MixcationCooking + Photography Mixcation
The best of both worlds — retreats that combine cooking and photography into one unforgettable trip. Perfect for couples and friends who refuse to choose.
Top Cooking + Photography Mixcations
Day Trip: Lake Tekapo to Mt Cook National Park
-IMPORTANT UPDATE- *Temporary tour conditions due to partial closure of the Hooker Valley Track. * Shuttle operates every day with capacity up to 30 passengers. Experience the freedom of exploring Mount Cook National Park on a day trip with us! - Highly recommended for the following people - Hikers and Adventurers: For those seeking outdoor adventures and hiking opportunities, our one-day trip is the perfect choice. You have enough time to complete the Hooker Valley Track at your own pace. Photography Enthusiasts: If capturing picturesque landscapes is your passion, the scenic views along the way and at Mount Cook will provide you with ample opportunities for remarkable photographs. Family and Friends: The tour caters to all age groups, making it a great choice for families and friends to create lasting memories together.
An Eagle Ray and Turtle Tour-Small Groups & Photography Included
Experience the THRILL of snorkelling with Eagle Rays and Turtles. We take you to Rarotonga's Healthiest Snorkelling Spot that is only accessible with a local Guide. Get up close and personal with thriving Marine Life and go home with Premium World Class Photography on an online Gallery Link. We take those new to swimming or snorkelling and can teach everyone free diving techniques to get the photos you'll want to show the WORLD! This activity is for those wanting an EPIC underwater ADVENTURE alongside an experienced and knowledgeable team.
Hoi An Eco & Cooking Class Tour
Discover rural life in Hoi An and explore Vietnamese cuisine. Enjoy a boat basket ride, buy ingredients at a local market, and then learn how to prepare a Vietnamese meal at a local's home.
4 Hour Swim with Whales - Small Groups, Photography Included
ONLY AVAILABLE JUNE - NOVEMBER Every tour contributes to active whale research, with experienced guides conducting photo identification and recording behavioural observations that support conservation and responsible whale tourism. Small group sizes ensure a personal, unhurried experience with more time in the water and increased swim opportunities, suitable for solo travellers, couples, and adventure seekers. Professional photography is included, allowing you to stay present while receiving high quality images of your encounter. Tours are led by highly experienced guides and conducted ethically and safely, with whale welfare as the priority, we have decades of experience with these majestic beings and it shows. Guests consistently highlight the strong organisation, knowledgeable crew, quality equipment, and exceptional whale encounters in pristine environments. This is a purpose led whale swim that delivers meaningful experiences while supporting whale protection.
Chania Area: Cooking Class at a Farm in Stylos Village (organic)
Let us to provide you a unique experience in the nature, from the way to make milk until traditions and cultures in Crete
AuthenticAs Star Gazing -Nightscape Portrait Photography Tour
Whether you live here or are visiting we have found the best places to take you on Stargazing. We collect you in our 4WD land rovers, choosing from many of our dark sky locations to guide and photograph you under the Southern Night Sky. Come along with us NZ Astro tourism Academy qualified Guides this Summer 2023/4 and discover star navigation, the meaning and language of our constellations and using our Unistellar EVscope and night binoculars we choose the most interesting features viewable that night for you to see close up. We professionally shoot your portrait with the galactic core as a backdrop. Often snow will be under our feet. NZ Award winning photographers, we deliver you with a set of images from your experience to cherish along with images from our telescope that we viewed together live. Customers love this tour who are also budding astrophotographers -ask us for tuition and bring your camera/ tripod is also an option. We are the only Queenstown bespoke star gazing tour.
