SAUDI ARABIA Photography Tour & Workshop

We’ll meet at Tabuk Regional Airport no later than 5:00 PM. After introductions, we’ll travel to our hotel in Duba, where you can relax and recover from your journey. We’ll enjoy dinner together before preparing for our first epic sunrise shoot.

Our adventure begins among the desert dunes, where the soft curves of the sand contrast beautifully with layers of sharp, dramatic mountains. This rare combination creates striking compositions unlike anything you may have photographed before.

After breakfast, we’ll check out and travel to Wadi Al Disah for sunset. Here, we’ll photograph a spectacular mountain using caves, natural stone lines and fascinating rock patterns as foregrounds. If conditions allow, we may even find areas of cracked desert mud to complete the scene.

We’ll begin the third morning of our Saudi Arabia Photo Tour at Pinnacle Mountain, where unusual rock formations resemble spaceships. Caves, framing trees, leading stone lines and rounded domes provide endless opportunities for unique compositions.

Max will share his favourite discoveries as the rising sun sends beams through the distant peaks, creating an otherworldly atmosphere. We’ll then use long lenses to photograph Madison standing on a high rock formation for scale, while also looking for camels in the morning light.

For sunset, we’ll visit a hidden valley surrounded by towering cliffs and palm trees. A short walk through a palm forest leads to a streamside viewpoint with several impressive perspectives. If skies are clear, we may stay for an optional Milky Way shoot.

On the morning of day 4 on our Saudi Arabia Photo tour, it is all about the layers. Vertical mountains rise above the desert, while green trees contrast beautifully with the warm, red-toned sand, creating a deep and almost ethereal landscape.

At sunrise, beams of light may sweep across the cliffs and valley below. Camels sometimes wander into the scene, while trees, rocks and natural leading lines offer endless opportunities for creative compositions.

For sunset, we’ll focus on remarkable cracked-mud patterns, framed by the surrounding mountains. Plants, flowers and natural textures provide additional foreground options, followed by an optional Milky Way session.

We’ll return to The King Area for sunrise, but this time we’ll explore entirely new viewpoints and compositions. A nearby mountain catches the first light beautifully, revealing shapes, textures and details that are easy to miss without knowing exactly where to look.

For sunset, we’ll photograph a striking mountain illuminated by the final golden light of the day. Its elegant shape works beautifully with a variety of foregrounds, including trees, natural rock lines and small caves that can be used for creative framing.

From the evening of Day 6 until the morning of Day 8 on our Saudi Arabia Photo Tour, we’ll stay in AlUla, a region filled with extraordinary rock formations reminiscent of Cappadocia. Exploring this landscape is incredibly rewarding, with endless foregrounds hidden among the fascinating shapes, colours and textures of the rocks.

With so many pinnacles and formations, choosing the strongest background can be challenging. Fortunately, Max knows the area intimately and will guide you toward the best viewpoints while helping you refine your compositions.

Our comfortable hotel on the Saudi Photo Tour, is approximately 45 minutes from the main photography area, giving us access to a wide variety of spectacular sunrise and sunset locations.

We’ll begin our final day with one last unforgettable sunrise shoot. Afterward, we’ll travel directly to the airport, stopping for lunch along the way.

The tour may be coming to an end, but you’ll return home with memory cards filled with powerful and original desert photographs. More importantly, you’ll take home the memories of a remarkable adventure through one of the world’s most extraordinary landscapes—an experience you won’t soon forget.