HaLong - a combination of travel and photography

Photography lovers will always want to explore many places to have art pictures. HaLong Bay cruise tour gives photography lovers unique pictures of the landscape and seascape.

The huge bay with numerous islands looking both similar and different at the same time is really a lost land for photographers. Any corner of the bay offers a unique photo shoot, however, there are some special spaces allowing photo seekers to find best shot and inspire them the most. Some high places for panoramic view for panorama photos are must-visit for photographers including mounts of some mountains that is accessible such as mount Titop, mount Bai Tho (Poem Mount) . From the mounts, you can take a glimpse over the bay and take a photo like a flying cam, covering the range of green mountains, the leisure boats, and the thick vegetations on the mountains. This is the corner where you capture the most magnificent view of Halong Bay from the sky, showing the viewers how adorable and magical the bay is.

You also want to take some photo of local people and capture the spirit on the waters, some floating villages such as Vung Vieng and Van Gia villages are perfect for you to do so. If you don’t want to have too many tourists in your lens, find some less popular and authentic floating villages to visit to learn the local life and take photos.

The best time for Halong Bay photography in a year is from March to Jun and October to December. Although May and June are a little bit hot and it makes the photo hunting not very comfortable, there are more sunny hours, sunrise and sunset also tend to more beautiful during this summer months. In contrast, October to early December is in the winter, when it starts cold, but the sky is blue and clear with crystal sea, a pure backdrop for photos.

During a day, you can catch the beautiful moment of Halong bay anytime, but the most preferable time is sunrise and sunset. It’s advised to book a 2 day or 3 day Halong Bay tour on a Halong bay cruise, it allows you to enjoy the entire beauty of the bay from dawn to when the night falling down. Waking up on the cruise, you will be strongly inspired by the fresh air of the dawn on Halong Bay. Go up to the sundeck, you will find a nice place to catch the shot of magical sunrise on the bay. Again, in the late afternoon, the topdeck is also a perfect base to enjoy and capture the sunset. You are even able to take a photo of shimmering Halong bay with lights from the cruises by night.