Day 01          Vishakhapatnam  - Rayagada            200kms/4-5hrs drive
Sunday Arrival is the best to make the trip interesting.
Arrival at Vishakhapatnam by Morning flight. Drive to Rayagada. Check  in to the Hotel.  Afternoon free to walk around the village for interaction with the People expert on Jewelry work of the Kondh Group.
Overnight at Rayagada

Day 02          Rayagada  - Langia Saura Group at Puttasingh area - Rayagada  90kms/2hrs drive
Visit to the Langia Saura Villages & their Weekly market at Puttasingh area. Langia Saura group is one of the most Primitive groups of the Sauras living in this area. They live in the hill slope & earn their livelihood from the Shifted cultivation. They are known for their peculiar cloth with long tail at the Back side & the Women use the Biggest Wooden Plates in their Ear Lobe.
Overnight at Rayagada

Day 03          Rayagada - Kutia Kondh Village & Market – Rayagada                     60kms/2hrs drive
Excursion to the Tattoo Faced Kutia Kondh villages in Kotgarh & Tumudibandh area. This day excursion will introduce you to the Kutia Kondh of Phulbani District believe in making Tattoos on the face of women depending upon which clan they belong to. So that they can be recognized by their dead ancestors. Visit of the Weekly market (Only on Tuesdays) of this Tribe.
Overnight at Rayagada

Day 04          Rayagada  - Dongariya Kondh Weekly Market (50kms/1hr) - Rayagada –
Similiguda             140kms/2.30hrs drive
Visit of the Dongariya Kondh Weekly market at Chatikona (only on Wednesday). Dongariya Kondh women & men decorate themselves in the same style including the jewelleries & with the only difference of their Nose Rings which are Two with men & Three with women. They were once known for the MARIA (Human) Sacrifice.

They are expert Horticulturist among all the Tribes of Orissa & the weekly market is the bright example with the loads of vegetables, fruits & varieties of the products from the Hills.
Drive to Similiguda on the way visiting Paraja Villages.
Overnight at Similiguda

Day 05          Similiguda - Lamtaput/Anakadelli Village         100kms/2.30hrs drive
After an Early Morning Breakfast we leave for the Visit to the Most Interesting Tribe called Bonda at their Weekly market along with the other Tribes like Gadhaba & Didayee Groups. Bondas, literally meaning the people of the Hills, prefer to live in isolation with their interesting characteristics & practices still prevailing in their society. The most elegant Tribal women in Orissa & nearby states, Bonda Group women have their special identity with their costume of colorful beads as their dress and the head gear.
Overnight at Similiguda

Day 06           Paraja Weekly Market & Village Visit           80kms/1.30hrs drive
A Nice day starts again with the drive to the largest Paraja Group's weekly market at Kunduli. Visit to the Pottors village & watch them working on the Wheels making varieties of items for the Tribals of this area. Later on visit to the some more villages & drive back to the Nature Camp.
Afternoon visit to one of the Gadhaba Villages. Enjoy the most colorful DHEMSA (Dance of Gadhaba) at their village.

Drive to Jeypore on the way visiting Tribal Museum at Koraput & Jagannath Temple which is believed to be the root of the Puri Jagannath Temple.
Overnight at Jeypore

Day 07          Jeypore - Dhuruba Villages (100kms/2.30hrs drive)  Jeypore
Visit of Gupteshwar area to see the Dhurubas at their villages.
Dhuruba or Dhuruas are the Nomadic Group of Bastar Region who have now settled on the Bank of Sabari Cultivation causing Terrible Effects on the Jungle areas of Odisha & Bastar. Odisha Govt.  has now provided them the Fixed Land for Cultivation & Villages to stop their Way of Cultivation & teaching them for Terraced Cultivation along with Horticulture. This Group is Expert on Bamboo Making Items. The Men & Women use a very typical way of cloth. Their Villages are in both style i.e.  Scattered way & In a Row. They are very peace loving people & live together with other group in Harmony.

Overnight at Jeypore

Day 08          Jeypore – Kotpad weavers (50kms/1hr) Jeypore – Rayagada 120kms/2hrs
Excursion trip to Kotpad weaving village.
Later on drive to Rayagada

Kotpad weavers are the Group of Weavers who were working on the Pit Looms for the centuries supplying the cloth to the Tribes around the Border of Odisha & Chhatishgar. They work on IKAT (Tie & Dye) system only on Cotton. They use the Colour which are only Black, Maroon & the base used is mostly White. The Colour Powder  is prepared from the Root of the Tree available in this area which is available only in Maroon Colour. To make it Black, they use Rust Iron or Iron Powder. To keep the colour strong for a longer time, they use Caster Oil & Cow Dung Processing system with certain temperature of the Sun Heat. Presently with the help of the NGOs they have started working on Silk.
Overnight at Rayagada

Day 09          Rayagada – Chandragiri – Taptapani - Padmanavpur - Gopalpur  230kms/6-7hrs

Drive to Gopalpur on the way visiting Chandragiri Tibetan Monastery & settlement with the saura tribal groups. Visit to Taptapani & Padmanavpur Weavers’ village before reaching Gopalpur.

Taptapani is the Entry Point to the Tribal Belt of South Odisha. This is famous for the Hot Sulphur Spring. There is a Shrine of Goddess Kali which is believed to be the Goddess of the area & worshiped by the Tribal People with the believe that the Hot Water in the Mountain is the Anger of the Goddess & Prayer will make her happy enabling them to get the blessing. Chandragiri Tibetan Settlement is a worth visit with the Stupas & Monastery of the Tibetan Buddhist Culture & sharing their Life with the Saura Tribal Group since 1950 with the help of Odisha Govt for their settlement. We visit Nice Tribal Hamlets of Saura Tribal Groups & Desia Kondh Groups.

