16 day tours
Visit some of the major textile and craft centres of South East Asia and learn some new skills on the way. This amazing tour is a unique opportunity to travel with like-minded people and explore all the wonderful textile and craft markets, workshops and villages that this part of the world has to offer.   Combine this with lots of hand-on craft workshops and you have the recipe for the holiday experience of a life time!

Discover the secrets of natural dyes and the art of silk weaving in beautiful Luang Prabang.  Spend time with the ladies of the traditional Hmong and Dao minority groups and learn ancient embroidery techniques.  Experience village life and learn about the traditions and rituals of ancient cultures. Explore local markets, craft and textiles galleries, museums and remote craft villages across the region.

Start: Hanoi Finishes Luang Prabang
Escorted Small Group Tours
(6 - 10 people)
14 October 2012
Local Focus Tours
(2 - 6 people)
22APR 2012
06MAY  &  20MAY 2012
03JUN & 17JUN 2012
01JUL & 15JUL 2012
12AUG & 26AUG 2012
09SEP & 23SEP 2012
07OCT
04NOV & 18NOV 2012
02 2DEC & 16DEC 2012
Private Tours
(1 - 15 people)
Contact us to set your time and date

Escorted Small Group Tours
$2980 pp twin share
$3380 single room
Local Focus Tours
$2680 pp twin share
$3080 single room

Email: ngrudgfield@mtatravel.com.au
Phone (61) 0405 209511

DAYS 1-5
Explore Hanoi and its ancient pottery & silk weaving villages. Travel to beautiful valley of Mai Chau where you stay with a local White Tai family and take a weaving lesson with the local ladies. Catch a sleeper train to Sapa on the night of Day 5.

DAY 6 – 10
Spend your time in Sapa exploring local markets, taking an embroidery lesson with Red Dao ladies & visiting tribal villages. Visit Bac Ha village market, with its mix of bright costumes, foods and market day rituals. Its then back to Hanoi before flying to Lunag Prabang in the mountains of northern Laos.

DAY 11-15 
Explore World Heritage Luang Prabang &  try your hand at silk weaving and natural dyes.  Take a boat ride down the Mekong, experience the tranquility of the morning alms giving, visit weaving villages and take a lesson in Hmong embroidery. Your tour finishes on day 16 after breakfast.