Bhutan Tour

Package Overview

International Airfare
Airport tax
Beverages
Tips and expenses of personal nature.
Insurance

Day wise Itinerary

• Day 1 : On arrival

  On arrival and after visa formalities you will be received and drive to Thimphu. Afternoon if time permit sightseeing. Overnight at Hotel.
• Day 2 : Thimphu sightseeing

  At morning Thimphu sightseeing - visit the Memorial chorten built in the memory of the late King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, 15 century Changangkha monastery and the new Drupthob nunnery temple. PM drive 3 hours to PUnakha by crossing the Dochula pass 3100 meters. On fine weather you will see the eastern Himalayan ranges including the highest mountain in Bhutan Mt.Gangar Punsum 7520 meters. The drive from the pass is all the way downhill dropping to the lower and warmer valleys of lobesa. Over night at Hotel.
• Day 3 : Punakha Dzong

  At morning visit the Punakha Dzong which served as an old capital of Bhutan. This remarkable fortress is built between two rivers and has survived many glacial floods and fire. Every year during the month of February a procession known as the Punakha Serda takes place to commemorate the victory over the Tibetans. Drive 3 hours to Thimphu for lunch and proceed 2 hours to Paro via visiting the oldest building in Bhutan, the Simtokha Dzong. It now serves as a Buddhist university. Afternoon visit Ta-Dzong. It was housed into the National museum in the 1960s by the third King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck. Als visit Rinpung Dzong.. Overnight at Hotel.

  • Hotspots Rinpung Dzong, National Museum
• Day 4 : Paro Sightseeing

  Visit the ruined fortress of Drugyel dzong which still attracts visitors due to the strategic location of the fort. The fort defended the Paro valley from the Tibetan invasion from the north in the early 17th century. Day hike to Taktsang monastery. The hike which is all the way uphill takes about 2 /3 hours through villages and pine forests. The monastery clings to a huge granite cliff 800 meters from the paro valley. It is believed that the great saint Padmasambhava came in the 7th century on a flying tigress and meditated in a cave for 3 months. The demons were subdued who were trying to stop the spread of Buddhism and converted the Paro valley into Buddhism. Evening free time. Overnight at Hotel.
• Day 5 : Departure

  Transfer to airport for departure.

Inclusions

• Sightseeing
• Transfers

Exclusions

• International Airfare
• Airport tax
• Beverages
• Tips and expenses of personal nature.
• Insurance

Package Start From

• Paro, Bhutan, Asia

Terms & Conditions

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