Light & Land
Icebergs, Outports, Barrens and Beaches - Photography Tour of Newfoundland’s Avalon and Bonavista Peninsulas
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12th - 20th June, 2027
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Early Bird Price - until 23rd Jul, 2026 £4,699.00 / £700.00 Deposit £4,499.00 / £600.00 Deposit
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Our Photography Tour of Newfoundland's Avalon and Bonavista Peninsulas will take place in June and will be led by Niall Benvie.
Newfoundland represents the westernmost point of settlement during the North Atlantic Landnám, a migration that began in the 9th century when Norwegians left their crowded fjords in search of new land to farm. They travelled to Scotland’s northern isles and thence to the Faroes. They began to settle Iceland in the late 9th century, as recorded in the Landnámabók (The Book of Settlements). Later, a farmer known as Erik the Red was exiled for three years from Iceland and during his wanderings he encountered Greenland, to the west. He returned to it around 985AD with other Icelanders and established a settlement at Tunulliarfik Fjord which persisted for almost 500 years. It was, however, his son Leif Erikson who was the first European known to have made landfall in North America, at L’Anse aux Meadows, in northern Newfoundland.
We invite you to join Niall Benvie in Newfoundland - an island the size of Iceland - to explore two eastern peninsulas and to photograph coastlines and communities shaped by the North Atlantic. It’s a tour in which lighthouses, rugged shores, colourful villages and, we hope, icebergs and whales, will feature as well as a chance to photograph some of the most accessible gannets and puffins in North America. If we are fortunate with our timing, capelin will be spawning, attracting humpbacked whales close to the shore.
Newfoundland doesn’t benefit from the North Atlantic Drift so winter lingers much later here than in north western Europe. Indeed, some years, spring is so late to arrive that the locals refer to “Junuary” (sic). The chill Labrador current that acts as a conveyor for “Erikson’s Icebergs” (they arrive from Greenland) also contributes to the fogs for which Newfoundland is notorious amongst mariners - but which delight photographers.
With a flight time of around 5 hours from London and a time zone difference of just 3 ½ hours, the journey will feel like no trans-Atlantic journey you’ve made before. Combine this convenience with outstandingly friendly local people, fantastic restaurants and an inside track on an “under-exposed” destination and you have the formula for a photography holiday that minimises stress while opening up many new photographic vistas to you.
Highlights include:
• Colourful houses in St Johns
• Cape Spear - the most easterly point in North America
• Puffin and northern gannet photography
• Sea stacks at Spiller’s Cove
• Tickle and King’s Cove sea arch and colourful rocks
• Boat trip to photography icebergs and humpbacked whales (subject to weather)
• Random Passage filming location
• Old fishing related buildings
• Houses in Trinity
• Cape Bonavista coastline and lighthouse
• Cape Race Lighthouse
• Cape St Vincent’s - perhaps also with whales
• Derelict outports
• Flowers of the boreal forests
With Niall's guidance, clients on this new tour will be inspired to look beyond the obvious, and are sure to return home with images that are both memorable and deeply personal.
Places limited to 6.
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Included
Accommodation - single occupancy
Breakfasts
Airport Transfers
Transport during the tour
Tuition from Niall Benvie
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Excluded
International flights
Meals not mentioned
Insurance
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