Gujarat Tribals and Textiles - Tour Overview

Gujarat was often the first port of call for Arab traders in their dhows and later an important commercial centre for the Portuguese, the English, and the Dutch. Here they established trading posts with the local rulers, dealing, among other things, in printed cotton and embroideries, for both of which Gujarat is still famous. 

Many erstwhile rulers have recently transformed their palaces and royal guest houses into hotels .The sights include Ahmedabad’s famous Textile Museum; the amazing complex of mosques at Champaner; the Jain temples of Palitana – surely one of the seven wonders of India, perched on the tip of the Shatrunjaya hills; the Indus Valley site of Lothal, dating from 2500 BC and the Gir Forest, preserving the Asiatic lion. 

Birdlife is prolific throughout Gujarat and the salt plains of the Little Rann of Kutch are the last refuge of the wild ass. This comprehensive tour also visits villages that are home to tribes such as Rabaris, Ahirs and Meghwals.