Autumn Photography Tour Vietnam

NOTE: ITINERARY MAY BE CHANGED FOR THE BETTER EXPERIENCE IF ANY

DAY 1 - 14 AUG 2026: HO CHI MINH CITY ARRIVAL

Welcome to the Autumn photography tour Vietnam organized by An Bui. This tour will focus on Mekong Photo Tour, Hoi An Photo Tour, Hanoi Photo Tour, Rice Terrace Photo Tour and Cao Bang Photo Tour.

I will pick you up at the Ho Chi Minh City Airport, transfer to a hotel and relax after a long flight to Vietnam. You can arrive in Ho Chi Minh City on any flight scheduled on this day, or you can arrive a few days before the trip to explore the city, then join with us on this day. Ho Chi Minh is the biggest and modern city in Vietnam, you can find good travel service here. Moreover, there are many international ATM or money exchanges as well as card accepting in most of the restaurants or shops in the city center. Relax to prepare for our trip soon to begin the next day.

Dinner at a local restaurant.

Overnight at a hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.

DAY 2 - 15 AUG 2026: HO CHI MINH CITY / MOC HOA

Breakfast at a hotel.

Morning visits the temple and enjoy Ao Dai Photo Tour with the lady in traditional dress of Vietnam in the temple (Setup for photography). The Ao Dai is the traditional dress of Vietnam. This shooting concept is really suitable with the pagoda or antique or rural places. This shooting section is light, fun and just a warm up for our long day photo tour.

Lunch at a local restaurant.

Afternoon transfer to Moc Hoa with 3 hours of driving. Moc Hoa is a rural destination near the border of Cambodia. The travel service in Moc Hoa is just basic but this place is very famous for photography of water lily flowers in Vietnam. During Aug to Nov is the season of water lily flowers. Normally local farmers harvest them in the early morning, then sell them to the market. We will enjoy a photograph of the water lily flower in the next early morning. 

Dinner at a hotel restaurant.

Overnight at a hotel in Moc Hoa. Accommodation basic in the rural destination.

DAY 3 - 16 AUG 2026: MOC HOA / CHAU DOC

Enjoy morning photography with the water lily flower and the local farmers (Model setup for photography). This early morning, we will transfer by boat about 20 minutes to get to the shooting point on land with all of the water. Enjoy water lily flower rowing on the water and set up for art photography with water lily flowers on the water.

Back to the hotel for breakfast.

Morning transfer to Chau Doc with 4 hours of driving. Chau Doc is also the destination near the border or Cambodia. The cultures of local people in Chau Doc are affected by Khmer people culture, so you can easily see the difference.

Lunch at a local restaurant.

Afternoon enjoy photography with the fishermen (Model setup for photography). We will stand on the bridge to shoot with the fishermen throwing the fishing net in the river during the late afternoon, surrounding the flooding area of the rice fields.

Dinner at a hotel restaurant.

Overnight at a hotel in Chau Doc.

DAY 4 - 17 AUG 2026: CHAU DOC / HO CHI MINH CITY

Early morning, enjoy sunrise photography with the palm trees inside the rice paddy field. If lucky by the weather or season, the rice field is all water, so the reflection would be nice.

Back to the hotel for breakfast.

Morning enjoys photography with the cow racing (Model setup for photography). The Khmer people in this area often celebrate cow racing for a successful new crop. Normally there are 4 couples going racing. The cow drivers challenge each other on how to control the cow as well as possible.

After that, visit the Khmer pagoda and enjoy morning photography (Model setup for photography)

Lunch at a local restaurant.

Afternoon transfer to Ho Chi Minh City with 6 hours of driving.

Dinner at a local restaurant.

Overnight at a hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.

DAY 5 - 18 AUG 2026: HO CHI MINH CITY / HUE

Breakfast at a hotel.

Morning transfer to Ho Chi Minh Airport for a short flight to Hue.

Lunch at a local restaurant.

Afternoon enjoy photography with fishermen throwing fishing nets in the river (Model setup for photography).

Then enjoy photography with the lady in Ao Dai throwing the lantern on the river (Model setup for photography). Throwing lanterns to the river is the traditional activity of people in Hue, on the full moon night, they often throw the lantern and make a wish.

Dinner at a local restaurant.

Overnight at a hotel in Hue.

DAY 6 - 19 AUG 2026: HUE / HOI AN

Breakfast at the hotel.

Morning enjoying portrait photography with a lady in Ao Dai (Model setup for photography).

Lunch at the local restaurant.

Afternoon transfer to Hoi An with 3 hours of driving.

Enjoy photography with the elderly in Hoi An (Model setup for photography).

Dinner at a local restaurant.

Overnight at a hotel in Hoi An.

DAY 7 - 20 AUG 2026: HOI AN / HANOI / PHU THO

Early morning transfer by boat to the shooting point of the fishermen with the fishing trap (Model setup for  photography).

