Overview
Master new photography techniques and get creative with your camerawork on this private 4-hour photography tour of Hanoi. Follow your photographer guide on a walking tour of the Old Quarter, Long Bien market, Dong Xuan market, and Hang Vai. Practice street, portrait and landscape photography; and enjoy a professional editing session. There is no experience necessary and hotel pickup is included.
What you will be doing
Begin your tour with a 5 am pickup from your central Hanoi hotel (later pickups can be arranged on request) and set out to explore the city with your private guide, an experienced photographer.
After an introduction to the basic photography techniques and settings that you will need, stroll along Long Bien Bridge to shoot your first landscape shots, with the dramatic city skyline in the background. Next, head to Long Bien market, Hanoi's biggest wet market, and busy Dong Xuan market, where you'll have a chance to shoot everyday scenes and snap candid shots of local workers, shoppers, and families.
Follow your guide through the winding streets and alleyways of Hanoi's Old Quarter, stopping to practice street photography and portrait photography techniques along atmospheric Hang Thiec and Thuoc Bac streets. Continue to Hang Vai, Phung Hung and the railway tracks, where you'll learn how to add a storytelling element to your photos as you stroll around the residential districts.
After around three and a half hours of walking, head to a cafe in central Hanoi, where you'll enjoy breakfast and coffee. End your tour with a 30-minute selection session, ensuring you leave with plenty of impressive photos to show off to friends and family back home.
Where we'll meet
🧭 Meeting/pick-up point: Your hotel
🗺️ Instructions: We will pick you up from from your hotel.
Things to know
Accessibility:
Children friendly
Fitness requirement
Moderate fitness level
Tour Language
English
License requirement
None
Additional information:
In the event of forecasted heavy rain, we’ll contact you to reschedule or cancel the tour and give you a full refund. If it’s early morning and raining heavily, our guide will call you on the phone number you gave us to discuss options for postponement or cancellation. In the event of cancellation we’ll issue a full refund.
Bring DSLR Camera / Film Camera, memory cards and fully charged battery
Bring wide angle or standard zoom lens
Tripod is ideal but optional
You can rent a camera. We have a Nikon DSLR available to rent for $30 per tour including free memory card. Please enquire on booking
You can join the tour with film or smartphone camera
Non-photographer partner and kids welcome, cost vary by tour
Inclusion ✅
Tour guide
Pick up and drop off transport
Exclusion ❌
Snack
Gratuities
About your host
Vietnam in FocusWe run acclaimed private and small-group photo tours throughout north, central and south Vietnam. Whether you are a beginner, serious amateur or professional photographer, we can help you to capture incredible shots, and enjoy an unforgettable, authentic experience of this fascinating country. Our photo tours have been recommended by Lonely Planet, The Guardian and Le Petit Fute, as well as holding a Certificate of Excellence from Trip Advisor for over a decade. We are officially licensed by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism to run tours and workshops, and have led groups from National Geographic and the Travel Channel. We also love to make a difference. We work with local NGOs like Peace House Shelter, Change, and the Centre for Women and Development to raise awareness about social and environmental challenges in Vietnam.
For every trip booked, Kodama Travel donates £1 to Just One Tree to restore our forests and the ocean.