Bhutan Festival Tour

According to our trip itinerary, you will fly Kathmandu to Paro, it takes about 1 hour 15 munities. But you can get in Bhutan from your home town or any appropriate location. While your flight get nears Bhutan, you will enjoy amazing views of the Himalayas including the sacred Jumolhari Mountain and Jichu Drake peas. At the Paro international airport, the representative of Nepal Mother House will be greeted you and drive to the hotel. As this is your first day trip in Bhutan, you will visit Rinpung Dzong Monastery; the monastery reflects its history, belief and faith since establish date 1646 to now. This is very important monastery as district Monastic Body of Paro and government administrative offices of Paro Dzongkhag. Next, you will visit one of the oldest Monasteries “Kichu Lhakhang”, which was built in 659 AD by Tibetan King Songtsen Gyampo. Then you will visit the national museum, once it was a fortified lookout tower but has now been changed into the National Museum. In the museum you will observe a wide collection of ancient paintings, armors, philatelic displays and a “field of Buddhas”, which helps one visualize while meditating. You will stay overnight in Paro.

This is your second day trip, after breakfast, you will hike 4 to 5 hours to the Taktsang (Tiger's Nest) Monastery (3,180m), located on the side of Paro Valley hangings on a cliff and stands above a beautiful forest of blue pine and rhododendrons. Guru Padmasambhava, popularly known as Guru Rinpoche (spiritual master), who mediated three years, three months, three days and three hours and got enlighten. He transfers as tiger, then it literally known as Tiger’s Nest Monastery. The Monastery was blessed and sanctified as one of Bhutan’s most sacred religious sites. You will have lunch in the restaurant, located about halfway up the mountain. After explored the Tiger Nest monastery, you will hike down to the Paro valley basin. Then you will drive about 55 km to the capital city Thimphu, and stay overnight at hotel.

This is full day sightseeing in Thimpu. At the begging day tour you will visit Memorial Chorten, which is built in 1974 as memory of Bhutan’s third King “His Late Majesty, King Jigme Dorji Wangchuk (1952-1972)”, who is regarded as Father of modern Bhutan. Then visit to nunnery temple, mini zoo to see National animal Takin. We visit other several landmarks of Thimphu including the National Institute of Traditional Medicine, Bhutanese traditional painting school, folk heritage museum, the majestic Tashichho Dzong and the traditional paper factory of Bhutan. Some landmarks are closed in the weekends (Saturdays and Sundays). Therefore, if you are in Thimphu during the weekends, we explore the Weekend Market instead. Stay overnight in Thimphu.

The festival celebrate 3 to 4 days at Thimphu, you may stay for whole day, observe different dance performance with significant art and dress. The locals come for Thimphu Tsechu with their tradition dress and prying for Buddhist deity Guru Rinpoche (Guru Padmasambhava ), who had introduced Buddhism in this country in eight centaury. The dance performance court yard of monastery, this is cast periphery of Guru Padmasambhava and Buddhist goddess. The folk mask dance is remarkable. Manly the Monks and Nuns are participating for this program after long time well training but there will be other ordinary people also. People believe that, to participate Thimphu Tsechu is one of the great occasions, where we prays the God, will blessing us whatever we wish. You will make good merit and wash out bad Karma unknowingly we made it. As there is huge number of people gathering, it will be best to attend early in the morning with good view location. And it is batter to bring with you bottle of water and umbrella to secure from sun. After show, we will back to hotel for overnight stay.

The day trip of today is start from capital city Thimphu after having breakfast. It is scenic drive to Punakha, we stop for tea at Dochu La Pass (3,100 meters), where the spectacular mountains view can see on a clear day. From here, we drive downhill through rhododendron, fir and hemlock beautiful forests. Now the road goes through the rice fields along rivers river banks and finally reaches confluence of the Mo Chhu and Pho Chhu, where is it Punakha. After refreshment and having lunch, we visit Punakha Dzong Monastery; it was built in 1637-1638, often referred to as the 'Palace of Happiness' and is the second oldest and second largest Dzong in Bhutan. Punakha Dzong is the second oldest and the second largest Dzong in Bhutan. Stay overnight at hotel in Punakha.

The day begins explore round the beautiful Wangduephodrang town. You will find very fine art in slate and stone carvings in this village. The village is untouched by modernization. After explore this village, we drive to Gangtey (3,000m); through dense oak, pine and rhododendron forests, often you have a picturesque snow-capped mountains view and scene of village. The beautiful Phobjikha valley view can see from here, Phobjikha is in the Black Mountain National Park at Wangduephodrang districts with elevation of 2900 meters. This is winter habitat of the black necked cranes, which are migrating from Tibetan plateaus to avoid extremely cold winter. These elegant birds can be seen from the end of October to March around the monastery. Then, we explore Gangteng Monastery before driving back to Punakha for an overnight stay.

Today, you will drive back about 3 to 4 hours to Paro. After having breakfast, we drive to Yabesa village and hike to through rice fields and village up to Khamsum Yueley Namgyal Chorten, which built by her majesty the queen Ashi Tshering Yangdon Wangchuk. You walk on the edge of the high hill and drop down to on the bank of the river, the Chorten houses paintings belonging to Nyingmapa Traditions. Then we drive back to Paro about 3 to 4 hours via capital city Thimphu, where you may visit the National Library housing, it is collection of Bhutanese scriptures dating back to the 8th century and a fascinating replica of a medieval farmhouse at the Folk Heritage Museum. Meanwhile we visit handicraft and souvenir stores, if you are interested to buy some souvenir this is best place. Fanailly you will get in hotel at Pro. Stay overnight at your hotel in Paro.

Today we organize farewell program to you, accordingly to Bhutan’s hospitality. After early breakfast, we will drive Thimpu to Paro airport for your home destination; it takes about one and half hour. Generally, the national aircraft company Druk Air departs in the early morning to avoid unfavorable weather conditions. Therefore, you need to departure early in the morning, after having breakfast.