Dolomites, Italy, Feb. 11, 2011 – A world class photographer will team up with an imaging expert to lead a first-ever photo safari June 27-July 4 through the crown jewel of the Alps, Italy’s Dolomite Mountains. The 12-guest tour is sponsored by Dolomite Mountains srl (http://dolomitemountains.com/en/home.htm), an Italian company bent on proving that the adventure path reveals some of the most beautiful natural settings on earth. The nearly all-inclusive cost per person is €3,480.

Val Gardena and Alta Badia Vistas, agritourism, a working farm in the Ladino, high mountain villages and chairlift rides to displays of alpine flowers are a few of many settings.

The active sunrise-to-sunset 8-day/7-night itinerary includes, among others,  regional cuisine and comfortable accommodations, roundtrip transfers from Venice’s Marco-Polo International Airport, and an ongoing hands-on technical seminar walking and working with Randy Jay Braun www.randyjaybraun.com who left his fine-art photography gallery on Maui long enough to fall in love with the Dolomites on a trekking adventure with local legend Karin Pizzinini, an equally accomplished photographer and multi-lingual trail guide and alpinist who will also accompany this adventure.

Together they created the pieces of the upcoming safari, inviting Julieanne Kost of Adobe who is senior digital imaging expert for Lightroom and Photoshop. She is the founder of http://www.jkost.com/, publisher of the Daily Photoshop Tip (http://blogs.adobe.com/jkost/), author of “Window Seat – The Art of Digital Photography” and the host of “The Complete Picture”, a bimonthly instructional training program featuring Lightroom and Photoshop on Adobe TV.

See: http://dolomitemountains.com/en/other_trips/photo_safari79.htm.  There is also an optional trip extension to Venice July 4-7.

This is just one of the upcoming Dolomite Mountains srl photo safari programs for 2011 (http://dolomitemountains.com/en/other_trips/photo_safaris.htm). Others are Videography and Creativity in the Italian Alps: A Visual and Spiritual Journey in the Dolomite Mountains June 13-23, 2011. The cost is €4,650 per person, double (single supplement €540). http://dolomitemountains.com/en/other_trips/photo_safari239.htm and Getting Lost in Venice: Photography and Walking Tour Extension July 4-7, 2011. The cost is €1,580 per person, double (single supplement €270). See:

http://dolomitemountains.com/en/other_trips/photo_safari225.htm

About Dolomite Mountains srl

Dolomite Mountains srl is the only local company in the Dolomites specializing and providing unique experiences in adventure travel within one of the most beautiful natural settings on Earth. Types of trips offered: Hike - Bike - Via Ferrata - Climb - Snowshoe - Photo Safari - Ski - Self Guided - Luxury Trips.

For over 15 years they have been crafting Dolomite adventures, helping travelers uncover the region’s true spirit. Customized guided and self guided active trips and luxury and gourmet adventures take travelers off the beaten path for authentic experiences that reveal the real Dolomites.

Dolomite Mountains srl believes in the value of sharing their love of the mountains and natural places with others while also recognizing the need to take care of them if they are to be here for future generations. They employ sustainable practices in all daily operations – everything from recycling in the office to leaving only footprints while in the field. Hotels are selected that adhere to environmentally sustainable standards wherever possible including two CasaClima hotels in certain accommodation options (CasaClima is a building certification that establishes a standard for energy efficiency that follows the Kyoto Protocol and a standard for use of sustainable resources.) The company also supports several worthy organizations that contribute to the betterment of societies and their environs around the world such as SUMMITS4KIDS and The Footprints Network. See:

http://www.dolomitemountains.com/en/dolomite_mountains/our_style_giving_back.htm

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