Cook Traditional Dominican Cuisine with a Charming Grandmother in Santo Domingo
Join your host Rossy and learn to cook 2-3 traditional Dominican dishes such as sancocho and platano frito (fried plantains) in her cozy kitchen. You can expect to cook for about 1-2 hours before enjoying the meal with Rossy at her dining table. Rossy mixes up the menu so you can get anything from asopao (a rice-based soup), mangu (mashed plantains), arroz con pollo (one-pot chicken and rice), habichuelas (beans) and platano frito (fried plantains). End the meal with homemade dulce de leche or dulce de coco and coffee. Rossy is passionate about nature, people, reading, photography, art, dance, and growing orchids. She loves being a host and teaching other people about Dominican culture and the country's cuisine. Since restaurants in the city rarely have Dominican food, Rossy loves to serve it to her guests to introduce them to the delicious local dishes!
Happy Cooking Class in Danang
With 2,5 hours cooking class, you will learn and hand-on cooking local dishes and enjoy meals like a local in a local family home
African Cooking with a Chef Founder
Get immersed in this experience hosted by a local changemaker! Enter the inspiring world underneath Cape Town's touristy surface. A Side by Side experience is the perfect, hands-on way to escape the tourist trap, live like a local, and make an impact. A percentage of every booking goes directly back to the changemakers we've partnered with in the form of year-end gifts: equipment, bursaries, and cash grants. To ensure your changemaker-hosted experience runs smoothly and guests' every last need is met, an SbS guide will be by your side throughout, from pick-up to drop-off (if you add the Hotel Pickup add-on). Your guide will provide you all the background info you need to know and settle the entrance fees on your behalf. Optionally add the Photoshoot add-on for HD pics/vids of you in action sent by Google Drive same day. Learn, laugh, imagine, bond, and come away a changed person after sharing this experience with some seriously inspiring locals.
Private Filipino cooking class in a local Manila Home
This authentic cooking class experience is a true glimpse into the Filipino culture and cuisine with a warm and friendly local, in her home in Taguig, Metro Manila. In her home kitchen learn to prepare Filipino family recipes that have been passed down through generations. After cooking, you will sit down and share the meal you helped prepare at Isi's dining table in her home. Your meal will include dishes such as ensaladang pako (local fern salad in a calamansi and raw honey dressing), grilled shrimp in a cilantro chimichurri (an Isi creation), ginataang kalabasa at sitaw (squash and green beans in a coconut milk stew), mechado (soy marinated beef, cooked in an onion and tomato sauce) or inihaw na baboy (grilled pork chops) followed by homemade calamansi pie for dessert.
Hoi An Farming , Cooking Class, Foot Massage & Hoi An Walking Tour
Tour Program : 8:00a.m : Pick up at Hotel in Hoi An or Da Nang city - Visiting the Temple Kwan, Phuc Kien Temple, Tan Ky Ancient House, Phung Hung house, Japanese Bridge in Hoi An. After your walking tour If you have free time ,you can do shopping at the old town. Guide will escort you for the whole tour. - Visiting TRA QUE Vegetables village –a famous village about Organic Vegetable Here,You have a chance to take the photos of different kind of Mints, Basil, Lemon Grass, Coriender - Joining cooking activities at local family and learn how to make Vietnamese Traditional Dishes : Rice Pancakes, Spring Rolls, Barbecue Fish with Banana leaf ,Morning glory Cooked with Garlic. - Lunch /Dinner with what you have cooked - Enjoy 30 minute foot massage with herbs from vegetable garden. Finish The Tour and send back hotel in Hoi An or Da Nang city
Exclusive Authentic Balinese Cooking Class at Family home
All prep work and cooking are hands-on experiences, performed by our students.Our courses (including for Vegetarian) are started with Payangan Traditional morning market, accompanied by the chef to take advantages of cooler out door temperature for shopping, preparing and coking. We learn about Balinese tastes and customs, local meat, fish, and other product, finding ingredients and unique way of bargaining in Balinese style. Touring a traditional out door market provides experiences how Balinese people spend their time before cooking. arrived at the compound house introducing some well grown herbs and spices in our extensive gardens. Students are thought to process the food with traditional utensils and techniques. Paste and sauce preparation is one of the most interesting and important aspects of Balinese cooking, with two types of way Balinese spice preparations, chopped on wooden chopping block and ground in a stone mortar before being cooked in a variety of ways of Balinese dish.