Textile Tours
Ock Pop Tok and a local tour operator have developed a series of tours that visit artisans in their remote villages. These tours are currently on hold. For special requests please contact us by email. Thank you.
Tour 1 - One Day or Overnight homestay
Organic Cotton, Natural Dyes and Symbollic Lue Textiles
Visit the beautiful wooden stilted village of the Lue cotton weavers. Each family plants, harvests, spins, dyes and weaves organic cotton. Meet the Lue families and try spinning your own cotton.
Village: Ban Na Nyang
Ethnic Group: Tai Lue
Area: Luang Prabang Province
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Tour 2 - 9 days
Hunting rare textiles in the Annamite Mountains
This trip takes you to the furthest reaches of Laos, into the misty mountains and beyond. From Luang Prabang to Xam Tai, the journey is all about discovering the secrets of Lao textiles.
Day One: Road to Xieng Khouang
Day Two: Discover the history of Xieng Khouang
Day Three: Road to Xam Nua.
Day Four: Explore the Xam Nua market and the ViengXai secret caves.
Day Five: Road to Xam Tai, one of the most beautiful roads in Laos, twisting through the Annamite mountains.
Day Six: Xam Tai, magical mystery journey to Tai Daeng silk villages.
Day Seven: Homestay in the secret valley of the rice planters.
Day Eight: Over night in Nong Kieo and back to Luang Prabang
Day Nine: Ban Na Nyang to Luang Prabang