Bhutan Cultural Tour

Morning depart from Kathmandu for an hour flight or little more to land at Paro international airport of Bhutan. You can enjoy with panorama of mountain range during air borne.

At Paro airport, you will be completing visa formalities. Then our native Bhutanese guide receives you for short scenic drive to Bhutan capital at Thimphu. It’s an interesting journey of less than two hours overlooking lovely views of Bhutan rural farm villages (Buddhist cultured villages).

On reaching Thimphu, you get transfer to respective hotels. It’s a modern city of Bhutan the one and only city in this world without traffic lights. Here all the traffic controlled by traffic police with a whistle.

In the afternoon you can walk around Bhutan capital and witness its great culture and traditional life of Bhutanese.

In Thimphu visit Trashichhoe-Dzong, around beautiful medieval fortress and monastery which houses most of the Government’s office and King’s Throne room. It is also the summer residence of Je Khenpo, the Chief Abbot.

Later, you may visit textile and Folk Heritage Museums. It’s a fascinating testimony of Bhutanese material culture and living traditions. Then, after lunch visit Handicrafts Emporium which displays wide assortment of beautifully hand-woven and crafted products.

Thenafter, a short drive takes you to Memorial Chorten, the stupa built in memory of Bhutan’s Third King. It’s a popular head regarded as Father of modern Bhutan. The paintings and statues inside this monument provide a deep insight into Buddhist philosophy.

From Thimphu drive to Punakha across Dochula pass 3,080 m with overnight in Punakha. Then you take a tour to Punakha Dzong, built strategically at the junction of Pho Chhu and Mo Chhu rivers in 1637 by Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal. It was built to serve as the religious and administrative centre of the region.

After breakfast drive to Wangdiphodrang and visit Dzong and local market. Nevertheless the area of Wangdiphodrang famous for its bamboo products, slate and stone carvings.

After lunch drive to Paro with a short stop at Dochula pass. En route visit Simtokha Dzong, the oldest fortress of the Kingdom built in 1627. And now it houses the School for Buddhist studies with overnight in Paro.

After breakfast our Bhutan guide will pick you from the hotel, for a nice and pleasant walk with an hour or less climb up on slow easy pace to famous Taksang Monastery (Tiger’s nest). Offering amazing views of Paro and distance snow capped peaks. Then after a wonderful time here you descend by the same route. In the afternoon visit 17^th century Ta-Dzong, later converted into the National Museum in 1967.

Finally all good times comes to an end. After great memories and exciting experience in Bhutan Tour, you’re transferred to Paro airport for flight to respective destinations or back at Kathmandu.