Cultural Photography Tours & Trips in North America

Photograph the King Kamehameha I Statue and Iolani Palace in downtown Honolulu, then head to Keauhou Bay's Manta Ray Learning Center to capture giant manta rays. You'll document a traditional Polynesian Luau on Kona's coast and shoot UNESCO-listed Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

You can photograph the 1,000-foot-thick Athabasca Glacier and turquoise Peyto Lake along Icefields Parkway, plus Bow Falls and Surprise Corner's views in Banff. In Ketchikan, there's the world's largest totem pole collection at Totem Heritage Center, and Skagway has gold rush-era wooden buildings along the boardwalks.

Ride vintage Red Jammer buses along Going-to-the-Sun Road across the Continental Divide with views of glacially carved valleys, then walk on Athabasca Glacier during a special before-hours Ice Explorer tour. You'll also see Spirit Island on Maligne Lake and Pike Place Market.

Capture cultural moments from Summit One Vanderbilt's art installations overlooking Manhattan to the illuminated Niagara Falls cascading in bright colors at night. Photograph glassblowing demonstrations at the Corning Museum of Glass and the Pennsylvania State Capitol dome.

You'll photograph the American Southwest's rust-red monoliths at Monument Valley and towering sandstone walls of Antelope Canyon X. A Native Navajo guide takes you to ancient cliff dwellings at Canyon de Chelly and Walnut Canyon, where the Sinagua people built homes into cliffs.

Photograph the Golden Gate Bridge's 1.7-mile suspension cables connecting San Francisco to Marin County. Capture the vibrant food stalls at Oxbow Public Market in downtown Napa before shooting rolling vineyard landscapes. Frame the Pacific Ocean views from the Stearns Wharf Pier in Santa Barbara and photograph sea lions during your Channel Islands National Park cruise.