2WorldTours     -    Textile & Creative Discovery Tours
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Tours
    • Tour Specials
      • Tours at a glance
        • Escorted Small Group Tours
          • Solo & Private Tours
          • Destinations
            • Cambodia
              • Laos
                • Vietnam
                  • Bali
                    • Myanmar
                      • Bhutan
                      • Travel Information
                        • FAQ's
                          • Client Testimonials
                            • Visa Information
                              • When to go
                                • Travel tools
                                  • Responsible Travel
                                    • Insurance
                                      • Textiles Info
                                      • Bookings
                                      • Contact Us
                                      • Newsletter
                                      • 2WorldTextiles

                                      Cambodian Textiles Safari

                                      _10 day tours

                                      Join a fabulous off the beaten track adventure in search of textiles across Cambodia.  Visit weaving villages where the ancient traditions of Khmer textiles are being revived. Experience the real Cambodia along with its major attractions - the Temples of Angkor.

                                      This tour stays in boutique hotels and small guesthouses and you travel by private air-conditioned transport as you get the opportunity to buy textiles direct from the weavers and see first hand how the ancient textiles of Cambodia are made.
                                      Picture
                                      EARLY BIRD SPECIAL
                                      Book your July 2012 tour
                                      before the end of Feb 2012 & Save $100
                                      Book your December tour
                                      before May 2012and Save $150

                                      Picture
                                      Starts Siem Reap, Cambodia
                                      Finishes: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
                                      Dates:
                                      11th - 20th July 2012
                                      1st - 10th December 2012

                                      Independent departures daily
                                      by arrangement

                                      Picture
                                      $1499 pp twin share
                                      $1799 Single room
                                      Picture
                                      _Email: ngrudgfield@mtatravel.com.au
                                      Phone: (61) 0405 209511
                                      Picture
                                      DAYS 1- 4
                                      Explore the amazing temples of Angkor including Angkor Wat, Ta Phrom, Bantaey Sri, Angkor Thom, Bayon. Visit the towns markets and textile projects including a silk farm and an outlet for the Mekong Quilts project. Try your hand at Khmer cooking.
                                      DAY 5-6
                                      Head south to the provincial town of Kampong Cham where we visit a community weaving project set up by Buddhist monks.  We take an early morning boat ride down the Mekong to cotton weaving villages before we head south to the river capital of Phnom Penh 
                                      DAY  7- 10
                                      Explore Phnom Penh form its Royal Palace to the sacred temples and markets.  We take some field trips to a silk weaving island and down to the Takeo province where some 10,000 weavers produce traditional ikats in their homes. Your tour finishes on Day 10 after breakfast.


                                      Picture
                                      Learn about the revival of Khmer textiles
                                      Picture
                                      The jungle temples of Ta Phrom
                                      Picture
                                      Kandal Market - just one of the many fresh produce markets in Phnom Penh city
                                      Picture
                                      Buy silks direct from the weaving villages
                                      Picture
                                      Beautiful Phnom Penh Museum
                                      Picture
                                      Takeo Province the heart of silk textile weaving in Cambodia
                                      Picture
                                      Picture
                                      Picture
                                      Picture
                                      Picture
                                      Picture
                                      Picture
                                      The ubiquitous Krama textiles can be found everywhere in Cambodia
                                      © 2011-2 Narelle Grudgfield MTA TRAVEL TAG Licence: 903