retreat | recreate
CREATIVE TOURS: textiles – dance – gardens
Welcome! We offer creative, immersive, socially responsible small group women’s textile and handcraft tours in Japan, India, Morocco, Thailand, Laos, Türkiye, Australia, Indonesia, Ireland and Iceland with New Zealand, Jordan and Silk Road itineraries on the horizon. We’ve also expanded our offerings to include a Japan cultural dance and performance arts tour, a ballet tour of Europe, garden tours of Japan and Morocco, with food tours of Japan and Morocco also in the works.
We offer a select range of all gender tours in addition to our women’s textile and handcraft tours.
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2026
India (Gujarat) Textiles & Handcrafts: 24 January – 7 February
South India (Tamil Nadu, Kerala) Textiles & Handcrafts: 9 – 23 February
Japan Blue (an indigo textiles exploration): 26 January – 10 February
Japan Blue (an indigo textiles exploration): 23 February – 10 March
Morocco Gardens: 22 March – 4 April – (partners welcome)
Tasmania Handcrafts: 7 – 14 April
Morocco Textiles & Handcrafts: 8 – 24 April
Morocco Textiles & Handcrafts: 29 April – 15 May
Japan Cultural Dance and Performance Arts: 13 – 24 May
Japan Textiles & Handcrafts: 27 May – 10 June
Lembata and Sumba (Indonesia) Textiles & Handcrafts: 28 June – 11 July
Ireland Textiles Tour: 25 August – 4 September (reserved for private group)
Turkey Textiles & Handcrafts: 31 August – 15 September – SOLD OUT
India (Delhi, Agra, Rajasthan) Textiles & Handcrafts: 9 – 27 October – A FEW SPOTS LEFT
Japan Textiles & Handcrafts: 14 – 28 October – SOLD OUT
Japan: Kyoto Sashiko Intensive Workshops x 2: October & November – ONE SPOT LEFT
Morocco Handcrafts & Gardens: 3 – 20 November (reserved for private group)
Japan Blue (an indigo textiles exploration): 4 – 19 November – SOLD OUT
Thailand and Laos Textiles & Handcrafts: 26 November – 9 December – A FEW SPOTS LEFT
Japan Gardens & Botanical Crafts: 26 November – 10 December – THREE SPOTS AVAILABLE
2027
Japan Blue (an indigo textiles exploration): 18 January – 2 February – SOLD OUT
Japan Blue (an indigo textiles exploration): 22 February – 9 March – SOLD OUT
Gujarat (North West India) – Textiles & Handcrafts: 23 January – 7 February – A FEW SPOTS LEFT
South India (Tamil Nadu, Kerala) Textiles & Handcrafts: 22 February – 9 March – SOLD OUT
Morocco Textiles & Handcrafts: 10 – 26 March (reserved for private JW group)
Morocco Textiles & Handcrafts: 31 March – 16 April – SOLD OUT
Tasmania Handcrafts (Launceston to Hobart): 3 – 10 April – BOOKINGS WILL OPEN SOON
Tasmania Arts and Crafts (Hobart-based creative program): 12 – 17 April – BOOKINGS WILL OPEN SOON
Japan Art, Architecture & Crafts: 10 – 26 April (reserved for private KJM group)
Morocco Textiles & Handcrafts: 19 April – 6 May (reserved for private SBM group)
Japan Textiles & Handcrafts: 10 – 24 May (reserved for private TFAM group)
Indonesia – Flores, Lembata and Solor Textiles & Handcrafts: July TBC
Türkiye Textiles & Handcrafts: September TBC
Morocco Textiles & Handcrafts: 15 September – 1 October – SOLD OUT
Japan Textiles & Handcrafts: 26 September – 10 October – BOOKINGS WILL OPEN SOON
Kyoto Weaving Intensive Workshop: 11 – 16 October – BOOKINGS WILL OPEN SOON
Japan Mingei & Mottainai: 17 October – 1 November – BOOKINGS WILL OPEN SOON
India (Delhi, Agra, Rajasthan) Textiles & Handcrafts: October TBC
Japan Gardens & Botanical Crafts: (partners welcome) 26 November – 11 December
Have you thought about a private group tour for you and your friends? If you’d prefer an all gender tour or you’re part of a craft guild, stitching group, gardening club or dance group, or just a group of family or friends who’d love to travel together, do consider a private tour. Get in touch!
As an Australian based business, retreat|recreate acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognises their continuing connection to the land, sea and community. We pay our respects to the Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people and their cultures.
retreat | recreate
Melbourne, Australia
retreatrecreate@gmail.com
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