Bengal New Year & Charak Worship Photo Tour Bangladesh
A unique photo experience in the heart of South Asia
Bangladesh is south Asia’s greenest jewel – a country braided with rivers, with a rich culture waiting to be explored by pioneering travelers and enthusiast photographers. It is a paradise for photographers. This is one of the world’s most densely populated countries, but lovely and friendly peoples always welcome you.
Discover celebrating the most colorful Bengali New Year and Mongal Shovajatra rally UNESCO world heritage recognized. Hindu ritual festival the Charak worship most traditional and folk festival, floating watermelon market, stone mine and more. In this expedition, you will explore Bangladesh’s riches Festivals, peoples, daily life, and culture with amazing photography opportunities.
Trip Date
Date: 05-15 April 2023,
05-15 April 2024 and
05-15 April 2025
Duration: 11 Days 10 Nights
Extension: 2-5 Days Extension Available
Tour Type & Group
Photography Tour & Workshop
Small Group
Maximum 8 Participants.
+ One Photographer Guide
+ One Tour Manager
Skill Level
Suitable for ALL Skill Levels,
Novice to Advanced or
Beginner to Professional Photographer.
Physical Fitness
Easy to Moderate,
Suitable For Any Mature Age Level.
Day 01: Arrival Dhaka, Bangladesh
A Image Tours representative will greet you at the airport then take you to the hotel for check-in. this afternoon Introduce with our Photo guide, Mr. Yousuf Tushar then followed by your first photoshoot at old Dhaka city, Peoples & their costume, rickshaws. Dhaka is the capital city of Bangladesh, World’s most population density city but peoples are the most friendly so it’s easier for you to capture people’s photos. A special Welcome Dinner & Enjoy the slideshow presentation by Yousuf Tushar, interact with Tushar you will get more information and idea which will be helpful for your journey.
Photoshoot: Rikshaws (tri wheeler bicycle), Peoples, Traditional Costumes, Streets Photography.
Meals included: Lunch. Dinner. ( Local Luxury Restaurant)
Day 02: Spring Festival – Shipyard, Dhaka
Explores the old Dhaka riverside, the place looks like 200 years old riverside city. Thousands of people crossing the river by around 3000 local small boats. Asia’s largest shipyard where more than 15000 peoples are working on dismantling, repairing and creating new ships with the recovered parts.
Photoshoot: Spring festival, Portraits of girls & women, country boats, Shipyard.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
Day 03: Brick Factories, Dhaka
The morning session explores traditional brick factories. Around 300 Brick-field surrounding area of Dhaka city where brick labors making brick by hand by traditional process. Red bricks with dust carry on their overhead. The second session explores the local train station and street photography.
Photoshoot: Brick-field, Red bricks carry by the head, Train station & Street.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
Day 04: Dhaka – North Bengal
Drive through to the North Bengal the most rural beauty of Bangladesh. Explores rural villages and the most beautiful natural Shawla or alga plant in the river and birds-eye view of the green river from the bridge. Villagers daily live beside the river, fishing, taking bath and washing clothes in the river. The afternoon session, open-air rice processing, village people drying rice in country yard on the sun in a traditional way.
Photoshoot: Village life, Birdseye view river & boat, and Rice factories.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
Day 05: North Bengal – Red Chilies
Early morning visits the local vegetable market, local people bring vegetables to the local market for sale. after that Explore most spectacular red chilies processing on sundry, village people drying red chilies sundry on the courtyard, making beautiful lines and lanes on drying red chilies courtyard. Driving to Dhaka.
Photoshoot: Vegetable market and Red chilies.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
Day 06: Coal Port
Drive through to Kachpur riverside port. Every day more than 3000 daily labors come here to unloading black coals, bricks and sands carry on their heads from lighter vessels. After that enter the leather processing area where people drying leather on sun and leatherworkers working in small industries. Plastic recycling areas, men, women, and children are shorting plastic bottles and plastic things. The second session drive to Narayangonj to explore the watermelon floating market.