Breakfast at the hotel.

Morning transfer to Da Nang Airport for a short flight to Hanoi.

Lunch at a local restaurant.

Arriving in Hanoi in the afternoon, then transferring to Phu Tho with 2 hours of driving.

Dinner at a local restaurant.

Overnight at a hotel in Phu Tho.

DAY 8 - 21 AUG 2026: PHU THO / MU CANG CHAI

Enjoy sunrise photography at the tea hill of Long Coc, Phu Tho.

Breakfast at a local restaurant.

Morning departs to Mu Cang Chai with 6 hours of driving. The traffic and road condition is normally good, we will have several photo stops on the way.

Lunch at local restaurant

Afternoons enjoy photography with the hill of the rice terrace.

Dinner at homestay in Mu Cang Chai.

Overnight at homestay in Mu Cang Chai (Basic accommodation).

DAY 9 - 22 AUG 2026: MU CANG CHAI

Enjoy sunrise photography at the rice terrace in Mu Cang Chai (Enjoy motorbikes to get to the shooting place). Currently using a motorbike is the most convenient way to get to the shooting place at the top of the rice terrace hill. The path is narrow and quite steep, so motorbikes are the most convenient now. After experiencing the motorbike to the top of the rice terrace hill, you will admire one of the biggest views of the rice field in Vietnam.

Back to homestay for breakfast.

Lunch at a local restaurant.

Afternoon visiting minority village with the corn house (Model setup for photography).

Enjoy sunset at Mu Cang Chai rice terrace (Enjoy motorbikes to get to the shooting place again).

Dinner at homestay in Mu Cang Chai.

Overnight at homestay in Mu Cang Chai (Basic accommodation).

DAY 10 - 23 AUG 2026: MU CANG CHAI / HANOI

Enjoy morning photography at the rice terrace in Mu Cang Chai with another place.

Breakfast at a local restaurant.

Morning transfer to Hanoi with 7 hours of driving.

Lunch at a local restaurant.

Afternoon enjoy photography around Hoan Kiem lake.

Dinner at a local restaurant.

Overnight at a hotel in Hanoi.

DAY 11 - 24 AUG 2026: HANOI HANDICRAFT VILLAGE / LANG SON

Breakfast at a hotel.

Hanoi surrounding there are a lot of handicraft village, they are still remaining the job and develop until now. I can see now in Vietnam mostly the handicraft village concentrate surrounds Hanoi inside the small village.

Morning visit handicraft village making incense in Hanoi (Model setup for photography).

Then enjoy photography with the craft village of making conical hats (Model setup for photography).

Lunch at a local restaurant.

Afternoon transfer to Lang Son with 3 hours of driving.

Dinner at a local restaurant.

Overnight at a hotel in Lang Son.

DAY 12 - 25 AUG 2026: LANG SON / CAO BANG (BAN GIOC)

Breakfast at a hotel.

Morning transfer to Ban Gioc with 5 hours of driving.

Lunch at a local restaurant.

Afternoon enjoy photography of the greatest Ban Gioc Waterfall. Ban Gioc is the best waterfall in Vietnam, it is ideal for photography in the early morning and late afternoon.

Enjoy photography with the minority people in the traditional dress in Ban Gioc (Model setup for photography).

Then enjoy sunset photography at Ban Gioc waterfall.

Dinner at a local restaurant.

Overnight at a hotel in Ban Gioc.

DAY 13 - 26 AUG 2026: CAO BANG (BAN GIOC)

Early in the morning we will go to Phong Nam village to enjoy the view of the sunrise. If luckily, we will have mist or clouds surrounding the mountains, it should be a great moment for photography in Cao Bang. The village is surrounded by the very beautiful color of the Quay Son River. Phong Nam is a very rural village of the minority people. People here mainly do agriculture, especially rice. 

Enjoy photography with the fishermen in the river.

Breakfast at a local restaurant.

Lunch at a local restaurant.

Afternoon visit minority village and enjoy afternoon shooting with the minority in Cao Bang (Model setup for photography).

Enjoy sunset photography with the nice view of the Cao Bang landscape.

Dinner at a local restaurant.

Overnight at a hotel in Ban Gioc.

DAY 14 - 27 AUG 2026: CAO BANG (BAN GIOC) / HANOI

Enjoy sunrise photography with the nice landscape view of Cao Bang. Depending on the group fitness and actual weather conditions, I will suggest ideal shooting activities this morning.

Back to the hotel for breakfast.

Morning transfer to Hanoi with 7 hours of driving.

Lunch and Dinner at a local restaurant.

Overnight at a hotel in Hanoi.

DAY 15 - 28 AUG 2025: HANOI / DEPARTURES

Breakfast at a hotel.

Free at leisure until time transfer to Hanoi airport for your next destination. End of service.