SPECIALISED TOURS
Craft and Cultural Tour of Assam and Nagaland 16th-28th February 2024
This tour has a broad focus across craft, including weaving, mask-making and bamboo craft with artisan visits and hands-on workshops. We visit Majuli Island in the Brahmaputra River, the cultural heart of Assam, as well as jeep safaris in Kaziranga National Park. We will stay in Khonoma village in Nagaland for an authentic experience of Angami Naga culture and have a bamboo craft workshop with some of the village masters.
Highlights of the Tour -
-Learn about the indigenous silks of NE India, eri silk, pat (mulberry silk) and muga silk.
- Try your hand at spinning, natural dyeing, warping and weaving with different artisan communities of the tour.
- Learn about integrated lifestyle of agriculture and textiles.
- Cross the Brahmaputra by chartered ferry to visit Majuli, the world’s largest river island.
-Participate in a hands-on workshop learning about the mask-making tradition in the monasteries of Majuli.
-Take part in a simple bamboo craft workshop with traditional artisans.
- Interact with the Assamese, Karbi and Mishing tribes of Assam and the Angami of Nagaland. Learn about their traditional textiles and culture.
- Go for wildlife and birding jeep safaris in Kaziranga National Park, a UNESCO world heritage site.
- Take gentle walks around villages, hills and paddy fields.
Comfortable hotels, guest houses and homestays have been chosen for cleanliness, comfort and ambience.
The group size of maximum 6 people is designed for comfort of travel and to offer a personalised experience throughout.
Please contact us for itinerary and tour details.
Textiles and Culture of Assam and Meghalaya 5th-16th November 2023
An interactive tour with hands-on workshops of spinning, natural dyeing, and weaving. This tour is designed to give guests opportunity to interact directly with Khasi, Karbi and Mishing tribal artisans and learn about the deep connection between agriculture and textile culture in Northeast India.
Highlights of the Tour
- Learn about the indigenous silks of NE India, eri silk, pat (mulberry silk) and muga silk.
- Try your hand at spinning, natural dyeing, warping and weaving in different artisan communities of the tour.
-Visit the remote village of Mustoh where artisans do embroidery work on eri silk.
-Walk through lush forests to the fascinating living root bridges of Meghalaya.
- Learn about integrated lifestyle of agriculture and textiles.
- Interact with the Khasi, Assamese, Karbi and Mishing tribes and learn about their traditional textiles and culture.
- Go for wildlife and birding jeep safaris in Kaziranga National Park,a UNESCO world heritage site.
- Take gentle walks around villages, hills and paddy fields.
Comfortable hotels, guest houses and homestays have been chosen for cleanliness, comfort and ambience.
The group size of maximum 6 people is designed for comfort of travel and to offer a personalised experience throughout.
Please contact us for itinerary and tour details.