Odisha tribal markets & villages Tour

Arrival Bhubaneswar, meet & assistance, transfer to hotel. Later visit the 1st century BC rock cut caves at Kahndagiri & udaygiri caves , tribal museum & local market.

Morning drive to Rayagada enroute Taptapani the hot sulpher spring continue dive through semi tropical rain forest towards Rayagada, on the way visit the desia kondh tribal villages. Overnight at Rayagada.

Morning drive to chhatikona to visit the weekly market of Dongariya kondhas who were once infamous for human sacrifice, now the substitute is water buffalow. Dongariyas are horticulturist, strong in their traditions, marriage by dormitory system, their supreme diety is mother earth. Later drive to Jeypore enroute visit kuvi kondh village overnight Jeypore.

Morning drive to onkudelli the most interesting market of Bonda/ Gadaba & didayee weekly market. 12000 bondas live in the bondhills are isolated till date due to geographical terrain. They speak a different language called remo belongs to austo Asiatic language group. Bonda ladies with shaven head cover their nudity with colourful beads & ornaments . The bonda men with short height always go out with bow & arrow. The group is aggressive. You can see different county side alcohols in the market. Later visit the gadaba tribal villages. Overnight hotel at Jeypore.

Drive to kunduli , one of the largest weekly market of rana, Paroja & mali tribal market , later visit the tribal museum at koraput & jagannth temple post launch visit the paroja tribal villages. Overnight at Jeypore.

Post breakfast drive to Gupteswar region to visit dharua gond tribal villages in the forest later visit the siva temple in the cave on the bank of saveri river back to hotel enroute visiting cattle market at Baligaon where you can see dharua & bhumiya tribal groups. Overnight in the hotel at jeypore.

Drive to Rayagada enroute visiting paroja & kuvi kondh tribal villages Overnight hotel at Rayagada

This day drive to Baliguda enroute visiting craft village at Jhigidi where you can see bronze tribal ornaments by lost wax method. Continue drive to the tatoo faced kondha tribal teritory overnight hotel.

Post breakfast drive to see the tatoo faced kondha tribal villages where you can see the ladies have tatoos on their faces like whishkers of the tigress, visit their sacrifice pillars. Interact with this totemistic group launch & pocedd for gopalpur on sea. Evening check into hotel at Gopalpur

Post breakfast drive to Mangajodi on chilika lake , see the migratory & resident birds from close quarter by koyak boat . Later visit the weaving village at Olasing & continue drive to Puri & Overnight.

Early morning visit the fisherman village where you can see hundreds of boats going & coming back from sea, photogenic activities, visit their village back to hotel for breakfast. Later walk in the bylanes of hindu heart centre Puri around Jagannath temple to experience devotion of piligrms later see this temple from roof terrace as non hindus are not allowed to enter temple complex. Visit the traditonal potters lane where potters make earthen pots for the temple later visit the folk painting village at Raghurajpur where you can see the patta paintings & palm leaf engravings, interact with the artists & back to hotel at puri.

Check out & drive to konark the world heritage site, fine specimen of kalingan school of architecture dedicated to sun god Surya. Later contune drive to Bhubaneswar enroute visiting pipili famous for applique , the villgers make unique handicraft with different coloured fabrics stitched with mirrors & dhauli ashokan rock edict of 2nd century BC. Overnight Hotel at Bhubaneswar.

Morning post breakfast visit the ancient temples of Bhubaneswar like parsurameswar, mukteswar, lingaraj , Rajarani temple. See the hindu ritual activities near bindu sagar tank later drive to hirapur on the outskirt of bhubaneswar to see the unique tantrik temple popularly known as 64 yogini temple later itime transfer to airport to board flight for onward destinations.
Tour ends.