Cultural Photography Tours & Trips in Southern Vietnam

Document Southern Vietnam's river life with sunrise photography at Cai Rang Floating Market, where colorful boats laden with tropical fruits create great compositions. Cycle through Ben Tre's waterways and the Pottery Brick Village's Red Kingdom, capturing traditional brick-making and rice paper demonstrations. Stay overnight in Cai Thia with a local family, photographing authentic cooking sessions and lantern-lit evening performances.

Check out the Reunification Palace where the Vietnam War ended in 1975 when a North Vietnamese tank crashed through its gates, then see the War Remnants Museum's powerful exhibits of weaponry and historical photographs. You'll photograph the neo-Romanesque Notre-Dame Cathedral built 1877-1883 using French materials in Ho Chi Minh City, then head through Ben Tre's waterways documenting coconut workshops, traditional music performances, and hand-woven mat artisans in Southern Vietnam's cultural heartland.

In Ho Chi Minh City, you'll photograph the Reunification Palace and neo-Romanesque Notre-Dame Cathedral, both great subjects for capturing Southern Vietnam's architectural history. The War Remnants Museum offers powerful photo opportunities with its exhibits of military artifacts and historical photographs that tell an emotional story.

Start at the Reunification Palace where you'll photograph the rooms where the fall of Saigon happened in 1975, then head to the War Remnants Museum to capture tanks, helicopters and archival photos from the war. The neo-Romanesque Notre-Dame Cathedral built between 1877-1883 makes a great shot before you travel north to Da Nang and the Marble Mountains with their limestone caves and old pagodas. Check out Champa Kingdom artifacts at the Cham Sculpture Museum, then spend four days shooting My Khe Beach's white sand, the Dragon Bridge that breathes fire on weekends, or take day trips to photograph Hoi An's historic streets and the Golden Bridge at Ba Na Hills.

Check out the Reunification Palace where the Vietnam War ended in 1975 and see the neo-Romanesque Notre-Dame Cathedral built with French materials in 1883. Photograph traditional life in Ben Tre's coconut workshops and mat-weaving families, then find Ho Quoc Pagoda's hilltop setting and Ham Ninh Fishing Village's stilt houses.

The Marble Mountains' limestone formations hide Buddhist sanctuaries and ancient cave temples that represent earth, water, fire, wood, and metal. On Son Tra Peninsula, the tall Lady Buddha statue offers coastal views, while the Museum of Cham Sculpture shows off centuries-old Hindu-influenced artifacts up close. My Khe Beach provides golden-hour photo opportunities along its historic shoreline, once called China Beach during the Vietnam War.

You'll photograph the red-brick Neo-Romanesque Notre-Dame Cathedral and the historic Reunification Palace in Ho Chi Minh City before capturing the ancient Po Nagar Cham Towers built between the 7th and 12th centuries. Frame turquoise waters and offshore islands from Nha Trang's sweeping bays, then document the giant white Buddha statue at Long Son Pagoda with hilltop views. Four leisure days in Nha Trang give you plenty of time to photograph colorful coral reefs at Hon Mun, bustling Dam Market scenes, and the contrast between traditional fishing villages and modern beach resorts.