Photoshoot:Coal port, Floating market.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
Day 07: Dhaka-Northeast: Batik Village & Rice Factories
Drive through to northeast districts, on the way you will explore the biggest tie-dying Batik village of Bangladesh. Here people making colors on fabrics by traditional process and dry fabrics on the open sun, you will see everywhere is color in the village. The second session explores rice factories, people working rice factories, the lines of rice paddy while the sun-dry process in the courtyard and children playing on the courtyard.
Photoshoot: Batik Village, sun-dry rice process & children playing.
Meals included:Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
Day 08: one Mine at North zone
he stone mine is located at the foot of the beautiful Meghalaya Hills in the northeastern part of Bangladesh. It is known for its lush green hills, rolling tea gardens, and a mosaic of stones and rocks. Around 15000 stone labors (men, women & children) are engaged with stone searching, collecting and crushing in this area. You will explore people are searching and collecting stone by local traditional boats, winnowing stones, crushing stones by hand.
Photoshoot: Whole day stone mine area.
Meals included:Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
Day 09: Charak Worship
Explore the most interesting Hindu ritual festival the Charka worship. Much level village people gathering here to celebrate the charak worship, Enjoy the village fair and rural cultural activities.
Photoshoot: Charak Worship, Village fair.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
Day 10: Dhaka – Bengal New Year
Celebrating the most colorful and the biggest festival of Bangladesh. Explore the UNESCO world heritage MONGAL Rally, Folk and cultural events. People wear colorful traditional dress, Sharee, Panjabi, Gamcha. End of the day you have free time for shopping at the market near the hotel. Special Farewell Dinner tonight, spectacular views over the city, and time to review your images by Yousuf Tushar.
Photoshoot: Peoples, faces, Rally, traditional costume, and cultural activities.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
Day 11: Chicken Market- Departure
Early Morning Explore the chicken market. After breakfast preparing to check out the hotel. According to your individual Flight departure time, we will drop you at the airport and bid a fond farewell. We hope your unforgettable memories call you again to this land and show up your Bangladesh’s great images.
Photoshoot: Chicken Market.
Meals included: Breakfast
Learn post-processing like a pro
We know what your images need
Bring the touch of perfection to your digital images
Our photography expeditions are not only a simple photo trip it’s a photography workshop. Whether you are a beginner, keen amateur or professional photographer we want you to get the best possible pictures on every our tour. Each of our participants will get the right infield guidance from understanding all camera settings, creating outstanding compositions, perfect exposer on the different light conditions, developing a personal style to finalizing ideas in image editing software.
We also put emphasis on Image Post-Processing which is extremely important nowadays. We will hold post-processing panels where we will teach you the workflows in Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom and some additional plug-ins we use to make your pictures stand well apart from the rest. We will try to allow enough time for you to post-process your pictures while on the tour, and hopefully you will go home with your prime shots ready for the showcase.
You will learn how to
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Yousuf Tushar EFIAP, Tour Leader
Tushar is recognized as one of the leading freelance documentary photographers based in Bangladesh. As well as he is a Travel & Art photographer, writer, instructor, organizer, and judge of National & international photography competitions. He has years of experience guiding photo tours & workshops. His wide & long-time experience in Travel photography, Organizing, teaching, and prestigious international award-winning made him one of the best photographers in Bangladesh. He has excellent knowledge about the perfect places to capture a photo of every location in Bangladesh. He loves to help with hands-on experience in a Creative learning environment while out in the field, and he absolutely loves leading photo tours! Since 2000 he has been working full-time professional photographer, he has traveled to many countries as a travel photographer. His works have been published in Times UK, The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Washington Post, Forbes magazine, BBC, National Geographic, Daily Mail, Sunday Post, Express UK, The Sun, The Atlantic, USA Today, and renowned international photo agencies. His photographs were exhibited in different international photo exhibitions in Asia, Europe & USA. He has owned more than a hundred National & International prestigious photographic awards including HPA-UNESCO china, Emirates photo contest, Asahi Shimbun Japan, United Nations IYC Singapore, People & Planet Australia, PX3 Paris, CBRE Urban photographer of the year, Link Lady, SIENA International, A Photo Reporter, New York-Manhattan, celebrating Life Bangladesh and numerous FIAP & PSA patronage Award. Presently he is the Secretary-General & FIAP Liaison officer of the Bangladesh Photographic Society. More Details about him
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