Specialist photography expeditions built around the extraordinary wildlife of the Andasibe rainforests — from tiny insects and spiders to reptiles, amphibians, lemurs and the wider forest.
The next live departure is the established December expedition in the Andasibe region: specialist macro and wildlife photography, day and night fieldwork, experienced local wildlife guides and one supported high-forest camping night.
The destination and photographic standards are shared. The experience is not. Choose complete privacy and control, or join one of the deliberately small specialist departures.
No unrelated photographers. Dedicated tuition with Eduard, private transport and an itinerary shaped around your photographic priorities, walking preference, work commitments and the people you choose to travel with.
Carefully scheduled departures limited to six paying participants, with specialist macro tuition, day and night fieldwork, experienced Malagasy wildlife guides and a supported high-forest camping night.
The programme is deliberately concentrated into two Madagascar field periods each year, with private expeditions immediately before and after the small-group departures.
These trips are designed by a specialist macro photographer, so the small world is treated seriously — but Madagascar gives us far more than macro alone.
Insects, spiders and tiny rainforest subjects are not squeezed into the margins of a generic wildlife itinerary.
Nocturnal sessions reveal a different forest and a completely different photographic problem.
Reptiles, amphibians, lemurs, birds and environmental detail can all matter when the opportunity is right.
Eduard is a professional macro photographer, educator and the photographer and author of Ants: Workers of the World, published by Abrams, New York.
He has photographed in the forests around Andasibe and personally leads both the private and small-group programmes. Experienced Malagasy wildlife guides bring the essential knowledge of wildlife, trails, access and changing conditions; Eduard stays with the photographic problem — lighting, diffusion, working distance, focus, composition, backgrounds and the patience required to make the image properly.
Choose private if you want the expedition shaped around your own party and priorities. Choose small group if you want a specialist six-photographer field experience.