PHOTOGRAPHIC TRIP TO KERKINI

FROM 10 TO 14 JANUARY 2025

"THE ZEAL OF THE FROWNING PELICAN IN THE KERKINI LAKE".

PRICE: 1.150€ (TAXES INCLUDED). RESERVATION PRICE 400€.

Places: 6

Travel itinerary

JANUARY 10

Flight from our destination city to Salonica, northern Greece, we will pick up the cars and arrive in 2 hours approx. to Kerkini Lake, we will make a check of the area, where we will spend the afternoon photographing the frowning pelicans and other species of the lake from the shores.

JANUARY 10

JANUARY 11, 12 AND 13

Breakfast at the lodge first thing in the morning, at 7:00 a.m. we will start the activity, we will go to the center of the lake to photograph the pelicans from a boat, by throwing fish, we will have the opportunity to get thousands of photos of all kinds. The activity lasts about 2 hours approximately, return to the hotel and lunch, at 15:30 we will do again the photographic outing in the afternoon, to get the best sunset lights and have more different photographic opportunities, exactly the same as in the morning, return to the hotel.

JANUARY 11, 12 AND 13

JANUARY 14

Breakfast at the hotel early in the morning, we will take pictures of the sunrise from the shores of Kerkini lake, we will leave to Thessaloniki to take the flight back to our destination city, 2 hours approximately.

JANUARY 14

Kerkini Lake

Lake Kerkini is an artificial lake formed in 1932 on a huge wetland after the creation of a dam on the river Estrimon, in 1982 hunting was banned throughout the lake. Lake Kerkini is protected by the Ramsar Convention and is part of the European “Natura 2000” network. The area is home to numerous animal species such as the golden jackal, the wolf, the wildcat, the otter, the weasel, etc… There are 10 species of amphibians and 20 species of reptiles. The diversity of fish is very rich, as there are 30 different species of fish, including eels. Around 300 species of birds have been recorded in the areas surrounding the lake, including the endangered frowning pelican and the pygmy cormorant.