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An Bui Photo Tour Vietnam

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Vietnam Cultural Workshop Photography Tour

Itinerary

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


DAY 1 - 11 NOV 2026: HANOI ARRIVAL

Welcome to the Vietnam Cultural Photography Tour organized by An Bui. This tour will focus on Saigon Photo Tour, Mekong Photo Tour, Hanoi Photo Tour and Ha Giang Photo Tour.

I will pick you up at the Hanoi International Airport, transfer to a hotel and relax after a long flight to Vietnam.

You can arrive in Hanoi on any flight schedule time on this day, or you can arrive a few days before the trip to explore the city, then join with us on this day. Hanoi is the second 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 Hanoi.


DAY 2 - 12 NOV 2026: HANOI / HA GIANG

Breakfast at the hotel.

Morning visit Duong Lam ancient village with 2 hours of driving. Enjoy photography with the elderly in the old house of Duong Lam (Model setup for photography)

Lunch at a local restaurant.

Afternoon transfer to Ha Giang with 5 hours of driving.

Dinner at a local restaurant.

Overnight at a hotel in Ha Giang.


DAY 3 - 13 NOV 2026: HA GIANG / DONG VAN

Breakfast at the hotel.

Morning transfer to Dong Van with 4 hours of driving, and most of the interesting scenery is on the way from Ha Giang to Dong Van.

Photo stops at Bac Sum Slope, Quan Ba Heaven Gate.

Morning visit the Hmong village of weaving linen in the traditional way (Model setup for photography).

Lunch at a local restaurant.

Afternoon visit a village of H'Mong people with beautiful flowers surrounding the small village. Enjoy photography with Hmong children with flowers (Model setup for photography).

Enjoy sunset photography at Tham Ma Slope. It would be nice with photography of long exposure for the car light on the streets of the hills.

Dinner at a local restaurant.

Overnight at a hotel in Dong Van.


DAY 4 - 14 NOV 2026: DONG VAN

Breakfast at the hotel.

Morning visit the remote and charming Hmong village in Dong Van. We need to walk about 1 km to get to the village. This rural village is nice, quiet and charming. Enjoy photography with Hmong people at the ancient house (Model setup for photography).

Lunch at a local restaurant.

Afternoon visit the Vuong Palace of Dong Van, one of the best architecture in the rocky mountain Dong Van. Enjoy photography with the Hmong people at the Vuong Palace (Model setup for photography).

Dinner at a local restaurant.

Overnight at a hotel in Dong Van.


DAY 5 - 15 NOV 2026: DONG VAN / HA GIANG

Enjoy sunrise photography at Ma Pi Leng Pass with the view of Nho Que river.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Morning explore the people and cultures of the village of LoLo people (Model setup for photography).

Lunch at a local restaurant.

Afternoon transfer to Ha Giang with 4.5 hours of driving.

Dinner at a local restaurant.

Overnight at a hotel in Ha Giang.


DAY 6 - 16 NOV 2026: HA GIANG / HANOI / HO CHI MINH

Breakfast at the hotel.

Morning transfer to Hanoi with 6 hours of driving.

Lunch at a local restaurant.

Afternoon arrival in Hanoi for the short flight to Ho Chi Minh City.

Dinner at local restaurant

Overnight at a hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.


DAY 7 - 17 NOV 2026: HO CHI MINH / MOC HOA

Breakfast at the hotel.

Morning visits the temple and enjoy Ao Dai Photo Tour with the lady in traditional dress of Vietnam in the temple (Model setup for photography). Ao Dai is the traditional costume in Vietnam, and the people normally wear ao dai in the most important festivals in Vietnam such as Tet Holidays or their wedding day. Photography with a lady in ao dai is suitable in the location of a temple, pagoda or a place with ancient architecture due to it is a native culture of Vietnamese people. We will photograph the model wearing the ao dai in Ho Chi Minh City, with the support of our local photographer for her posing.

Lunch at a local restaurant.

