Our textiles and craft tours are guided by a desire not to impact on local communities but to tip toe into the lives of those we visit and share with them our love of textiles,  traditional crafts and cultures.  Our unique itineraries are not your standard sight seeing tour but provide you with the opportunity to immerse yourself in local crafts and culture without having to be constantly on the move.  Our tours are all about getting to know the local culture and crafts and bringing home new skills and an appreciation of traditional textiles and crafts.    

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SMALL GROUP TOURS

Our small group tours of only 10 ensure you experience your destination in a unique and personal way. Our tours for 2020 are all about immersion in local cultures, crafts and textiles.  We base ourselves in one location (or 2 at the most) and simply unpack and get to know the locals, the neighbourhood, the local artisans, the food and what really makes a place tick.

Hands on Bali Craft 

8 day small group tour
Departs: 29th April 2020
$2,500 per person twin share
Take in the culture and serenity of beautiful Ubud on this hands on tour.  Try your hand at something new from leaning how to make your own botanical products to natural dyes, batik, silver jewellery making. painting, lotar weaving, wood carving and traditional cooking.
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Hands on Textiles & Craft of Laos and Cambodia

12 day Small group Tour 
Departs: 27th February 2020
$4,250 per person twin share
ONLY 1 SEAT AVAILABLE
This tour is jammed pack with hands-on craft and textiles classes and cultural activities. (silk weaving, natural dyes, shibori, paper making; bamboo weaving; batik; embroidery). Explore the ancient temples of Angkor and the emerging textiles and crafting community of Siem Reap. Explore World heritage Luang Prabang and its amazing temples and textiles.
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Hands on Thailand

9 day small group tour
Departs: 5th June 2020
$ 3250 per person twin share
Experience the magic of amazing Chiang Mai and its rich craft and textiles culture. Lots of hands on craft from sashiko embroidery and pattern making, Hmong embroidery, batik stamping and canting, natural dyes, palm weaving, shibori, traditional paper sculpture.
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Laos Textiles Retreat

10 day Small group tour
Departs: 6th November 2020
$3,450 per person twin share

​Join us on this fantastic tour, jammed pack with lots of hands on crafts from natural dyes to silk and cotton weaving, traditional embroidery, Hmong batik, bamboo weaving and paper-making.  You'll get to experience village life when we spend 2 days in a traditional cotton weaving village learning about how they create their beautiful textiles.
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INDEPENDENT TEXTILE AND CRAFT TOURS

Our independent or tailor-made tours allow you to travel when it best fits with you. You pick your travel dates and we do the rest.

Crafty Cambodia

10 day independent tour
​$1,899 per person twin share

Shuttles & Spindles of Laos

10 day independent tour
$2,999 per person twin share

Lao Textiles Adventure

13 day independent tour
$3,450 per person twin share

Threads & Stitches of Laos

10 day independent tour
​$2,920 per person twin share

Discover Lao Textiles & Temples

10 day independent tour
$2,850 ​per person twin share

    CONTACT US:
    Email: ngrudgfield@mtatravel.com.au
    Phone: 0405 209511
    Address:  MTA TRAVEL SUITE 208 " EASTSIDE", ROBINA TOWN CENTRE DRIVE
                          ROBINA 4226 QLD

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