Discover Bhutan Travel Plan - 10 Days

Welcome to the Land Of Thunder Dragon! You will be welcomed by one of our guides waiting outside the arrival hall. We will take a short drive to the capital city of Bhutan Thimphu and check into your hotel.

We will drive up to Buddha View Point, one of the tallest Buddha statues in the world at 169 feet tall. Overlooking the Thimphu Valley, a perfect place to enjoy stunning, panoramic views of the city.

Before the sunset, will make up to Motithang Takin Park where it is home for the national anima,l takin. Takin also holds a significant history as of Buddhist teaching.

The Thimphu Tashichho Dzong is a fortification and Buddhist cloister with a particular Bhutanese structural plan. Sitting aside the Wang Chhu (stream), it is the current seat of the Druk Gyalpo, the leader of the government.

Simtokha Dzong – Five miles from Thimphu, on an elevated edge, walk around the absolute first dzong, build in 1627 by Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal. The Institute for Language and Cultural Studies is situated here at this point.

The National Memorial Chorten built in 1974 to memorialize Jigme Dorji Wangchuk, the third ruler of Bhutan (1928-1972). A chorten is a stupa or hemispherical structure, that is utilized as a position of contemplation. The whitewashed structure with a brilliant finial on top is a well-known area for supplication as it speaks to the quality and generosity of our darling third ruler.

Centenary Farmers’ Market is where most of the locals gather on the banks of the river every weekend. Villagers from the nearby valley come here to sell agricultural products and handmade crafts.

Visit National Folk Heritage Museum, dedicated to connecting Bhutan to its past with exhibitions, demonstrations, and artifacts. And the National Textile Museum, the center for arts of weaving and learn about the significance of textile design. Bhutanese weaving is considered a living art form and traditional weaving methods are preserved by the Royal Government.

We will drive to the formal capital of Bhutan until 1955, Punakha. On the way, we will stop at Dochula Pass, a popular tourist spot that grants stunning 360-degree views of the Himalayas. Here, we have 108 Druk Wangyal Chortens build in the name of the Bhutanese soldiers killed in a 2003 battle with Assamese insurgents from India.

Also, visit Druk Wangyel Lhakhang build to commemorate 100 years of monarchy.

Punakha Dzong – Build at the junction of the Pho Chu and Mo Chu river by Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel in 1637 to serve as the center of religious and administrative decision making.

Pho Chhu Suspension Bridge – The longest suspension bridge in Bhutan, 160 meters long gives spectacular views of Punakha Dzong and the Pho Chhu Valley.

Drive about eight hours from Punakha to Bumthang, on the way will see the Trongsa Dzong.

Trongsa Dzong was first found by Pema Lingpa in the 16th century and was flourished during the 17th century under Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel. Located on the hilltop, with Mangde Chu flowing below the valley. Trongsa Dzong was once used by the kings to rule the country and presently, before the prince gets on the throne, he take the post of Trongsa Penlopor or Governor.

We will visit one of the oldest temple Jambay Lhakhang, built-in 659 AD by Sontsen Gambo King of Tibet to subdue the demoness and flourish the teaching of Buddha.

Then to Kurjey Lhakhang, build after Guru Rinpoche has subdued the powerful Shelging Karpo demon.

Tamshing Goemba Built-in 1501 by Buddhist holy person Pema Lingpa then climbs up to Thangbi Valley and crosses a suspension scaffold to visit Thangbi Lhakhang worked in the fourteenth century through the unpaved street.

Kenchosum Lhakhang Kenchosum Lhakhang is a country looking sanctuary which has its underlying foundations in the seventh century. The present structure, be that as it may, goes back to the fifteenth century when Pema Lingpa, the Treasure Discoverer, reestablished it and uncovered terma (hallowed writings and curios) on the slope behind the temple. The sanctuary has three little Buddha statues speaking to the past, present and the future, are accepted to have flown there, consequently the name Kencho importance celestial and Sum meaning three. Legend has it that when the ringer inside is rung, it very well may be heard as far away as Lhasa in Tibet.

Jakar Dzong was established in 1549 by the incredible grandfather of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal, the dad, and unifier of medieval Bhutan. Known as the Castle of the White Bird, it was based over the slope in light of the fact that the lamas were coordinated there by a huge white fowl.

On our approach to Gangtey, we will go through Trongsa, the genealogical home of the Wangchuck government. This means new town, the principal sanctuary was worked here in 1543. Customarily, every ruler of Bhutan has held the situation of Trongsa Penlop (senator) before wearing the Raven Crown.

Up the mountain sits the Trongsa Museum Taa Dzong, a watchtower worked in 1652 to avert assaults of the town beneath. It presently fills in as home to the Royal Heritage Museum, featuring the historical backdrop of the territory and the Wangchuck administration. Including Buddhist craftsmanship, illustrious memorabilia, a 500-year-old coat of Ngagi Wangchuck, and Padma Kathang’s own duplicate of the transcribed life story of Guru Rinpoche. You can peruse increasingly about the history and significance of the Taa Dzong in the book, Tower of Trongsa by Christian Schicklgruber.

Today we travel to Phobjikha (Gangtey) Valley. Known as the winter home of the black-necked cranes, you can see 600 of these exquisite, bashful feathered creatures that move here from Tibet among November and March. This bowl-formed valley is additionally a protected land, so you may likewise observe the other local creatures to Bhutan, including muntjac, sambar, serow, or yak.

Gangtey Goemba is a seventeenth-century cloister that sits on a slope, sitting above the whole valley. A phenomenal case of Tibetan engineering, the petition corridor, highlights eight incredible pillars. In the fifteenth century, the Buddhist holy person Pema Lingpa predicted that a sanctuary would be worked there, so his lessons could be spread. In 1613, his grandson, and resurrection of Pema Lingpa, satisfied the prediction by building a Nyingma sanctuary at the area. Kuenzang Chholing, the long white structure close by, is the place priests go to ruminate for a long time, a quarter of a year, and three days.

While visiting Gantey Valley, you can remain in the lodging or live with a nearby family in a humble farmhouse. This one of a kind open door will enable you to become acquainted with a Bhutanese family more intently by collaborating with them on an individual level.

Back to the beautiful valley of Paro, the country’s only international airport base. A home for beautiful Mount Jomolhari (7,300m) situated at the northern end of the valley.

Dumtse Lhakhang – Build-in 1433 by Thangton Gyalpo(the iron bridge builder) to subdue a demoness. You need special permission to enter into this temple.

Kyichu Lhakhang – One of the oldest temples in Bhutan built by Tibetan King Songtsen Gampo to subdue and to flow the teaching of Buddha. According to legend, on the same night, 108 temples were built and two temples were built in Bhutan, Kyichu and Jambhay Lhakhang in Bumthang.

Taktsang Monastery (Tiger Nest): Your journey to Bhutan is incomplete if you miss the hiking to Taktsang Monastery. Located in the middle of the cliffy mountain, your pain will be washed as you reach the temple.

According to legends, it is said that Guru Rinpoche flew to this location on the tigress back from Tibet accompanied by Yeshey Tshogyal and meditation in one of the cave. Guru Rinpoche performed meditation and emerged in eight manifestations, and the place became holy, thus gaining the name Tiger’s Nest.

With the memory you have made in this short period, we hope to see you back again. Tashi Delek!