Gobi Desert Adventure co-lead with Andrea Pozzi

This unique photography workshop, taking you into the heart of the Gobi Desert, is where you can immerse yourself in simple, delicate creativity far from the modern world and its distractions. For myself, a first visit was a life-changing experience, and I felt instantly at home, as I do in the Himalayas but differently. Its earthy and sensuous form echoes the romantic and surreal part of myself, and the body of work I created consisted as much of myself as the Gobi Desert .

We will pass hundreds of square miles of gigantic dunes, some of the world’s highest static sand dunes and rising to over 1640 feet and above a series of crystal clear lakes. This remote area is intensely sparse yet profoundly elemental and beautiful, and we’ll be camping out in the dunes for most of the nights with one or two nights beside the lake, and of course the spectacular starscapes is something you will never forget.

You will be travelling with someone well experienced in desert photography, and who has detailed cultural and practical and linguistic skills for this region, as well as being taken through this challenging terrain by an expert and experienced driver, making your journey a safe and enriching experience. The Gobi I take you into is so vast and astonishing that each journey visits not only some of the best viewpoints I know but also seeks to discover something new. Every trip is unique.

Gobi Desert Adventure co-lead with Andrea Pozzi

10-18 Mar 2025 | max 7 participants | 2 places available EURO €3850 per person

Fully Booked – Wait List

About co-leader Andrea Pozzi

A storyteller, Visual Artist, and Adventurer who lives in Bormio, an alpine jewel of Italy.

I have known his work since 2012, and find his work has a sense of depth and space where radiant colours flow through the image, very different from mine and compelling to me. His work has won numerous awards in the most important international nature photography competitions. He has established himself as a tour guide and photography instructor to every corner of the globe and what led me to invite him as co-leader was his passion for adventure and his experience in the most challenging environments over the years; these include remote and untouched parts of Siberia, Patagonia, Yemen, the Yukon, the Andean Plateau and the Antarctic Peninsula. I am delighted that the elemental forms of Gobi desert intrigued Andrea to accept my invitation; his dynamic approach combined with a fresh perspective in the field will be a great complement to my local expertise to make these journeys even more marvellous.

Please visit his website https://www.forgottenlands.it/ to see more of his work and photo tours around the world that he offers.

10th March, Arriving Lanzhou, workshop begin at 5pm group Lunch; 11th March, After breakfast, morning train to Zhangye, visiting Danxia landform in the afternoon light, Zhangye 4 star hotel; 12th March bound for desert, and camping for the next 5 nights; 17h March, Leave desert after morning photography, arrive Zhangye Hotel for a relaxing dinner/evening; 18th March, morning train to Lanzhou and Workshop end noon at Lanzhou airport.

Trip Information:

1) Workshop starts and ends in Lanzhou.

2) Included: All vehicle Transportation | Photography Location Entry Tickets | All meals, simple meals in the desert, we will bring lots of fruits, seeds, nuts, oats, eggs, vegetables and noddles with us | Accommodations – Single Occupancy, 5 nights in the desert will be camping, tents and sleeping mat provided

4) Photography skill level: All levels, non-photographers welcome. However, please come with good knowledge of and capability with your equipment. We are more than happy to share our approach at each significant stop, and discuss techniques/concepts via the camera screen at the end of the day as we gathering for a drink/meal.

5) You must be able to walk on sand. The photography opportunity will be good just beside the vehicle, but able to walk another mile onto top of different dunes offers even greater view.

6) One 50L bag for your clothes and sleeping bag; tripod and 1 camera bag will be the maximum allowance of luggage you can bring for desert trip, suitcase need to be stored in Zhangye Hotel

7) Booking Process: Complete Booking Form | Deposit GBP £700 to reserve your place after receive Invoice | Visa Application allowed from 90 days before the trip | The balance is due no later than 90 days prior to the Workshop | Packing list | Arrive Lanzhou on time

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A private Workshop - if you’re going to be over 72, please request a private workshop, I can offer a Plan B trip if permits (two registrations required to the part of desert I go) not granted by local authority, we will only know 1-2 days prior to the start date.

10-18 March 2027 - co-lead with Andrea Pozzi - Wait List

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To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour. William Blake

Adam Gibbs was on one of my Gobi desert workshops in 2018, and he has produced 3 videos from this 7 days trip. This video will give you a deeper sense of being there and his take on a startling group of trees beside a dried up lake. We will be visiting this and other lakes on our route; there are believed to be 144 lakes（113 named, and 12 fresh water) in this part of Gobi desert.

Danxia Landform Geopark