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 – A unique photo experience in the heart of South Asia. Bangladesh is one of the world’s most fascinating street and people photography destinations. This is one of the world’s most densely populated countries, but lovely and friendly peoples always welcome you. In our each expedition, you will explore Bangladesh’s rich cultures, vibrant festivals, ancient traditions, peoples and daily lives with amazing photography opportunities.
“If you have a passion for photography and travel, we have the photo tour for you.”
BISHWA IJTEMA MUSLIM PILGRIMAGE
Tour Date: January 2027, 2028 & 2029
Explore the world’s most crowded trains in Bangladesh during the Muslim Pilgrimage. The “Bishwa Ijtema” Muslim Pilgrimage is the World Muslim Congress held in Bangladesh every year in January since 1942. It is the 2nd largest Muslim congregation in the world after the holy Hajj, More than 5 million Muslims gathered at Bishaw Ijtema.Three days of activities of devotees, praying, praying on the road, discussing Islam, bathing, cooking, and others in the congress area. During the pilgrimage, thousands of devotees travel by overcrowded trains, on rooftops, and on engine sides, and all the trains are filled with devotees; it is an unbelievable crowd in all the trains. The tour also included the North-East Districts & South Diversity of Bangladesh.
SPECIAL DRONE PHOTO TOUR & WORKSHOP
Tour Date: 30 January-12 February 2027, 2028 & 2029
The workshop is specially designed for those who love to make extraordinary images by using drones to add human figures to make exceptional beauty in images. In the workshop, you will also learn basic to advanced-level drone photography as well as conventional photography with your DSLR camera. Learn how to take amazing aerial shots on our special Drone Photography Tour & Workshop in Bangladesh! We’ll visit many of our favorite areas where you’ll capture incredible shots from above. During our 14 days together you’ll learn many advanced aerial photography and post-processing techniques. Also, we’ll get out our regular cameras and shoot the best light. Expect plenty of individual attention with a small group of only 5 participants.
COLORS OF BENGAL
Tour Date: 13-26 February 2026, 2027 & 2028
The Colors of Bengal photography trip is the most exclusive photography expedition of the Image tours. The best season for Red Chilies drying on country-yard, women sitting in the middle of a million chilies, sorting them by hand. The most spectacular spring festival where Hundreds of people join the cultural ceremony to celebrate the spring festival wearing colorful traditional dresses. Riot of colors in the largest tie-dying fabric villages. Thousands of drying fish, colorful moon shaped boats and fishing activities. Discover North to South of Bangladesh. In this expedition, you will explore Bangladesh’s rich cultures, vibrant festivals, ancient traditions, peoples and daily lives with amazing photography opportunities.
GOLDEN BENGAL
Tour Date: 06-17 November 2026, 2027 & 2028
Welcome to the enchanting world of Bangladesh’s Candle Lights Festival, where the air is filled with reverence and the interplay of light and shadow weaves a tapestry of enchanting beauty. As day turns to night, thousands of devotees gather around the holy shrine, their faces glowing with the warm flicker of countless candles. The Golden Bengal Photography Tour is one of Image Tours’ best photography expeditions. The most interesting things this season are the candlelight prayer festival, the Betel nut market, the fishing village, the stone mine, and more. In this expedition, you will explore Bangladesh’s rich festivals, people, daily life, and culture with amazing photography opportunities.
TRAIN & MUSLIM EID FESTIVAL
Tour Date: March 2026 and 2027
Eid ul Fitr is one of the biggest Muslim festivals. during this festival more than 10 million people travel by train, bus and ferry from cities to their origin homes. Due to insufficient transport at this time, people travel by overcrowded roof of trains, overloaded ferries and buses. Train & Muslim Eid Festival is the best for train photography and thousands of people praying on the ground. On this trip, you will also explore North Bengal; Red Chilies drying in the courtyard, traditional yogurt making, vegetables floating market on the river, the Ramadan food festival, Stone mining, Asia’s largest shipyard, Fishing at the World’s longest sea beach, dry fish village, salt yard, peoples, daily life, and culture with amazing photography opportunities.
BENGAL NEW YEAR & CHARAK
Tour Dates: 05-15 April 2026, 2027 & 2028
Discover celebrating the most colorful Bengali New Year and Mongal Shovajatra rally UNESCO world heritage recognized. Explore the most interesting Hindu ritual festival the Charka worship. It is a very enchanting folk festival of the Southern Belt of Bangladesh and West Bengal. It is also known as “Nil Puja”. The believers of the Hindu religion celebrate this on the last day of the Bengali month of the year (Chaitra Songkranti). This is the best season for Red Chilies drying on country-yard, 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.
TRAIN & MUSLIM EID FESTIVAL 2
Tour Dates: 17 -28 May 2026 & 2027
Eid ul Adha is one of the biggest Muslim festivals, during this festival more than 10 million people travel by train, bus and ferry from cities to their origin homes. Due to not sufficient transport at this time, people travel by overcrowded roof of trains, overloaded ferries and buses. Train & Muslim Eid Festival is the best for train photography and thousands of people praying on the ground. On this trip, you will also explore North Bengal; Red Chilies drying in the courtyard, traditional yogurt making, Stone mining, Asia’s largest shipyard, peoples, daily life, and culture with amazing photography opportunities.