Afternoon transfer to Moc Hoa with 3 hours of driving. Moc Hoa is a rural place in the Mekong Delta with basic travel service. We will stay overnight and have a meal at the local hotel there. The room is clean with basic facility, toilet with hot water. There are not many choices for hotels in this place, and this hotel is near our shooting place.

Dinner at a local restaurant in Moc Hoa.

Overnight at a hotel in Moc Hoa (Basic accommodations).


DAY 8 - 18 NOV 2026: MOC HOA / CHAU DOC

Enjoy sunrise photography with the water lily flowers (Model setup for photography). The main blossom season of water lilies is from Sep to Dec, so with this period we have a chance to shoot the activities of people transporting flowers on the rowing boats. Our local photographer will arrange a boat full of water lily flowers, then we can shoot from a good view in the morning. And of course this shooting setup is most ideal for drone photography, but shooting by camera is also good too.

Back to the hotel for breakfast.

Morning transfer to Chau Doc with 4 hours of driving.

Lunch at a local restaurant.

Afternoon enjoy photography with the fishermen throwing the fishing net (Model setup for photography). We will enjoy photographing the fishermen throwing fishing nets to the river with the support of posing from our local photographer. The shooting place is very convenient. We stand on the bridge and shoot the fishermen right below us, it looks like using a drone for this setup.

Dinner at a local restaurant.

Overnight at a hotel in Chau Doc.


DAY 9 - 19 NOV 2026: CHAU DOC / RACH GIA

Enjoy sunrise photography with the palm trees in the rice paddy fields.

Back to the hotel for breakfast.

Enjoy morning photography with cow racing in Mekong Delta (Model setup for photography). Cow Racing is one of the attractive activities of the Khmer minority people living in Chau Doc, yearly before the new crops, people often celebrate the cow racing festival, then raise for the new successful crop. This time we set up a private cow race for our shooting. One cow driver will control 2 cows to run in the path with water. Each time 2 drivers will challenge to run, and we are mainly shooting in the arrival point with the most active of 2 drivers and cows.

Enjoy portrait photography with the monk in the Khmer Pagoda (Model setup for photography). The photograph in the Khmer pagoda, depending on the actual situation, we can shoot the monk or Khmer children around the pagoda as portrait photography.

Lunch at a local restaurant.

Afternoon transfer to Rach Gia with 4 hours of driving.

Dinner at a local restaurant.

Overnight at a hotel in Rach Gia.


DAY 10 - 20 NOV 2026: RACH GIA / TRA VINH

Breakfast at a hotel.

Morning enjoys photography with drying fish in Rach Gia (Setup for photography). A long time ago, Rach Gia was very famous for making dried fish, now there are some factories of drying fish. With the sun and shadow the photo of drying fish is really nice.

Lunch at a local restaurant.

Afternoon transfer to Tra Vinh with 5 hours of driving.

Dinner at a local restaurant.

Overnight at a hotel in Tra Vinh. 


DAY 11 - 21 NOV 2026: TRA VINH / HO CHI MINH CITY

Early morning enjoy photography at the Khmer pagoda with Khmer people (Model setup for photography)

Breakfast at the hotel.

Then enjoys photography in the handicraft village of mending the fishing net (Model setup for photography). Mending the fishing net in Tra Vinh was the major handicraft job in the past. Now there are not as many factories that have mended the fishing net as before but still have them available. We will visit one factory of fishing net mending like this and enjoy photography here with the support of our local professional photographer to arrange the background and concept to create art photos with the model as local workers.

Lunch at a local restaurant.

Afternoon transfer to Ho Chi Minh City with 3 hours of driving.

Dinner at a local restaurant.

Overnight at a hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.


DAY 12 - 22 NOV 2026: HO CHI MINH CITY / PHAN RANG

Breakfast at a hotel.

Morning transfer to Phan Rang with 5 hours of driving.

Lunch at a local restaurant.

