The Wild Muse 7-Day Creative Safari

No. The programme is designed around serious intent rather than professional credentials. What matters is that you arrive ready to work.

Four to eight participants. The creative sessions do not work above that, and the vehicle and lodge logistics are built around it.

Your own sketchbooks, paints, cameras and anything you work with. We do not supply art materials, partly for practical reasons and partly because most practitioners want their own. Traditional percussion and craft materials are provided during the Batwa exchange.

A meaningful amount, deliberately. Days 4, 6 and 7 all contain long open sessions, and Day 7 has no brief at all. Sessions are offered, not enforced.

Treks cross steep, uneven forest terrain and run from thirty minutes to six hours. A moderate level of fitness is required. Porters are available at the trailhead for a small fee and are strongly recommended.

Yes, but with restrictions: no flash, no tripods, and a distance the rangers will enforce. The hour goes very quickly most artists find they get more from watching than from shooting.

June to September and December to February give the clearest light and the easiest trekking. The green season brings dramatic skies and far fewer vehicles, at the cost of harder terrain.

Most nationalities require a Uganda tourist visa, obtained in advance through the Uganda e-Visa portal. A Yellow Fever vaccination certificate is mandatory for entry.