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.
Click here to join our mailing list, register your Expression of Interest (EOI) for one or more destinations/tours or enquire about a private tour for your group. Those on the EOI lists receive early bird invitations to apply for tours before they’re released to the general mailing list or on social media. Many of our tours sell out just to their EOI list before we even advertise them.
2026
India (Gujarat) Textiles & Handcrafts: 24 January – 7 February – SOLD OUT
South India (Tamil Nadu, Kerala) Textiles & Handcrafts: 9 – 23 February – SOLD OUT
Japan Blue (an indigo textiles exploration): 26 January – 10 February – SOLD OUT
Japan Blue (an indigo textiles exploration): 23 February – 10 March – SOLD OUT
Morocco Gardens: 22 March – 4 April – all genders welcome – SOLD OUT
Tasmania Handcrafts: 7 – 14 April – SOLD OUT
Morocco Textiles & Handcrafts: 8 – 24 April – SOLD OUT
Morocco Textiles & Handcrafts: 29 April – 15 May – SOLD OUT
Japan Cultural Dance and Performance Arts: 13 – 24 May – CLOSED
Japan Textiles & Handcrafts: 27 May – 10 June – SOLD OUT
Lembata and Sumba (Indonesia) Textiles & Handcrafts: 28 June – 11 July – THREE SPOTS LEFT
Ireland Textiles Tour: 25 August – 4 September (reserved for private group)
Türkiye Textiles & Handcrafts: 31 August – 15 September – A FEW SPOTS LEFT
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: 26 – 31 October – SOLD OUT
Japan: Kyoto Sashiko Intensive: 2-7 November – ONE PLACE AVAILABLE
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 – PLACES AVAILABLE
Japan Gardens & Botanical Crafts: (all genders welcome) 26 November – 10 December – SOLD OUT
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
North West India – Gujarat Textiles & Handcrafts: 23 January – 7 February – APPLICATIONS OPEN SOON
South India (Tamil Nadu, Kerala) Textiles & Handcrafts: 22 February – 9 March – APPLICATIONS OPEN SOON
Morocco Textiles & Handcrafts: 10 – 26 March (reserved for private group)
Morocco Textiles & Handcrafts: 31 March – 16 April – APPLICATIONS OPEN SOON
Tasmania Handcrafts: April TBC
Japan Art, Architecture & Crafts: 10 – 26 April (reserved for private group)
Morocco Textiles & Handcrafts: 19 April – 5 May (reserved for private group)
Japan Textiles & Handcrafts: 10 – 24 May (reserved for private group)
Lembata and Sumba (Indonesia) Textiles & Handcrafts: July TBC
Türkiye Textiles & Handcrafts: September TBC
Japan Textiles & Handcrafts: September/October TBC
India (Delhi, Agra, Rajasthan) Textiles & Handcrafts: October TBC
Thailand and Laos Textiles & Handcrafts: November TBC
Japan Gardens & Botanical Crafts: November/December TBC
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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