Crucial Bhutan Travel - 7 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.

Thimphu is the capital of Bhutan and the ideal area to change from your recognizable way of life to our exceptional nation that resembles no other spot on earth. Here you will start to value our nearby traditions as you get your first look at priests wearing, men in ghos, and ladies in kiras. When you will visit Thimphu’s most significant destinations. 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.

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.

On the ends of the week, Centenary Farmers’ Market is the place locals come to sell their vegetables, cheeses, and grains. Over the road is the Kundeyling Baazam where you can expect nearby painstaking work, for example, mala globules and supplication wheels. We will at that point take a beautiful drive up to Buddha Point in the Kuenselphodrang Nature Park to see the 169-foot-tall bronze statue of the situated Buddha Dordenma. One of the biggest sitting Buddha statues on the planet, it sits on a slope where you will see clearing perspectives on the valley and encompassing mountains. In the wake of coming back to town for supper, you can meander through the shops, bars, and bistros of Thimphu.

Dechen Phodrang – we will drive towards Dechenphodrang. Since 1971 Trashi Chhoe Dzong was the state ascetic school, and a long parade of priests regularly goes among here and the dzong. A group of 15 educators gives an eight-year course in excess of 450 understudies.

Simply Bhutan – A living exhibition hall and a photo studio with a crucial draw in and engage youth business visionaries through protection, advancement and displaying of Bhutanese convention and social assorted variety.

[Opening hour Summer 09.00 AM – 17.00 PM, Winter 10.00 AM – 16.00 PM]

Sangaygang (BBS Tower)- Drive around a short ways from the primary city to a hillock where the Bhutan Broad Casting Tower is positioned. From that point, you can savor the wonderful scene of the entire of Thimphu City. In transit up or down from the hillock, you can likewise observe Takin the national creature of Bhutan. It is likewise conceivable to demand for the early morning approach this perspective.

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.

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.

Khamsum Yuley Temple – Build by the Queen Mother of the 5th King, for the peace in the universal. This temple holds spiritual artworks, painted on the inner walls and temple to study the symbolic meanings from frescoes and sculptures.

Home Visit – Visit a Bhutanese family at their home and share dinner over conversations. Take a peek into their lives and experience dining in a traditional Bhutanese home embraced by the warm hospitality of the family.

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!