Afternoon visit the craft village of making pottery of the Cham People. Enjoy photography at the pottery village (Model setup for photography)

Then visit the sheep farm of Cham People, enjoy photography at the sheep farm in the late afternoon (Model setup for photography).

Dinner at a local restaurant.

Overnight at a hotel in Phan Rang.


DAY 13 - 23 NOV 2026: PHAN RANG / HO CHI MINH

Enjoy morning photography at the sand dunes with the Cham minority people (Model setup for photography). One of the best places for art photography I think is the sand dunes in Phan Rang. This place has nice lightning year-round, less rain and the shape of the dunes is nice both the view on sunrise and sunset. With the best support of our local photographer, we will enjoy photography in the sand dunes with minority models walking in the sand. Before this was the place of minority people and they often walked through the dunes to the town and turned back home.

Back to hotel for breakfast.

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

Lunch at a local restaurant.

Afternoon visit the rice noodle factory, enjoy photography with local worker (Travel photography)

Diner at local restaurant.

Overnight at a hotel in Phan Rang.


DAY 14 - 24 NOV 2026: HO CHI MINH /  DEPARTURE

Breakfast at a hotel.

Morning transfer to the airport for your next destination. End of service.

Details

DEPARTURES

  • Destination: Mekong delta, southern coastal and northern hills of Vietnam.
  • Join group tour: 1950 USD per photographer.
  • Departures: 11 - 24 Nov 2026
  • Departures: 11 - 24 Nov 2027
  • Private departures: Oct to Dec
  • Fitness level: Moderate
  • Small group photo tour: maximum 6 Guests

 

ACTIVITIES

  • Workshop photography features of people culture, handicraft village and landscape photography
  • Tour leading by experience  photography tour leader in Vietnam.
  • Tour support by a local professional photographer for photography during the trip


FITNESS

  • Ideal for people in 60s - 80s with normal fitness
  • Moderate walks
  • Easy walking mostly and some short hiking for sunrise in the hill at the rural area


FLIGHTS

  • Arrive Noi Bai International Airport (HAN), Hanoi, Vietnam anytime on date 1.
  • Flights out from Ho Chi Minh City International Airport (SGN) can be made any time on date 14.


WHAT TO BRING

  • Lens focal ideal from 24-200 mm.
  • Mostly the weather is hot, around 25 to 30 c degrees.
  • Prepare warm cloth for northern hills, sometimes it is about 16 c degrees with humidity. 
  • Reliable shoes or slippers


PAYMENT TERMS

  • Your deposit of 500 USD to hold the space of the photo tour.
  • The rest can be settled 1 month before the arrival date of the photo tour.
  • Contact me for the special arrangement.


INCLUDING

  • Workshop photography leading by me in whole tour (2 photography  leaders and a driver)
  • Support by local excellence photographer if any
  • Model and setup fees if any.
  • Double room accommodation at 3-star hotel.  Single rooming available for 350 USD supplement 
  • Private transportation as itinerary
  • Meals with Vietnamese food as itinerary at local restaurant
  • Visiting fees as itinerary
  • Bottle of water in car
  • Local flight from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City
  • VAT


EXCLUDING

  • Visa to Vietnam
  • Personal expenses
  • Return international airline ticket.
  • Other services not mentioned in the program.
  • Single rooming available for 350 USD supplement 

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Seasonal Departures

Ha Giang Photo Tour

This itinerary is suitable from Oct to Dec

The Vietnam Cultural Photo Tour is ideal to travel around Oct to Dec. This period the Mekong delta is nice, many shooting activities and the north part is also good period for landscape photography.

Mekong Photo Tour in the season of high level of water, it make more opportunity for Water Lily Photo Tour. 

Hanoi Photo Tour is features of the beautiful craft village with elderly in black teeth.

 Ha Giang Photography Tour is features of people cultures living in the area of Dong Van Karst Plateau UNESCO Global Geopark.

To have your own itinerary of photography trips with special shooting activities, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Demo photos for Vietnam Cultural Photo Tour

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