Overnight at Gopalpur

Day 10          Gopalpur – Olasing weavers’ village (100kms/2hrs) – Puri 80kms/2hrs
Drive to Puri on the way visiting Olasingh Weavers village.
Check in to hotel at Puri.
Afternoon spend on the beach watching Sand Art Demonstration & Open air Beach Market.
Overnight at Puri

Day 11           Puri – Raghurajpur Artisans’ village – Mauzbek Weaving village – Konark

45kms/1hr drive
Visit the Artists at Raghurajpur & Weavers at Mauzbek village. Drive to Konark.

Declared as the Heritage Village of Odisha, Raghurajpur is the only place where you can experience the Artisans working on the Silk, Paper, Beatle Nuts, Coconuts, Cow Dung, Coir & many more. The Traditional Patta Painters of Odisha live in this village in the different parts like Dandasahi, Nayakpatna & Raghurajpur are now experts making different kinds of Artistic useful house hold materials for the market which are worth buying from them. Your visit will introduce to the Age Old Patta Painting workers in the village & their working style.

Sun Temple of Konark, one of the Heritage Sites of India is the Culmination of Odiya Architecture. Described by Poet Rabindranath Tagore, The Language of Stones have defeated the Language of Human Being is Well Defined on the Temple Wall of Konark Sun Temple. Built in a form of Chariot, this Temple has attracted the Tourist from all over the World for the Stone Work Style & Description. Built in the form of Chariot, drawn by 07 horses representing seven days of the week & Seven colours of Rainbow,this Temple represents the visit of Sun God from East to West controlling the time. 24 wheels around the Hall Of Prayer representing the 24 Fortnights of the Year is an unique creation of Sun Dial. With all the spectacular Sculptures related to Time engraved on this Temple wall is a great piece of Monument to visit.

Overnight at Konark

Day 12           Konark – Bhubaneshwar (70kms/1.30hrs)  – Dhenkanal     100kms/2hrs
Morning visit of the Sun Temple at Konark.
Drive to Dhenkanal on the way visiting Temples & Caves at Bhubaneshwar.

Bhubaneshwar is the Temple City of India, once upon a time was holding 7000 temples around the city. Now with 500 temples from the period of 05th to 11th Century AD, this Capital of Odisha is visited by many tourist from different parts of India & Abroad. Among all the Temples, Important Temples visited are Chronologically in Order Parasurameshwar, Mukteshwar, Rajarani, Brahmeshwar, Vaital & Lingaraj Temples. These Temples belonging to different period of construction reflecting different changes in the plan & 11th Century Lingaraj Temples is the Culmination point of the Temple Construction at Bhubaneshwar with the complete collection of all the Four Halls of Odiya Architecture Style.

Khandagiri & Udaigiri Jain Caves, dating back from 03rd to 01st century BC are telling the royal, social & cultural life of the King & the People of Kalinga. Out of 92 Caves, there are caves dedicated to the Jain Monks, Hindu Deities & the Queens Cave depicting the story of Royal Celebration at the Caves are worth visit.

Drive to Dhenknal, Two hours from Bhubaneshwar will take you to this small Royal Town, famous for the location in the valley. Kapilas Hill in One side & Saptasajya hill on the other makes this place a destination for round the year attracting the tourist to this places. This is a Base where One can visit the Villages of Weavers, Dokra Metal Workers, A Group of Tribal People working on Loss Wax Processing System. This is surrounded by different Tribal Groups like Munda, Ho & Santal. Joranda Ashram is worth Visit, where this Unique Cult of Mahima Group who live a Wonderer Life & run School, Colleges & Hospitals out of the Begging. They have a Very Strange Practice & worship Fire at their Empty Temple. Evening Practice of the Monks is interesting to Watch.  Joranda Mela of the Unique Cult Sadhus of Joranda Ashram attracts Thousands of Sadhus & Devotees from all over Indian destinations. Shiva Ratri in Kapilas Hills is one of the biggest festivals of the year. This Place is a nice destination to relax & enjoy different Ethnic communities around & enjoy the visit to their villages & watch them living in tranquility.
Overnight at Dhenkanal

Day 13           Dhenkanal – Nuapatna weavers – Dhenkanal
Excursion trip to Nuapatna  & Maniabandh Weaving villages as well as Dokra Metal Workers’ village.

Nuapatna & Maniabandh are the Village of Weavers working on IKAT (Tie & Dye) process for the Generation. The entire village of this group having about 120families are involved producing Fabrics, Sarees & many more house hold materials which are now world famous for the craftsmanship of these people. The family members support themselves from this work by using their leisure time to produce the fabrics. Starting from cleaning the thread  to the finished product the entire family is involved apart from their other daily works. This is the Age Old Traditional Work these Crafts families are still practicing successfully.

Sadeibarini is a small village of the Situlia Tribal Group. They work on Loss Wax Processing System. The name of this group has been derived from the word ‘Sitala’, which means cooling down the boiling Metals. They produce different art & artifacts from the Metal called Dokra which is a combination of Zinc & Brass. There are about 30 families involved in this kind of art work for the years living here in this village Sadeibarini. They prepare many House Hold & Decorative items used for many purposes.

Overnight at Dhenkanal

Day 14           Dhenkanal – Bhubaneshwar  (100kms/2hrs) – Fly out
Drive to Bhubaneshwar & fly out.