Trip Facts

Duration 17 Days
Grade Easy

Overview

All Bhutan tour is a special package for you, You will visit the amazing monasteries and Dzongs of Bhutan.

Bhutan the country of a peaceful dragon.Dzongs are mighty fortresses with exterior walls enclosing a complex of temples, administrative offices, monks accommodation, and courtyards. Dzongs were frequently built on a hilltop or mountain spur. If the dzong is built on the side of a valley wall, a smaller dzong or watchtower. Visiting highlights of Bhutan, then breathtaking visit to central Bhutan, then to eastern places like Bumthang Valley, Tashigang, Tashiyangtse, Trongsa & Mongar. Towering cliffs, Pristine forest, great variations in latitude & altitude & climate conditions are the eastern character.

There is the animistic Bonpo tradition in this area which is a practice earlier than Buddhism came into existence. Enjoy Dangmechu River which is the largest river that flows in the eastern district. Trashigang town was a trading point with Tibet in the past. Visit Trashigang Dzong (1659), also termed as Sky Dzong overlooking Dangmechu river. Trashiyangtse has Chorten Kora, a Boudhanath Stupa of Nepal Modeled Chorten. Mongar Town is a settlement on top of the hill, main business place in eastern Bhutan, visit Mongar Dzong, newly built Dzong, Zhongar Dzong, Dramitse Lhakhang, AjaNey, the sacred site of a Rock.

Enjoy the beautiful landscapes and varying climates of Thimphu, Paro, and Punakha. In addition, explore the main towns and countryside of the high-altitude Bumthang plateau, full of Buddhist sites of pilgrimage and history on our All Bhutan Tour package. On a clear day, panoramic views can be had of the eastern Himalaya, including Bhutan highest mountain, Gangkar Punsum, 24,770ft/7,550m. The road drops down through varied forest finally emerging into the highly-cultivated Punakha valley.

During these 17 days tour, you will travel through breathtakingly varied scenery along the west-east highway, with pine forests, impressive waterfalls, fertile valleys, vistas of the Himalayas and high passes. Youll have the opportunity to visit the best of Bhutan’s ancient temples and monasteries, historic fortresses (dzongs), national museums and a host of other sites of interest. Phobjikha is one of the few glacial valleys in Bhutan and chosen home of black-necked cranes which migrate here from the central Asiatic Plateau to escape its harsh winters. Explore Phobjikha valley and also visit Gangtey Monastery, the most important Nyingma Gomba in the country.

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Outline Itinerary

Day 01 : Arrive Paro from Kathmandu

Day 02 : Drive to Thimphu, Sightseeing

Day 03 : Thimphu Sightseeing

Day 04 : Drive to Punakha, Sightseeing

Day 05 : Hike to Pumikot, Pokhara

Day 06 : Gangtey Tongsa

Day 07 : Tongsa – Mongar

Day 08 : Visit Mongar Dzong, drive to Tashigang (3 hrs).

Day 09 : Day Excursion to Tashiyangtse.

Day 10 :Drive to Bumthang (10 hrs)

Day 11 : Bumthang sightseeing.

Day 12 : Bumthang Trongsa

Day 13 : Trongsa Punakha

Day 14 : Punakha Thimphu

Day 15 : Drive to Paro, Hike to Taktsang monastery.

Day 16 : Paro sightseeing.

Day 17 :Paro – Kathmandu

Cost

  • Kathmandu-Paro Flight ticket
  • All accommodations in 3-4 Star Hotels in bed & breakfast
  • English speaking local guide
  • All transportations by a airconditioned car
  • All entrance fees of the monuments
  • Bhutan Visa fee
  • Inland/International flight charges.
  • Things of personal nature like laundry, telephone etc.
  • Any meals except specified in above inclusions.
  • Camera fee,
  • All other than those listed in above inclusions.

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