Durbar Square is a cluster of prehistoric temples, shrines and sculptures: The golden temple, 55 windows palace,Big bell,Taleju temple,Vatshala temple etc. scattered all over this heritage site, which were built during different centuries.

Next day during the drive to Samari via Nuwakot, Woodhouse and the team stopped to capture terraced farming fields, fish farming and several other aspects that demonstrated the rural lifestyle. Today the photographers team arrived to Nuwakot, the place from where the plans of unifying Nepal  by King Prithivi Narayan Shah was executed. The place offered us great opportunities to explore and capture glimpses of historic Nuwakot palace.

Then after we had four wheel treacherous ride up hill to the tranquil land of Samari. We stay at our own Homestay. Staying in a traditional mud house  where it was only us and rarely any other villagers, forgetting about other tourists and enjoying absolute peacefulness at Samari was great moment. While visiting the places in close proximity around Samari, we explored Kallabari and Purano pani, typical Tamang Villages ideal for our lens.

Overall the photography tour allowed us to explore and capture architectural best of Nepal’s medieval monuments and shrines, witness and film rural lifestyle and also catered us an opportunity to shoot Nepal’s natural delights i.e. Himalayas.

Text Credit : Bishant Bista

Photographic Arts Graduate from the London Polytechnic, Nathan Horton continues to lead the photography tour in Nepal. This year as well, an expert photographer hunts to capture the great moments of Nepalese streets and Heritage sites with his team. Nathan Horton, an extensively published photographer has hit the major printing media with his exclusive photographs that connects directly to the human soul. His photographs has been featured in the globally famous magazines including Elle and Travel Times as well as brands including Lux and Nokia. Here we have a photo gallery of Photography Tour to Nepal led by this veteran photographer.

Black Nepalese cap best suits you!

Taking a rest at heritage site is wonderful

Young entrepreneur expecting a customer

A beautiful smile by a beautiful Nepali woman

Yellow yellow old holy fellow!

I smile you capture- a holy saint poses for Nathan

Arent my traditional ornaments wonderful?

Your looks reminds me of beautiful Nepali tune- Dhaka topi siraimaa…

Everyone loves to see a young Nepali girl in red attire

It is not a gold but not less valuable than gold

How long it takes to arrange these sandals in such a great pattern?

Eagerly waiting moment captured through lens

A beautiful mom and a beautiful son

At least it is peaceful here

Sleeping beauty grabs Nathan’s attention

My body is colorless, give me some

I love being a monk

Season of harvesting- Relief to farmers

My grandpa made me this swing

I sell meat so what, I earn good

It is time for the school, little one

Do I look pretty in my school dress?

Explore Nathan Horton Photography Tour in Nepal

It has been 12 years that world’s best photographers and photographic wildlife safari leaders teamed up to facilitate photographic tours in the world’s most fascinating photographic destination- Orxy Photography is one of the best to travel with on the photography tour. One of the award winning photographic leaders Marius Coetzee was recently on a FAM Tour to Nepal with Explore Himalaya.  He calls himself a cultural freak and he never researches about the place he is visiting the first time on an educational trip. “Any bad experience of a particular traveler shared on travel sites doesn’t make that destination awful so I ignore the travel reviews posted in any site in order to have an open mind about a destination and ensure the best possible future tour for my clients” say Marius Coetzee. Marius and Alan during a short conversation with us after the completion of the FAM Tour shared their experiences of Photography FAM Tour to Nepal 2014. Here we have a shorter version of the conversation with Marius Coetzee photo gallery on Nepal Photography Tour.

EH: How was the tour?

Marius: Its been incredible. To be fair, I knew it was going to be great but it has certainly raised my expectation. The country was great. Alan had an emergency incident at Chitwan but the medical care was excellent. We could not have asked for more. You guys have been great and Bishant [Tour Guide] was great. All in all its been a first class experience in a country that is on many people’s wish-list.

EH: As you guys were on a photography tour, do you think Nepal is a potential destination for photography tour?

