Tour description<\/h2>\n\nOur Bhutan culture tour takes you to the most interesting areas of this traditional Himalayan kingdom. Nestled between the former kingdom of Sikkim, northeast India and Tibet, it is perhaps the most fascinating country in the Himalayas.<\/p>\n
Discover with us this unique Himalayan country where the government is focusing on the concept of “Gross National Happiness” instead of just economic development.<\/p>\n
Its rich Tibetan Buddhist cultural heritage, spectacular mountain scenery and vast, untouched forests and natural landscapes will inspire you. You will feel as if you have been transported to another world – to another age. Our tour is peppered with original, optional hikes, walks, farm visits and encounters with locals. Our network of local contacts allows you to experience this fascinating Himalayan state up close and without the stress of traveling.<\/p>\n
You will gain deep and unique insights, visit Bhutan’s unique monastery fortresses, walk through authentic cultural landscapes and observe the original cultivation of livestock and land. All this in a sparsely populated, traditional and environmentally conscious country with vast, untouched forests rich in orchids, magnolias and rhododendrons and surrounded by snow-capped Himalayan giants in the north. You will spend the nights in selected hotels that reflect Bhutan’s culture, on request also partly as a houseguest in a homestay or in first class 5-star luxury resorts. Benefit from our personal and cultivated relationships with local drivers, tour guides, authorities, craftsmen, monks, nuns, healers and farmers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Bhutan Tea Time<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\nWe are happy to customize your tour to your needs.
Combine your tour with other destinations or activities. Contact us<\/a> – we will be happy to help you.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nHighlights<\/h2>\n\n\n- Bhutan’s Tibetan heritage: monastery fortresses, temples, monastic life<\/li>\n
- Unique natural landscapes, fertile valleys, vast forests with enormously rich biodiversity<\/li>\n
- Traditional farms & the wooden houses\/chalets typical of Bhutan<\/li>\n
- View of Mt. Jhomolhari, 7,314 m.a.s.l.<\/li>\n
- Colorful markets<\/li>\n
- Bhutan’s capital city Thimpu<\/li>\n
- Bhutan’s weavers<\/li>\n
- The lovely valleys of Bumthang and Phobijkha<\/li>\n
- Optional hikes through idyllic, cultural landscapes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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Bhutan Prayer Flags by Markus Wild<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n
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2010 Bhutan by Markus Wild Dooars kettle dealer on bicycle<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n
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1 Bhutan Punakha Dzong (3)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nItinerary<\/h2>\n\n\n- Day 1:<\/strong> Arrival in Bhutan from Bangkok, Delhi or Kolkota by flight. Option: from travel module Sikkim, Darjeeling or Kalimpong by land via the border town of Phuntsholing: (+ 1 additional day)<\/li>\n
- Day 2:<\/strong> Tiger nest visit and sightseeing around Paro<\/li>\n
- Day 3:<\/strong> Paro – Thimpu with sightseeing<\/li>\n
- Day 4:<\/strong> Thimpu with sightseeing according to your interests<\/li>\n
- Day 5:<\/strong> Thimpu – Punakha<\/li>\n
- Day 6:<\/strong> Punakha – Gangtey<\/li>\n
- Day 7:<\/strong> Gangtey – Trongsa – Bumthang<\/li>\n
- Day 8:<\/strong> Bumthang<\/li>\n
- Day 9:<\/strong> Bumthang – Wangdue<\/li>\n
- Day 10:<\/strong> Wangdue – Thimpu – Paro<\/li>\n
- Day 11:<\/strong> Paro – return flight to Bangkok, Delhi or Kolkota. Option: onward journey by land (+ 1 additional day) to the border town of Phuntsholing, India, then continue with travel module Darjeeling, Kalimpong or Sikkim.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
\n Contact<\/a>\n<\/p>\nBest time to travel<\/h2>\n\n\n- October to May with temperatures between approx. 15\u00b0C and 25\u00b0C<\/li>\n
- Spring (March to May) rhododendron are in bloom, possibly not so clear mountain views<\/li>\n
- Autumn (October to November) possibly often clear mountain views<\/li>\n
- Winter (December to January) various festivals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
Additional options<\/h2>\n\n\n- Extend your Bhutan tour with additional days in Paro, Gangtey, Thimpu or Bumthang or shorten it as you wish<\/li>\n
- Cross Bhutan and continue your tour via the Indian state of Assam (Bhutan Crossing<\/u><\/a>)<\/li>\n
- Include a trek<\/a> of your choice in the company of a professional, local guide. There are easy to very challenging treks to choose from.<\/li>\n
- Choose hotel upgrades and enjoy the benefits of beautiful & aesthetic 5-star hotels in Paro, Thimpu, Bumthang and Gangtey.<\/li>\n
- Include a mask dance festival – we will inform you about festivals in your time slot<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
\nMore tours<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n
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Our Bhutan culture tour takes you to the most interesting areas of this traditional Himalayan kingdom. Nestled between the former kingdom of Sikkim, northeast India and Tibet, it is perhaps the most fascinating country in the Himalayas.<\/p>\n
Discover with us this unique Himalayan country where the government is focusing on the concept of “Gross National Happiness” instead of just economic development.<\/p>\n
Its rich Tibetan Buddhist cultural heritage, spectacular mountain scenery and vast, untouched forests and natural landscapes will inspire you. You will feel as if you have been transported to another world – to another age. Our tour is peppered with original, optional hikes, walks, farm visits and encounters with locals. Our network of local contacts allows you to experience this fascinating Himalayan state up close and without the stress of traveling.<\/p>\n
You will gain deep and unique insights, visit Bhutan’s unique monastery fortresses, walk through authentic cultural landscapes and observe the original cultivation of livestock and land. All this in a sparsely populated, traditional and environmentally conscious country with vast, untouched forests rich in orchids, magnolias and rhododendrons and surrounded by snow-capped Himalayan giants in the north. You will spend the nights in selected hotels that reflect Bhutan’s culture, on request also partly as a houseguest in a homestay or in first class 5-star luxury resorts. Benefit from our personal and cultivated relationships with local drivers, tour guides, authorities, craftsmen, monks, nuns, healers and farmers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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bhutan-2 180<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n
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128<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n
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Bhutan Tea Time<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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We are happy to customize your tour to your needs.