DISCOVER BANGLADESH
Tour Dates: 01-14 /18-31 December 2026, 2027 & 2028
Discover Bangladesh is one of Image Tours’ best photography expeditions. This is the best photography season in Bangladesh. The most exciting things in this season are photography at the rural Fishing Festival, Asia’s largest shipyard, huge stores of betel nuts, a riot of colors in the largest tie-dye fabric villages, the best fishing season, and thousands of drying fish. Colorful moon-shaped boats and fishing activities. On this expedition, you will explore Bangladesh’s rich cultures & rituals, vibrant festivals, ancient traditions, people, and daily life, with exceptional photography opportunities.
RIVERINE BEAUTY OF BANGLADESH
Tour Dates: 01-12 August 2024, 2025 & 2026
Explore the Barisal District the most beautiful destination in the southern part of Bangladesh. It’s called ‘the Venice of Bengal’ for its beauty. There is another saying that ‘Rice, Canals, and Rivers make Barisal’. Here explores the biggest floating Guava market in Bangladesh at the best of the season of guava harvesting. In the Northern region, you will explore numerous bicycles full of pineapple and mangoes carried to the local market, The largest open mango market in Bangladesh where the entire market is filled with mangoes. In this expedition, you will also explore A slum home to Asia’s largest shipyard, thousands of drying fish, colorful moon-shaped boats and fishing activities in South Bay the world’s longest sea beach.
HUMANITY PHOTO TOUR & WORKSHOP IN DHAKA
Round the Year
Humanity Photo Tour & Workshop in Dhaka is a very important program for photographers who want to learn one-on-one and develop their photography to the next level. In this tour, Yousuf will bring you to some locations in Dhaka where you will capture heart-touching humanity photos. Especially daily laborers who earn 5 dollars per day for a whole day of hard work, and children work to help their poor families. People working in the Shipyard as like burning their lives. Plastic recycling and the brick yards, where a whole family works in a harsh environment. You will get the right infield guidance for understanding all camera settings, creating outstanding compositions, developing your style, creativity and skill.
DAY LONG DHAKA
Round the Year
Day-long Dhaka photo trip specifically for those photo lovers who do not have enough time to join our existing long tours. Old Dhaka city street photography; Old Dhaka City is the beating heart of Bangladesh, filled with colorful cycle rickshaws, street vendors, markets, fascinated faces and some of Dhaka’s most iconic colonial buildings. It is the sort of place you could return to repeatedly and come away with completely different images.
EXTENSION TOUR IN BARISAL
Tour Date: Related to Existing Tours
The most exciting thing in this extension expedition is to explore the Barisal District the most beautiful destination in the southern part of Bangladesh. It’s called ‘the Venice of Bengal’ for its beauty. There is another saying that ‘Rice, Canals, and Rivers make Barisal’. Here explores Bangladesh’s biggest floating market, life in boats: The Manta community of Bangladesh has been living on boats for over 100 years, traditional otter fishing on the river. In Dhaka explore the Geneva Refugees camp, Biggest Slum and more.
Golden Bengal Photo Tour
Welcome to the enchanting world of Bangladesh’s Candle Lights Festival, where the air is filled with reverence and the interplay of light and shadow weaves a tapestry of enchanting beauty. As day turns to night, thousands of devotees gather around the holy shrine, their faces glowing with the warm flicker of countless candles. We invite the World’s photographers to explore with embark on a visual pilgrimage, immerse themselves in the deep connection between the divine and the mortal, and be swept away by the enchantment of Bangladesh’s Candle Festival.
Private or Customize Photo Tour
We organize private & individual or customize photo tours for photographers, small groups, club members groups, workshop groups, photography school students, or any friend’s photographers group. Our custom private photo tours are booked on-demand only, so we can reflect your specific needs, and photography style and create a unique tailor-made photographic experience for you. If you want to make good use of your time in Bangladesh, we will help you to arrange a custom private photography experience of a lifetime.
Bishwa Ijtema-the World Muslimg Pilgrim Photo Tour
It is the 2nd largest Muslim congregation in the world after the holy Hajj, More than 4 million Muslims gathered at Bishaw Ijtema. Since 1947 every year in January held this congress at Bangladesh.
In this occasion people travel by overcrowded risky ride on trains even roof of the trains, buses, boats and otehr transport.
Travel with the best ! The Photo Tour Leader
Yousuf Tushar MFIAP
Director of Image Tours
Tushar is recognized as one of the leading freelance documentary photographers in Bangladesh. As well as he is a Travel & Art photographer, writer, instructor, organizer, and judge of National & international photography competitions. Photography is his profession, passion, hobby, and his love & life. He is the only MFIAP, Master Photographer of FIAP in Bangladesh, the highest photographic distinction of the International Federation of Photographic Art. 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 2005 he has been working full-time as a professional photographer, and he has traveled to many countries as a travel photographer. His work has been featured in over 100 major publications, including The 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 won 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 awards. He is the President of the Bangladesh Photographic Society and an Operational Member of FIAP. More Details about him