Marius: Without a doubt, Nepal is a great destination to tour and photograph. Cultural aspect of the country is amazingly out of the world. For me Nepal is an incredible country that I can sell with the close eyes.

EH: What do you say about the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu?

Marius: Kathmandu is completely unique. It is just giving so much that there are plenty of stuffs to see and photograph here in Kathmandu.

Alan: Unlike any Indian city, Kathmandu is beautiful. It is full of hidden gems. You could walk pass places and not know where you are. You go down the passage way and you find fantastic temples and fantastic colors. It is a superb city.

EH: How do you rate the services you guys experienced during the tour?

Marius: Everything was great. Whenever people are on the tours to new places, food is one of the major concerns. Everywhere in Nepal the options of food were plenty. We had western food throughout the tour. Food services, hotels, transportation, guides and everything else were just great.

A holy book

Water still runs here in ancient Dhunge Dhara

Patan Durbar Square

A wise thing to do in a warm sunny day

Giant creature, giant shadow

Cremation considered holiest in Nepal- Aryaghat Pashupatinath

Tons of medieval treasures captured

Clay Pottery- Artists joy

He knows how to grab mass attention

Afterall the earth is round

A cool retirement

Kathmandu- a city of festivals

You are a tiger statue but I am real so why fear?

Artist passion to create something beautiful

The best view of peaceful Boudhanath

Household and religious activities inseparable in Nepal

A door opens to a treasure shop

We dance with the breeze

A view anyone would love to pay

I sell walking- Enthusiastic mobile marketeer 

Explore Photography Tours in Nepal

Nepal, a land of natural, cultural, geographical and ethnic diversities offers the paramount of photography tours.

Explore Himalaya, recently organized the FAM Tours for the veteran photographers of the world  and the list of photographers includes Award winning American Photographer Kari Posts, Expert Bolivian Photographer Sergio Ballivian and the Colombia based photographer Nathan Horton.

The only objective of Explore Himalaya is to introduce and develop Nepal as the next opted destination for photography tours of the world.

Here we have some of the photos provided to us by these veteran travel photographers.

Explore our photography tours in Nepal

Nathan Horton in hat- leading first photography group in Nepal

Nathan Horton is a graduate in Photographic Arts from the London Polytechnic. An expert photographer started his photography profession in 1990. He moved on his first photographic tour around Asia in 1992. His zeal in life has made him an extensively printed Photographer in the world. His photographic expertise generally excels in the major magazines and newspapers, advertising agencies, production agencies and commercial products. A professional photographer for 20 years, Mr. Nathan now enjoys teaching the Art of Travel Photography since 2006 in Cambodia.

Mr. Nathan Horton photographing a monk at a vicinity of Swayambhunath

Nathan Horton leads the Photography tour to Nepal and Explore Himalaya is privileged to achieve this opportunity to work with expert like Mr. Horton. His first photography tour to Nepal kicked off on March 26.

This is a special Photography  Tour under Mr. Nathan Horton, along with a group of other  photographers to give them an insightful tour to Kathmandu’s UNESCO World Heritage sites and various other places of Historic, Cultural and Religious importance around the valley. The tour will wander through ancient bazaars and medieval palace squares, explore ancient Newari villages which are breathing museums and shrines of the local deities. The tour also takes you to Nepal’s mid-hills and villages to experience country lifestyle and ethnic cultures of the Tamangs and Gurungs.

Nathan Horton and his team- flashes of cameras at Swayambhunath

The visit to Pokhara- a striking scenic lake town where nature is amplified with the views of majestic peaks, sparkling water lakes with boating and canoeing thrills will add on a greater value to your photographic tour. Witnessing some natural wonders of nature in waterfalls and gorges and magical dawns that light up the sky and the snowy Himalayan spires in hues of the rising sun and capturing these magical vistas and wonderful landscapes in your camera will obviously fulfill the expectations of an ideal Photographic tour.

Shooting the street vendors