Combine your tour with other destinations or activities. Contact us<\/a> – we will be happy to help you.<\/p>\nHighlights<\/h2>\n
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- Bhutan’s Tibetan heritage: monastery fortresses, temples, monastic life<\/li>\n
- Unique natural landscapes, fertile valleys, vast forests with enormously rich biodiversity<\/li>\n
- Traditional farms & the wooden houses\/chalets typical of Bhutan<\/li>\n
- View of Mt. Jhomolhari, 7,314 m.a.s.l.<\/li>\n
- Colorful markets<\/li>\n
- Bhutan’s capital city Thimpu<\/li>\n
- Bhutan’s weavers<\/li>\n
- The lovely valleys of Bumthang and Phobijkha<\/li>\n
- Optional hikes through idyllic, cultural landscapes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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Bhutan Prayer Flags by Markus Wild<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n
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2010 Bhutan by Markus Wild Dooars kettle dealer on bicycle<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n
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1 Bhutan Punakha Dzong (3)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Itinerary<\/h2>\n
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- Day 1:<\/strong> Arrival in Bhutan from Bangkok, Delhi or Kolkota by flight. Option: from travel module Sikkim, Darjeeling or Kalimpong by land via the border town of Phuntsholing: (+ 1 additional day)<\/li>\n
- Day 2:<\/strong> Tiger nest visit and sightseeing around Paro<\/li>\n
- Day 3:<\/strong> Paro – Thimpu with sightseeing<\/li>\n
- Day 4:<\/strong> Thimpu with sightseeing according to your interests<\/li>\n
- Day 5:<\/strong> Thimpu – Punakha<\/li>\n
- Day 6:<\/strong> Punakha – Gangtey<\/li>\n
- Day 7:<\/strong> Gangtey – Trongsa – Bumthang<\/li>\n
- Day 8:<\/strong> Bumthang<\/li>\n
- Day 9:<\/strong> Bumthang – Wangdue<\/li>\n
- Day 10:<\/strong> Wangdue – Thimpu – Paro<\/li>\n
- Day 11:<\/strong> Paro – return flight to Bangkok, Delhi or Kolkota. Option: onward journey by land (+ 1 additional day) to the border town of Phuntsholing, India, then continue with travel module Darjeeling, Kalimpong or Sikkim.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
\n Contact<\/a>\n<\/p>\n
Best time to travel<\/h2>\n
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- October to May with temperatures between approx. 15\u00b0C and 25\u00b0C<\/li>\n
- Spring (March to May) rhododendron are in bloom, possibly not so clear mountain views<\/li>\n
- Autumn (October to November) possibly often clear mountain views<\/li>\n
- Winter (December to January) various festivals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
Additional options<\/h2>\n
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- Extend your Bhutan tour with additional days in Paro, Gangtey, Thimpu or Bumthang or shorten it as you wish<\/li>\n
- Cross Bhutan and continue your tour via the Indian state of Assam (Bhutan Crossing<\/u><\/a>)<\/li>\n
- Include a trek<\/a> of your choice in the company of a professional, local guide. There are easy to very challenging treks to choose from.<\/li>\n
- Choose hotel upgrades and enjoy the benefits of beautiful & aesthetic 5-star hotels in Paro, Thimpu, Bumthang and Gangtey.<\/li>\n
- Include a mask dance festival – we will inform you about festivals in your time slot<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
\nMore tours<\/h2>\n
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- Include a trek<\/a> of your choice in the company of a professional, local guide. There are easy to very challenging treks to choose from.<\/li>\n
- Day 2:<\/strong> Tiger nest visit and sightseeing around Paro<\/li>\n
- Day 1:<\/strong> Arrival in Bhutan from Bangkok, Delhi or Kolkota by flight. Option: from travel module Sikkim, Darjeeling or Kalimpong by land via the border town of Phuntsholing: (+ 1 additional day)<\/li>\n
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